Economy
California considered for offshore wind
EEW and Gulf Island Fabrication recently visited MA to view potential site locations to build its United States hub. The three offshore energy projects in December bid on state contracts to sell up to 800 megawatts of offshore wind energy. [Full Article...]
Westover Capital Advisors LLC Boosts Stake in Lam Research Co. (LRCX)
Vontobel Asset Management Inc increased its stake in Priceline Grp Inc (PCLN) by 28.13% based on its latest 2017Q4 regulatory filing with the SEC. (MSFT) by 2.02% based on its latest 2017Q4 regulatory filing with the SEC. Vetr lowered shares of Lam Research from a " buy " rating to a "hold" rating and set a $218.49 price objective for the company.in a research note on Tuesday, January 23rd. [Full Article...]
BHP Billiton Limited (BHP) Position Cut by Renaissance Technologies LLC
Shorter moving average timeframes are more sensitive to price fluctuations and can pick up on trend changes more quickly than longer-term moving averages. BHP Billiton plc has a 52 week low of GBX 571.60 and a 52 week high of GBX 1,396.00. At the time of writing, the First Call consensus price target for the company is $43.9. [Full Article...]
United Kingdom vehicle sales slide for 12th consecutive month in March
Demand for petrol was up 0.5 per cent. Registrations of petrol cars were stable, up 0.5 per cent. Published by the Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders ( SMMT ), the figures cover the first three months of the year (January to March 2018) and suggest that sales of new diesels have fallen by around 33.3%, down to 240,614 compared to the first quarter in 2017. [Full Article...]
IPL 2018: Chennai Super Kings aims to 'Whistle Podu' again
The case was heard by Madras High Court's first bench on April 4, The Times of India reported. IPL 2018 will have 51 matches in total and the final will be played on May 27. CSK was out of IPL for two years following the spot fixing scandal along with Rajasthan Royals for the 9th and 10th season. From the northernmost part - Kullu to the southern most part - Tirunelveli, and spreading its ... [Full Article...]
Last orders: Conviviality has officially fallen into administration
C&C Group chief executive Stephen Glancey added: "We know the Matthew Clark and Bibendum businesses very well". All 1,9000 Conviviality Direct employees will keep their jobs. 'C&C have undertaken to provide substantial funding to the Conviviality Direct business to ensure creditors are paid and to address the cash flow constraints that have been encountered'. [Full Article...]
Delta Air Lines says it was hit by cyberattack
Delta Air Lines said Wednesday that some of its customers' payment information may have been breached in a cyberattack last fall. It is also used in ranking the parallel size of stock exchanges, is a measure of the total of the market capitalizations of all companies listed on each stock exchange. [Full Article...]
Scoot flight returns to Singapore after alleged bomb threat; man arrested
The passenger plane took off at 1.20pm and landed back at Changi Airport at about 3.25pm, said Scoot. Two F-15SG fighter jets responded to the pilot's alert and escorted the plane from the South China Sea back to Changi airport, said Singapore Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen in a posting on Facebook. [Full Article...]
Results of principal stage of auction for mobile airwaves
Telefónica UK CEO, Mark Evans, said: "The real winners in this auction are customers as O2 invests to further strengthen its award winning network". The company won all 40 MHz of the 2. He added: "As a nation we're using ever more mobile data on smartphones and mobile devices". Prior to the auction O2 had the least spectrum at just 86Mhz, so it's now nearly doubled that, bringing it up to 166M... [Full Article...]
IShares MSCI Australia (EWA) Rises 0.73% for April 4
Sell-side firms now have a consensus recommendation of 2.90 on the shares. Looking about the past performance history, the company jumped 2.22% for the last five trades and expanded 0.36% in one month period. MSCI Inc. (MSCI ) shares have been seen trading -8.92% off its 52 week- peak value and changed 53.36% from its 52 week-bottom price value. Thrivent Financial For Lutherans lifted its positi... [Full Article...]
