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...The benchmark S&P 500 has declined 20.9 per cent while an investor in US Treasuries has lost 15.3 per cent, according to Ice Data Services....
...Berkshire shares have outpaced the US stock market this year, rising 7.5 per cent compared to a 13 per cent decline by the benchmark S&P 500....
...AstraZeneca Plc has made a preliminary approach to rival drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc. about a potential merger, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be the biggest health-care deal...
...We think Airbus would be best-positioned to benefit from a V-shaped recovery in 2021....
...The regulatory approval represents an important milestone in the process, announced last year, to launch a cash tender offer for Delta’s acquisition for up to 49 percent of Grupo Aeromexico S.A.B. de C.V...
...“People focus on hardware way too much — it’s a content business, not a technology business,” he continues. “You can’t put Grand Theft Auto V on an iPhone, it’s not the same experience....
...Having started the week claiming autonomous driving was “a solved problem”, Elon Musk then said his Model S could “auto steer” up the west coast, before admitting Tesla had not actually implemented the technology...
...The software sales were driven by an over 94 per cent increase in next-generation titles such as Activision’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V....
...(Bloomberg) GM “must turn over documents related to its subprime auto-lending under a subpoena issued by the U.S....
...after the release of Grand Theft Auto V,” said Edward Woo of Ascendiant Capital Markets, “but it is such a big blockbuster that it gives the company resources to invest and a lot of money for buybacks.”...
...(WSJ) How to use a bank tax to make the financial system safer (Financial Times) Bullish Chevron to outspend Exxon (Financial Times) Lenders warn over rush to build luxury London homes (Financial Times...
...(Reuters) “A federal court in New York has ordered MF Global Inc. to pay $1.2 billion in restitution to the failed brokerage firm’s customers, the U.S....
...Rahul Bajaj (Bajaj Auto Ltd.) Shyam S. Bhartia and Hari S. Bhartia (Jubilant Bhartia Group) Gaurav Dalmia (Dalmia Group) Steven A....
...Chevron announces Gulf of Mexico oil find Chevron, the second-largest US oil group by market capitalisation, has announced a potentially large discovery in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, confirming...
...Bohong to acquire Wescast China’s Sichuan Bohong Industry Co Ltd has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Canadian auto parts supplier Wescast Industries Inc to acquire the latter at an expected...
...Audi is also featuring Google Earth and the Google search service in the new A8’s navigation system....
...Calvin Hathaway has performed one of his legendary U-turns....
...When considering a turnround investment in a struggling company, one of the most important questions to ask is what shape will the economic recovery take: a quick V-shaped one, or a longer U-shaped one....
...S&P Equity Research was also concerned about margins....
...Chairman Ben S....
...Kindler, Chairman and CEO, Pfizer Inc., USA Klaus Kleinfeld, President and CEO, Siemens AG, Germany Mustafa V....
...BlackBerry maker Research In Motion was dealt another legal setback in a key patent infringement case on Wednesday, raising pressure to settle or face a possible shutdown of its U.S. mobile e-mail service...
...The major indices closed at fresh four-and-a-half year highs with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.7 per cent to 10,959.31 and the S&P 500 0.9 per cent higher at 1,285.45....
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