S&P upgrades Portugal’s credit rating outlook to stable
LISBON (Reuters) – Standard & Poor's has revised its outlook on Portugal's "junk" BB/B sovereign ratings to stable from negative, citing new evidence that European institutions will continue to...
View ArticleWall Street edges up, buoyed by jobs data
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street was slightly higher on Thursday, buoyed by data that suggested a pick-up in the labor market recovery, as investors attempted to push the rally in equities further. The...
View ArticleIndexes rise in early trading on Wall Street
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rising in early trading on Wall Street after the government reported another decrease in the number of people applying for unemployment benefits. Stock Markets News Headlines...
View ArticleKroger’s profit beats Wall Street expectations
NEW YORK (AP) — Kroger’s fourth-quarter profit handily beat Wall Street expectations as the country’s largest traditional supermarket operator saw sales climb. Stock Markets News Headlines – Yahoo! News
View ArticleStocks open higher after unemployment claims fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks opened higher on Wall Street, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average to new highs, after the government said unemployment claims fell last week. Stock Markets News Headlines –...
View ArticleZimbabwe’s Innscor H1 earnings fall 11 percent
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean fast food and retail group Innscor Africa reported its first drop in earnings in three years on Thursday, hit by an economic slowdown in the southern African country. The...
View ArticleStocks trader gets 2 years’ jail for insider dealing
LONDON (Reuters) – A stock market trader was sentenced to two years in jail on Thursday, the first sentence to come out of the Financial Services Authority's (FSA) biggest investigation into insider...
View ArticleWall St edges up at open after claims data
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street opened slightly higher on Thursday as investors attempted to push the rally further after the latest economic data suggested a pick-up in the labor market recovery. The...
View ArticleWorld markets mostly higher on Dow record
BANGKOK (AP) — World stock markets were mostly higher Thursday following Wall Street's eye-popping performance this week. Japan's Nikkei 225 index had its highest close in four years. Stock Markets...
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