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S&P Has Affirmed Its 'bbb+' Long-Term Rating for POSCO
May 9, 2014International credit rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) has announced that it has affirmed its 'BBB+' long-term rating for South Korean steelmaker POSCO, with the outlook remaining negative. S&P said that it expects POSCO's credit ...
Tags: POSCO, steel industry
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Stock Price Movements Are, in Fact, Predictable During Short Windows
Feb 14, 2014A new study from the University of Iowa shows evidence that stock price movements are, in fact, predictable during short windows. The study by researchers in the Tippie College of Business suggests that price movements can be predicted ...
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Standard and Poor's Announced The Lowering of Its Forecast for US GDP Growth for 2014
Dec 13, 2013International credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's has announced the lowering of its forecast for US GDP growth for 2014 to 2.6 percent from the previous estimate of 3.1 percent, "amid the increased risks of a government stalemate and ...
Tags: GDP, metallurgy
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Know More About Diodes Electronic Components
Nov 14, 2013Know More About Diodes Electronic Components: Diodes Inc is a global manufacturer and supplier of application-specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic, and analog semiconductor markets. The company is headquartered in ...
Tags: Diodes Inc, provider, impressive, global
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What Does It Take to Shake The Chinese Market?
Jul 1, 2013What does it take to shake the Chinese market? If stock turmoil in Shanghai and talk of bank default don't strike fear in the heart of the nation, images of a metropolis falling into a chasm will perhaps do the trick. An image from the ...
Tags: Cash Squeeze, Banks
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Though Red Hat Reported Oracle Revenue Flatlined and Tibco's Sales and Profit Declined
Jun 21, 2013Against a backdrop of market tumult, enterprise software companies this week reported mixed quarterly results. Though Red Hat reported a robust quarter, Oracle revenue flatlined and Tibco's sales and profit declined year over year. ...
Tags: Wall Street, Red Hat, Oracle, Software Vendors
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Tech Stocks Have Been Doing Well on Optimism About Cloud Technology and Mobile Devices
May 31, 2013Despite dismal forecasts for PCs and servers, tech stocks have been doing well on optimism about cloud technology and mobile devices. A fresh batch of dire forecasts for the hardware market came out this week, yet tech stocks have ...
Tags: Tech Stocks, Wall Street, PC
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A Strong Stock Market Could Open The Floodgates for More Tech IPOs in The Wake of Debut
May 17, 2013A strong stock market could open the floodgates for more tech IPOs in the wake of Friday's solid debut of Marketo and Tableau, but not all segments of IT may be able to ride the wave. Marketo, which sells cloud-based marketing software, ...
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Meanwhile The Nasdaq Closed up 27.41 at 3463.58 Friday
May 15, 2013Increasing confidence in the economy and a rising stock market could lay the groundwork for a revival in tech-sector mergers and acquisitions as companies embrace cloud technology and pursue game-changing software, particularly for the ...
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Tech Investors Send Shares of IT Firms Higher as Stock-Market Indexes Hit Milestone Highs
May 7, 2013On the back end of an earnings season that by many accounts could have been worse, tech investors appeared to be in the mood to celebrate on Friday, sending shares of IT companies higher as key stock-market indexes hit milestone highs. ...
Tags: Tech Stocks, Market Indexes
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Apple's Record-Setting $17b Bond Offer Stood in Contrast to The Company' Darkest Days
May 6, 2013Apple's record-setting $17 billion bond offer this week stood in stark contrast to the company's darkest days, when in 1996 its millions in notes were rated as junk because investors wondered if the company would survive a thrashing by ...
Tags: Apple, Computer Products
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Tech IPO Market Has Gone From a Boil to a Simmer, Some Companies Are Plunging in
Apr 9, 2013Though the tech IPO market has gone from a boil to a simmer, some companies in areas such as big data and cloud-related technology are plunging in. Just this week, business intelligence software provider Tableau Software and cloud-based ...
Tags: tech IPO market, tech IPO
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Indicate Continuing Confidence That Things Will Go Better for Tech This Year Than in 2012
Apr 3, 2013Though IT trailed other sectors as market indices rose to milestone highs this quarter, some bright spots in earnings and market research reports this week indicate continuing confidence that things will go better for tech this year than in ...
Tags: IT, software, Computer Products
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Energy Shares Helped Pull The Standard and Poor's 500-Stock Index Higher
Feb 19, 2013Energy shares helped pull the Standard and Poor's 500-stock index higher, as an improving outlook for the sector sent it higher on a day heavy with merger and acquisition activity. The S&P 500-stock gained one point, or 0.1 per cent, to ...
Tags: Energy shares, stock index, finance
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Australian Dollar Fell Sharply After Warning on Outlook for Australian Economy Issued
Feb 1, 2013The Australian dollar fell sharply after The Wall Street Journal reported a warning on the outlook for the Australian economy issued by ratings firm Standard and Poor's. At 5pm AEDT the dollar was buying $US1.04, down from $US1.0470 in ...
Tags: Dollar, Australian economy, investment
