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- Asian stocks rise after US rate cut
- HONG KONG AFP — Most Asian stock markets rose Thursday after another sharp US interest rate cut but Japan's rally aside, gains were modest due to worries that a US economic recession still looms. The Federal Reserve chopped borrowing costs by 0.50 percentage points to 3.00 percent Wednesday, following...
- Research articles 2008-01-31
- Kuwaiti firms say bourse decisions endanger economy
- KUWAIT CITY AFP — Forty-three of the 190 firms listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange made an unprecedented protest on Wednesday about decisions by the bourse's management they said was detrimental to the economy. The companies, which include firms owned by major merchant families, published a joint advertisement in...
- Research articles 2007-10-03
- Iran bourse breaks record with billion dollar trade
- TEHRAN AFP — The Tehran stock exchange has broken its record for the highest ever transaction on the nascent bourse with the sale of shares worth over one billion dollars in a state copper company, media reported on Thursday. Twenty percent of shares in National Iranian Copper Industries were...
- Research articles 2007-09-13
- Asian stocks wobble as markets fret over US economy
- TOKYO AFP — Asian stock markets ended mostly weaker Monday, hit by heavy losses on Wall Street after a surprise drop in US payrolls sparked fears the world's largest economy may be heading for recession, dealers said. But the region's bourses finished well off their lows for the day,...
- Research articles 2007-09-09
- Gulf stock markets weather global turbulence
- DUBAI AFP — Major stock markets in the oil-rich Gulf region have largely shrugged off the turbulence which has seen many world bourses go into meltdown over the US housing market crisis, analysts said on Thursday. The largest Arab bourse in regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia posted a healthy gain...
- Research articles 2007-08-16
- LSE buys Italian stock exchange
- LONDON AFP — The London Stock Exchange confirmed Saturday it was buying the Borsa Italiana for 1.6 billion euros (2.15 billion dollars) in shares, according to a joint statement. Under terms of the deal, Borsa Italiana shareholders will be offered 4.90 LSE group plc ordinary shares for each existing...
- Research articles 2007-06-23
- The LSE's Curse of Being Courted
- The London Stock Exchange is licking its wounds after a couple of attacks from American rivals, but executives vow it's solidly on track for growth. The LSE is still smarting from the Nasdaq Stock Exchange's failed $5.3 billion hostile takeover bid in February and recent comments by New York Stock...
- Research articles 2007-04-01
- Mobile operator DTAC to list on Thai bourse
- BANGKOK AFP — Total Access Communication, Thailand's second largest mobile phone operator, said Wednesday it would float shares on the local stock exchange in a bid to raise at least 172 million dollars. DTAC, which is controlled by Norwegian telecom giant Telenor, plans to raise at least six billion...
- Research articles 2007-03-20
- Global stocks see more hemorrhaging
- NEW YORK AFP — Global stock markets saw more havoc Monday as Wall Street share prices failed to sustain a rebound and as investor jitters drove down values in Europe and Asia. After a week of drubbing for most world markets and another day of turbulence in leading bourses,...
- Research articles 2007-03-05
- Shanghai bourse reiterates plans to list blue-chip firms
- SHANGHAI AFP — The Shanghai Stock Exchange has reiterated plans to bolster its fledgling bourse by attracting heavyweight Chinese companies to list at home this year, state press reported Tuesday. "We will lure more funds into the market and bolster institutional participation, which will help lay the capital base...
- Research articles 2007-03-05
- MERGER NEWS
- European bourses left out of the Euronext-NYSE deal are already scrambling for merger opportunities to keep their competitive edge. OMX, the operator of stock exchanges in seven Nordic and Baltic countries, was getting ready to hold talks with officials at the Ljubljana Stock Exchange regarding the possible purchase of the...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- Tokyo, London bourses set to sign alliance Friday: sources
- TOKYO AFP — The Tokyo and London stock exchanges are set to sign a business alliance on Friday as part of a global race for consolidation among the world's top bourses, informed sources said Thursday. Tokyo Stock Exchange president Taizo Nishimuro has left for the British capital where he...
- Research articles 2007-02-21
- Gulf banks weather bourse turmoil but profit growth stifled
- ABU DHABI AFP — Commercial banks in the oil-rich Gulf region have managed to weather the storm in most local stock markets in the past few months but their profits have been stifled. In the United Arab Emirates, which has the second largest banking sector in the Arab world after...
- Research articles 2007-01-10
- Kuwaiti stocks end 2006 down for first time in six years
- KUWAIT CITY AFP — Kuwaiti shares ended 2006 lower in their first yearly drop since 2000 after enduring strong correction pressures and a string of economic and political events. The Kuwait Stock Exchange KSE Index closed Wednesday, the last day of trading for the year, on 10,067.40 points, down 12...
- Research articles 2006-12-27
- ICICI Venture offloads 5% in Info Edge for Rs 80 cr.
- Byline: Nishanth Vasudevan Nov. 23--MUMBAI, India -- ICICI Venture Funds has sold roughly 5 percent stake in internet major Info Edge India through the secondary market to Fidelity for roughly Rs 80 crore since its impressive debut on the domestic bourses on Tuesday, sources...
- Research articles 2006-11-23
- Iraqi investors pray foreign firms will revive flagging bourse
- BAGHDAD AFP — Shielded behind sandbags, investors at Baghdad's stock exchange pray that a planned law to allow foreign investment will rescue Iraq's war-battered market from a precipitous slump. Armed guards defend the entrance to the exchange from the city's gangs of lawless gunmen, but nothing can protect the...
- Research articles 2006-07-28
- Chinese bourse opens probe into irregular IPO trading
- SHANGHAI AFP — Chinese authorities have opened an inquiry into possible manipulation in trading of shares in CAMC Engineering, the first company to list locally after a year-long ban on fundraising ended in May. The Shenzhen stock exchange said in a notice posted on its website Monday that it...
- Research articles 2006-06-27
- NYSE could set up rival London bourse: CEO
- LONDON AFP — A merger of the New York Stock Exchange and European counterpart Euronext could pave the way for setting up a London bourse to rival the long-established London Stock Exchange, NYSE chief executive John Thain said. If a combined NYSE/Euronext didn't attract enough new listings "there would...
- Research articles 2006-06-18
- Euronext-Deutsche Boerse merger would be uncompetitive: NYSE chief
- LONDON AFP — Combining Europe's two biggest bourses would still not create a stock exchange capable of competing on the world stage, the New York Stock Exchange's chief executive told the British press. On June 1 the NYSE and Euronext, which runs the Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels and Lisbon bourses,...
- Research articles 2006-06-16
- Enam Fin tops charts in IPO management.
- May 31--NEW DELHI -- ENAM Financial has topped the charts as the investment banker managing the largest number of equity issues in '05-06. League tables drawn up by Prime Database show Enam as the lead manager in 24 initial public offers IPOs of the...
- Research articles 2006-05-31
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