Markets Banking on a recovery in crude prices, General Electric (NYSE:GE) is merging its oil and gas business with Baker Hughes (NYSE:BHI), creating a large, listed player, that could compete with rivals like Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB). GE will own 62.5% of … Continue reading
Markets Crude futures are largely unchanged at almost $50 a barrel ahead of an OPEC technical meeting which starts in Vienna today. But oil prices are set for their biggest weekly loss since mid-September on concerns that member nations won’t … Continue reading
Markets The British economy grew by a much better-than-expected 0.5% in the third quarter, the first time impacts from the Brexit vote could fully be analyzed. The dominant services industry, which accounts for almost 80% of the economy, was once … Continue reading
Markets Apple’s soggy post-earnings performance, a flood of other earnings news and weaker oil prices are weighing on equities, with U.S. stock index futures swimming in the red. Of the 150 S&P companies that have reported so far, 75.3% have … Continue reading
Markets The largest S&P 500 stock by market capitalization – Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) – is the highlight of today’s earnings reports. The Q4 results will offer the first peek into sales of the new iPhone 7 and the extra business the … Continue reading
Markets Markit’s manufacturing PMI for the eurozone rose to a 30-month high of 53.3, topping estimates of 52.6. Germany’s print of 55.1 was a 33-month high, and France’s of 51.3 was the strongest in 10 months. Meanwhile in Spain, the … Continue reading
Markets Microsoft’s shares climbed 5.4% premarket and topped the stock’s all-time high of $59.56 after its FQ1 earnings exceeded expectations and sales of its cloud platform Azure more than doubled. EPS came in at $0.76 while revenue rose 3% to … Continue reading
Markets Saudi Arabia has raised $17.5B in the largest ever bond sale by an emerging-market country as it looks to reduce its $97B budget deficit. The government could have raised even more, with Bloomberg reporting that it received orders of … Continue reading
Markets China’s GDP growth remained at 6.7% on year in Q3, as expected, boosted by yet more government spending, record bank lending and an over-heating property market, all of which are adding to the massive debt in the country. “Economic … Continue reading
Markets Global equities were higher at the time of writing as a weakening dollar helped strengthen oil prices, thereby boosting global sentiment, and ahead of U.S. CPI data this morning. Inflation is expected to have risen to 1.5% on year … Continue reading