Market forces
Guardian Unlimited - Merrill Lynch helped to bring retailer Sports Direct to the market, promoting the shares to investors. Now, after a welter of profits warnings under founder Mike Ashley, the broker has labeled Ashley’s company as one of its least preferred stocks
City Eye: We talk up a crisis and then set the house ablaze
The Independent - Massive stocks have it even worse. You could feel the shudder in the City when Merrill Lynch announced a $4bn loss on Thursday. The FTSE 100 folded like a deckchair. Next up, a storm of rhetoric on the dire future for the property market. Over the years
Why do so many men still think the sex trade is fine?
Guardian Unlimited - So long as stocks last. Coaker is on the case, Harriet Harman wants to penalise ‘the demand side’ and Denis MacShane has tabled a suitable amendment to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, with the result that websites usually preoccupied with
Israeli airstrike kills 2 Hamas militants in Gaza
International Herald Tribune - Israeli Defense Ministry spokesman Shlomo Dror said Gazans had adequate food stocks. “There is a government decision that there will not be a humanitarian crisis in Gaza,” Dror stated. It was too early Saturday to gauge the impact of the latest
Trains and buses and a transport of delight in the City
The Independent - Trains and buses and a transport of delight in the City From ports to railways to roads, transport stocks look poised to accelerate in 2008, while the low-cost carriers will fly the flag for the airlines as the long-haul routes suffer. David Parsley
BUMPY RIDE: A focus on growth stocks might be the ideal bet in turbulent
Patriot Ledger - Growth stocks could be well-positioned to ride out what’s looking like a bumpy economic ride in 2008, financial advisers state. Dan Heitzman of Marshfield, founder and president of Rockland-based Stonebridge Financial Consultants, recommends clients
How to tell when it’s time to buy
Times Online - The FTSE 250 index of medium-sized firms is already in a bear market on some measures, having slumped 21% since its peak in May, and some of Britain’s most popular stocks are down by as much as they were during the 1990s recession. Retailers, for
Dreadful Stocks to Avoid
MSN MoneyCentral - Genentech Inc ( DNA ) Stock Quote , Chart , News , Add to Watchlist Warren Buffett’s first rule of investing is: “Never lose money.” To this, he often adds rule No. 2: “Never forget rule No. 1.” Of course, following these rules is easier said than
US STOCKS-Market snaps back; GE, IBM help
Reuters - Last: NEW YORK, Jan 18 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rebounded on Friday from losses this week as earnings from bellwethers IBM (IBM.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) and General Electric Co (GE.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) provided some relief to worries
European stocks snap losing streak; banks blended
Reuters - PARIS, Jan 18 (Reuters) - European equities were higher around midday on Friday, snapping a three-day losing streak as merger talk lifted miners while investors started to snap up recently beaten-down shares. But fears over the prospect of a U.S
Stocks get no stimulus from economic news
Kansas City Star - Wall Street ended a painful week with another decline Friday as investors unable to hold on to much optimism about the economy drew tiny comfort from President Bush’s stimulus plan. Investors pulled back from a huge early advance, with the major
Stocks End Rough Week With Modest Drop
Chicago Tribune - NEW YORK - Wall Street ended a painful week with another decline Friday as skittish investors unable to hold on to much optimism about the economy drew tiny comfort from President Bush’s stimulus plan. The day’s trading reflected how fractious Wall
To cut rates would harm the Bank’s reputation
Daily Telegraph - The last example was when the 2001/02 technology meltdown decimated US stocks. The resulting “dotcom” bear market was quite short-lived, lasting around two years. In recent weeks, we’ve seen alarming signs - in terms of both numbers and
Stocks Speed Their Descent
Wall Street Journal - Call it Unsightly ‘08. The New Year’s stock drubbing accelerated last week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 4% and the Nasdaq Composite Index dropping 4.1%. In the Dow benchmark’s worst January begin, the industrials are off 8.8% so far in
Europe stocks fall 1 percent, recession fears weigh
Reuters - LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - European shares fell 1 percent early on Friday, continuing their torrid begin to 2008 as recession fears continued to weigh, with banks hit by worries over writedowns and a weakening housing market. At 0917 GMT, the
Stocks On The Move This Week: Home Depot, AMD
CNBC - Following are the week’s biggest winners and losers. Find out why shares of Home Depot (HD) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) popped while Google (GOOG) and Schlumberger (SLB) dropped. POPS (stocks that jumped higher) Homebuilders ETF (XHB) popped 2
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