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...Companies in the materials sector are down more than 11 per cent from a recent peak, with chemicals manufacturer Dow declining 19 per cent over the period....
...The S&P 500 closed up 0.5 per cent and the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended little changed, recovering from a fall of more than 1 per cent, after the US president said in a scheduled address that his administration...
...After the Dow Jones index rallied 27 per cent in seven weeks from its March 23 low, John Cassidy of The New Yorker asked: “Have investors . . . lost their minds?”...
...In the 1930s, a high-tech leader of the day, Dow Chemical regained its old peak as early as 1933. Two others, Honeywell and 3M, did so in 1936....
...“What you’re seeing is an expectation of a V-shaped recovery and that may prove to be too optimistic.”...
...Global equities have climbed more than 3 per cent in February, and US stocks have been particularly buoyant, with traders beginning to get their “Dow 30,000” caps printed....
...“The shape is almost a perfect V and offers a glimpse of hope that economic effect might be shortlived,” said Daniel Bergvall, economist at SEB....
...The Dow Jones Industrial Average has bounced a fifth higher in the past three trading days. It’s the biggest three-day rally since 1931....
...This month the Stoxx Europe 600 Banks index and the Dow Jones Bank Index of US lenders have each lost more than 40 per cent, while the cost of insuring bank debt through credit default swaps has soared....
...The Nasdaq Composite shed 1.7 per cent and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1.2 per cent....
...Economists say a V-shaped recovery is unlikely. Even then it could be two Vs stuck together – a W, in other words....
...The Nasdaq Composite was slightly lower, falling 0.02 per cent, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.05 per cent....
...(FT) Dockwork ers v robots Dockworkers in Los Angeles are making a last stand against the automation of lucrative port jobs....
...It could even be the death knell for Roe v Wade. Ed Luce says few presidents get an opportunity as large as this to stamp their character on America’s third branch of government....
...David Blitzer, chairman of the index committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices, said a decision on Snap was not imminent....
...With the launch of the offer for all preference shares in Unilever N.V. we are also taking important steps to simplify our capital structure and improve corporate governance.”...
...(FT) Samsung v Elliott: Lex argues that the South Korean smartphone maker’s resistance to splitting itself apart is a good call....
...(WaPo) Clinton v Trump: clash of the operatives David Brock and Roger Stone are masters of the dark arts of politics – 2016 will be their greatest canvas....
...Even large companies such as eBay, Dow Chemical and DuPont, where the biggest activists can only accumulate a small percentage of the shares because of the cost, have had to cede to their demands....
...Qingdao — pronounced chin-dow — is a port city in China famous for its Tsingtao brewery, but the name continues to cast a long shadow over the global metals market. Here’s why. What has happened?...
...The S&P 500 slipped 0.6 per cent to 2,011.27, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.1 per cent to 17,427.09. The Nasdaq Composite eased 0.5 per cent to 4,639.32....
...In the case, known as Comcast v....
...FURTHER FURTHER READING - Will Apple join the Dow, finally? - Felix Salmon on DeMarco v Geithner - Finance must escape the shadows. - ECB Q&A: will we see a big bazooka or pea-shooter on Thursday?...
...The Dow Jones Industrial Average was 0.2 per cent off at 12,42.46, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite lost 0.3 per cent to 2,836.94....
...But Exxon is one of only two companies – the other being General Electric – that were in the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1929 and are still there today....
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