By Herbert Lash
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global equity markets mostly rose on Monday, driven higher by a flurry of merger and acquisition activity, while a recent tumble in the yen against the dollar halted after Japan‘s economy minister suggested the currency might have weakened enough. (more…)
By Laurence Fletcher
LONDON (Reuters) – A booming population, fuelled by immigration, will help Britain‘s economy to grow more strongly than Germany‘s later this decade and could drive its stock market much higher, according to one of the UK‘s biggest equity hedge funds. (more…)
By David Brett
LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar held firm near a 10-month high versus a basket of currencies on Friday and European shares fell after a regional Federal Reserve chief said the U.S. central bank may begin to taper its asset buying this summer. (more…)
SAN DIEGO, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — California residents who are looking for the best home refinance rates and the lowest mortgage prices need look no further than Blue Loan Services. As a full service mortgage company Blue Loan Services has been helping first time and experienced homeowners to find the most ideal loans for their mortgage scenarios for a number of years. This excellent service and the quick loan closing times that the company is known for has recently earned the company a spot on Lender 411′s list of Top 50 Lenders in California. (more…)
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has hailed kinder words from lenders and revived interest in the country’s deeply-discounted bonds and stocks as a “Greekovery” to replace last year’s “Grexit” catchphrase.
Although there is little sign of economic recovery, Greece is finally attracting some of the cheap funds that are being pumped out by major central banks and feeding an investment boom on stock and bond markets. (more…)
MENTOR, Ohio, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Gas Natural Inc. (NYSE MKT: EGAS) (“Gas Natural” or the “Company”), a holding company operating local distributing companies serving approximately 73,000 customers in seven states, reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. (more…)
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TORONTO, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Manulife Financial has today released its 2012 Public Accountability Statement. The statement, which reviews Manulife’s commitment to social responsibility, environmental sustainability, excellence in business conduct and corporate governance during the previous year, is now available for download at manulife.com. (more…)
GIVAT SHMUEL, Israel, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Cimatron Limited (NASDAQ: CIMT), a leading provider of integrated CAD/CAM software solutions for the toolmaking and manufacturing industries, today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2013. (more…)
SALT LAKE CITY, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – Zions Bancorporation (NASDAQ: ZION) (“Zions”) today announced its plans to offer $100,000,000 to $250,000,000 aggregate liquidation preference of Series I fixed/floating rate non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated May 13, 2013 to its prospectus dated April 4, 2011. The public offering price of each share will be equal to the liquidation preference per share, or $1,000.00. (more…)
NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes are mostly higher in early trading on Wall Street Friday and are on track to post solid gains for the week.
The Dow Jones industrial average was moving between small gains and losses in the first hour of trading. It was down five points at 15,077 as of 10:31 a.m. Other indexes inched higher. (more…)