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...Ford reported sales up 3.4 per cent for the month, at 244,306, a stronger performance than expected by analysts. Chrysler sales rose 14 per cent year on year in March to 216,063....
...Between December 2017 and March this year, KCA transferred 5.85m Siebert shares to the owners of the Nevada LLC....
...Corporate earnings reports out today include Harmonic Drive Systems, Takashimaya and OSG....
...The US dollar index was up 0.1 per cent today at 94.04, recouping its Monday move, while gold, which is sensitive to US interest rate expectations, also reversed course to be down 0.1 per cent at $1,244.19...
...dollar index, a measure of the US currency against a basket of global peers, was 0.1 per cent lower at 94.437, while gold, which is sensitive to US interest rate expectations, was 0.1 per cent higher at $1,244.95...
...Among commodities, gold benefited from a weaker dollar, rising more than $5 to $1,244 an ounce. The price of crude hit a fresh five-month high....
...share count error was made; (b) if the error was Goldman’s fault or the Company’s fault; (c) whether Goldman had discussed the overstated share count with Vista; or (d) whether Vista should or would pay $4.244...
...“We are very happy with the restructuring at OSG,” says Wilbur Ross, who is among OSG’s creditors. “The combination of the Jones Act and shale gas has been phenomenal.”...
...1,722 DJIA up +205.82 (+1.36%) at 15,374 Nasdaq up +45.42 (+1.20%) at 3,839 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +2.41 (+0.19%) at 1,266 FTSE100 up +22.48 (+0.34%) at 6,572 CAC 40 down -12.30 (-0.29%) at 4,244...
...around 25 aircraft…” (Reuters) The order is “worth at least $7 billion based on list prices” (Bloomberg) “Private equity firm KKR & Co is nearing a deal to acquire lifting equipment company Crosby Group LLC...
...However, Barclays’ shares fell 5.4 per cent to 240p, below the 244-248p pricing range of the offering....
...* Enhanced liquidity position – ended the quarter with $244 billion in cash and due from banks, and deposits with banks, up from $209 billion at June 30, 2009....
...The FTSE 100 closed 41.8 points, 0.7 per cent, higher at 6,072.7, while the FTSE 250 rose 92.2 points, 0.9 per cent, to a record high of 10,244.5....
...The FTSE 100 rose 0.3 per cent to 4,960.8 and the mid-cap FTSE 250 index added 0.2 per cent to 7,244.1 in spite of being handicapped by a large number of companies moving ex-dividend....
...As only 1.1bn shares traded at the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.1 per cent to 10,244.49 while the broader S&P 500 index added 0.3 per cent to 1,123.50 by the close...
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