United Kingdom gender pay gap widens in the game industry
As of last April, 85 percent of the label's male employees received a bonus payment, compared to 74 percent of female staff. "Bonuses and performance-related pay are red flags - in firms where it is predominantly men in the senior management roles, big bonuses traditionally go to men", Scarlet Harris, women's policy officer at the TUC, told The Guardian. [Full Article...]
Sumo chief apologises after women attempting CPR ordered out of ring
Makiko Uchidate, a writer and former member of the sumo association's yokozuna council, argues that gender separation is a long-held custom and that the issue should be viewed separately from other gender discrimination. Mr Tatami was taken to hospital and is in a stable condition. Several commentators on different channels argued that the referee should not have urged the women to leave the r... [Full Article...]
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is DnB Asset Management AS's 3rd Largest Position
It has underperformed by 6.54% the S&P500. Apple Inc. ( NASDAQ : AAPL ) shares advanced 1.91% to finally closed at $171.61 in last active session. Truepoint Inc. boosted its stake in Apple by 15,559.4% in the 3rd quarter. Investors sentiment increased to 0.73 in 2017 Q4. It's up 0.15, from 0.85 in 2017Q3. [Full Article...]
YouTube's new TrueView for Reach option makes bumper ads skippable
TrueView for reach combines elements of TrueView in-stream ads-which are typically 30 seconds or longer and allow users to skip the ad after five seconds-with the company's "bumper" ads, which are usually six to 15 seconds long, but are not skippable by the user. [Full Article...]
Dow rebounds 389 points from Monday losses
Amazon got a double dose of bad news. The S&P 500 lost 0.5 per cent or 12 points to 2,602. Borrowing costs nudged lower in Europe too even as the first March reading on eurozone inflation, a key release for markets as the European Central Bank looks to wind down its massive monetary stimulus, came in firm at 1.4 per cent. [Full Article...]
Analysts Expect Time Warner Inc (TWX) to Post $1.76 EPS
Farallon Capital Management Llc who had been investing in Time Warner Inc for a number of months, seems to be less bullish one the $74.17 billion market cap company. Time Warner's dividend payout ratio is now 25.08%. The stock exhibited 10.75% change to a low over the previous 12 months and manifested move of -8.46% to a high over the same period. [Full Article...]
Sell-Side Views in Focus for General Motors Company (NYSE:GM)
Snapshot: On Tuesday , Shares of Wells Fargo & Company, ( NYSE: WFC ), performed 1.42 percent and closed at $52.08 in the last trading session. WFC is an exciting player in the Financial space, with a center of attention on Money Center Banks . [Full Article...]
Sensex gains 400 points, Nifty tests 10250-level on strong global cues
Back home, focus shifts to RBI monetary policy review whose six-member Monetary Policy Committee will announce the RBI verdict on interest rates later in the day. The index was dragged down by BSE Metal (-2.75), Consumer Durables (-2.55%), Basic Materials (-2.07%), Capital Goods (-1.95%) and Bankex (-1.635). Globally, European markets were trading in the negative zone in their early deals. [Full Article...]
Risk Factors under Review - Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: ALXN)
About 12,405 shares traded. Ensco plc (NYSE:ESV) has declined 46.12% since April 2, 2017 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 11.55% the S&P500. (NYSE:CCU). 554,042 were reported by California Public Employees Retirement System. Thornburg Invest Management holds 0.1% or 116,511 shares in its portfolio. [Full Article...]
Virginia Beach police search for armed bank robber
They are calling him the "Big Man Bandit". Police say Gray and his crew tried to rob the credit union two days earlier, but employees saw the men coming toward the building with guns, so the lobby doors were locked. During the robberies, he reportedly wore either an Oakland Raiders or Golden State Warriors cap, a light sweater or jacket, and jeans. When the teller refused, the suspect fled on fo... [Full Article...]