Prospects for companies that provide services for oil and gas producers were lifted on Thursday when Norway's Aker Solutions' third-quarter topped forecasts and Britain's Petrofac saw healthy activity. The oilfield services sector
The price index of construction materials for September 2009 reached 117.83 (base year 2005=100.00), recording an increase of 0.34% over the previous month. However, compared with the same period of the previous
US Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 fell 0.1 to 0.5 percent, pointing to a weaker start on Wall Street on Thursday. The Labor
Credit Suisse Group AG said it was upbeat about its prospects after exceeding third-quarter net profit forecasts by a wide margin thanks to a solid investment banking performance and good client inflows.
Microsoft Corp launched Windows 7 on Thursday in its most important release for more than a decade, aiming to win back customers after the disappointing Vista and strengthen its grip on the
British retail sales failed to grow for a second month running in September, official data showed on Thursday, confounding expectations for a 0.5 percent rise. The Office for National Statistics said sales
Britain's top share index fell 1.1 percent on Wednesday, weighed down by weakness in banks and commodity stocks as disappointing corporate results and Chinese data crimped demand for riskier assets like equities.
Disappointing corporate results knocked equities lower on Thursday while the dollar bounced off 14-month lows. Gold and oil both slipped as the dollar rose. Euro zone government debt was flat. Investors in
Europe stocks fell 1.3 percent in early trade on Thursday, tracking losses on Wall Street, as worse-than-expected quarterly results from telecom gear firm Ericsson prompted investors to pocket some of their recent
Moody's Investors Service maintains a stable outlook on its Aaa issuer rating for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), according to its newly-published credit analysis. The rating reflects EBRD's prudent
