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| BP, Halliburton knew of cement flaws before rig explosion Boston Globe By Steven Mufson WASHINGTON — Three advance tests carried out by the oil services firm Halliburton on a cement mixture used to try to close British Petroleum's Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico showed that the cement would be unstable, according to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Microsoft Beats Street and Knocks Down Apple Worry ABC News By Bill Rigby SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp beat Wall Street's expectations with a 51 percent jump in quarterly profit, as higher sales of its flagship Windows and Office software knocked down fears Apple Inc's iPad would take a bite out of its ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Hong Kong's Hang Seng Falls on Weaker Earnings; AIA Advances BusinessWeek By Nick Gentle Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong stocks fell, paring the Hang Seng Index's monthly gain, after Bank of Communications Co. and China Life Insurance Co. reported earnings that missed analysts' estimates. AIA Group Ltd. rose on its first ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Nippon Life Leads Insurer Rush to Japan's Bonds as Fed Targets Inflation Bloomberg By Wes Goodman and Masaki Kondo - Fri Oct 29 05:04:55 GMT 2010 Japan's largest life insurers are increasing their holdings of yen-denominated bonds as central bank efforts to curb deflation fail and US Treasuries head for their worst month since March. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Samsung Electronics Forecasts Weak Quarter as Earnings Peak Bloomberg By Jun Yang - Fri Oct 29 04:10:10 GMT 2010 Samsung Electronics Co. , Asia's biggest maker of semiconductors, flat screens and mobile phones, said third-quarter profit increased 17 percent to a record, driven by gains in sales of computer-memory chips. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NZ Dollar Up Late On Weak US Dollar; Market Awaits Easing News Wall Street Journal WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--The New Zealand dollar remained in a tight range after pushing higher overnight on the back of a weaker US dollar, as investors fretted about the size and timing of possible quantitative easing to be announced by the Federal ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Tokyo bourse looking into insider trading complaints Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) - The Tokyo Stock Exchange TSE.UL said on Friday it is looking into a spate of complaints about recent trades involving heavy short-selling ahead of new share issues. A growing number of investors at home and overseas are asking it to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Japan factory production, consumer prices fall The Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan's factories made fewer goods in September as makers of cars and electronic devices cut production while consumer prices fell for the 19th month, underscoring that the economic recovery is losing steam. Factory output was down 1.9 ... See all stories on this topic » |
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