LONDON — Stocks are sinking, again, after disappointing earnings reports from US tech giants Amazon, Google and Snap weighed on an already gloomy global sentiment in markets this week. US stocks have been having a rocky "red October," with catalysts ranging from fears about a China trade war, the Fed raising interest rates, and a…
SHANGHAI, China — Alibaba just made e-commerce history. With the company's massive Singles' Day celebration on 11/11 — November 11 — coming to a close, Alibaba reports that customers spent $30.8 billion online over the last 24 hours. That is a significant increase from the $25.3 billion in gross merchandise volume (GMV) Alibaba shoppers spent…
Paulo Whitaker/Reuters US equity markets were under pressure Thursday as the 10-year yield touched its highest level since the spring of 2011. Selling weighed heaviest on the tech-heavy Nasdaq, which saw losses in excess of 2%. Super Micro Computers crashed more than 50% after it was reported that Chinese spies implanted tiny chips in server motherboards…
THE FATE of the euro was always going to depend on Italy. With annual GDP of more than €1.6trn ($1.9trn), about 15% of euro-area output and debt of nearly €2.3trn, it poses a challenge to the single currency that Europe seems unable to manage but cannot avoid. Matters are now coming to a head, as…
ON THE campaign trail, Imran Khan, Pakistan’s new prime minister, presented himself as the man to break the country’s addiction to hand-outs from the West. Whereas previous governments used to go begging to the IMF for funds, he said, his Pakistan Movement for Justice (PTI) would focus instead on recouping billions of dollars hidden from…
print-edition icon Print edition | Finance and economics Sep 1st 2018 | NEW YORK THE document is dry, dusted with references to “benchmarks”, “performance evaluation” and “a metric-based framework”. But the 25 pages published on August 28th by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), one of America’s federal bank regulators, may start…
Goldman Sachs, which lacked the inroads into Saudi Arabia that other banks had, sent its co-president, Harvey M. Schwartz, along with the head of its Middle East and North Africa business. Endeavor, the Beverly Hills holding company for entertainment agencies, sent its co-chief executive, Ariel Emanuel, to help push along negotiations for a Saudi investment.…
Sears filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy early Monday morning after a multiyear battle to stay afloat amid steep declines in sales and customer traffic. The company said that it would close 142 stores before the end of the year and that Eddie Lampert would step down as CEO while remaining the company's chairman. The more…
Increases Revenue 159% for Quarter over Comparative Quarter Continues to Anticipate Revenue to Triple in 2018 Compared to 2017 Issues 2019 Revenue Guidance: 100% Growth Compared to 2018 Based on $71 Million Backlog
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By CHRIS CIRILLO | Nov. 28, 2017 | 1:57 A handful of Republican senators are on the fence about President Trump’s tax plan. Here are their concerns. Related: article: Senators Scramble to Advance Tax Bill That Increasingly Rewards Wealthy
