HONG KONG Asian stocks sank Friday as jitters over the crises in Iraq and Ukraine escalated but Chinese stocks rose after trade figures showed surprisingly strong growth in exports.KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 led Asian declines, sliding 2.8 percent to 14,814.07 as the yen strengthened. South Korea’s Kospi lost 1.1 percent to 2,032.24 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng shed 0.2 […]
Benchmarks ended almost unchanged as tensions between Russia and Ukraine tension escalated and two high-profile merger deals failed. These concerns offset positive performance of the consumer staples sector which was banking on Molson Coors Brewing’s robust results. Disappointing news from Italy and Germany also weighed on investor sentiment.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to […]
Poland’s Prime Minister increased its rhetoric on Russia’s continued buildup of military forces on the Ukraine border. He suggested that Russia is planning to invade under the guise of a peacekeeping mission to prevent further humanitarian violations, or at least pressure Ukraine’s government into ceasing its offensive in the eastern part of the country. This kept European equities weak overnight […]
PrintEmailOFF-COURT ACTIVITIES 2014Berdych Opens TSX; Federer Plays Hockeyby ATP Staff
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06.08.2014© Ron Turenne/Tennis CanadaTomas Berdych opens the stock market Tuesday with Toronto tournament director Karl Hale.It hasn’t all been about tennis for the players at this week’s ATP World Tour tournaments. ATPWorldTour.com provides a recap of the highlights.Rogers Cup – Toronto, CanadaTomas Berdych had an early wake-up call Tuesday as he […]
PrintEmailOFF-COURT ACTIVITIES 2014Berdych Opens TSX; Federer Plays Hockeyby ATP Staff
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06.08.2014© Ron Turenne/Tennis CanadaTomas Berdych opens the stock market Tuesday with Toronto tournament director Karl Hale.It hasn’t all been about tennis for the players at this week’s ATP World Tour tournaments. ATPWorldTour.com provides a recap of the highlights.Rogers Cup – Toronto, CanadaTomas Berdych had an early wake-up call Tuesday as he […]
The Fed-Induced Stock Market EPS Fairy TaleStock-Markets / Corporate EarningsAug 04, 2014 – 10:50 PM GMTBy: Michael_PentoThe stock market has advanced sharply over the past five years no matter what geopolitical situation has blown up or how tenuous the economic foundation may be. This is because Investors have simply been forced to throw money at the market with a reckless […]
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd (TSX: FFH) confirmed on July 31 that Chief Executive Officer Prem Watsa and President Paul Rivett are being investigated by Quebec’s securities regulator as part of a probe into possible insider trading and tipping.Insider trading occurs when an individual or organization uses non-public corporate information to trade stocks. Normally, this happens shortly before important information is made […]
Big data is already making a big impact all over the world. Large corporations, world organizations, and governments have hopped aboard the big data bandwagon, hoping to utilize new sources of data to improve operations and increase productivity among many other reasons.It’s easy to see from the latest technology news how such massive organizations can benefit from big data considering […]
SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 29, 2014–MapR Technologies, Inc., provider of the top-ranked distribution for Apache™ Hadoop®, today announced that it is one of the first to receive Big Data Competency status from Amazon Web Services (AWS). Now part of the new AWS Partner Network (APN) Competency Program, AWS has named MapR as a Big Data Competency Partner based on customer […]
By: Nancy Zambell of Street AuthorityA “follow-up” market crash could be coming.I don’t mean to scare you, but it’s only a matter of time…The past two happened like clockwork — seven years apart. One happened just before 2001, after the dot-com burst. The other came with a vengeance in 2008, right after the housing collapse.It’s getting close to another seven […]
