Feb 26 2010

NVTL Tumbles, Outlook Disappoints

Yesterday, after market close, Novatel Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ:NVTL) declared disappointing fourth quarter 2009 financial results. The company’s first quarter 2010 outlook is more lackluster due to lower average selling price (ASP) and weak seasonality. In the after-market trade in NASDAQ, the stock price of Novatel tumbled 76 cents (10.34%) to $6.59.
 
Fourth quarter total revenue of $88.64 million was up 36% year-over-year but declined 6% sequentially. Quarterly revenue was also well below … [visit site to read more]



Feb 26 2010

Stock Market News Briefs: Accenture Ltd., American International Group, Inc., China Telecom Corp Ltd, China Unicom Ltd, CKE Restaurants, Inc., Conseco, Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Gap, Inc. (The), GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), Interpublic Group Of Companies, Inc. (The), J.M. Smucker Company (The)

 AIG (NYSE:AIG) posted an $8.9 billion loss and said it could knock on the US government’s door to help meet its obligations

 CKE Restaurants (NYSE:CKR) will be purchased by Thomas H Lee Partners for $928 million, or $11.05 per share

 Interpublic Group (NYSE:IPG) reported inline sales and earnings for its fourth quarter, with results of 24 cents on revenues of $1.8 billion

 Gap (NYSE:GPS) reported after the close yesterday that its earnings topped estimates by one cent at 51 … [visit site to read more]



Feb 26 2010

Swiss Franc: Continuation Of The Rebound

Update on supports and resistances. … [visit site to read more]



Feb 26 2010

Market update (PM): Serco on track with stunning results

Serco Group led blue chip gains on the FTSE this afternoon, having announced a significantly expanded order book of £17.1 billion, up 0.8 billion on the previous year.
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Feb 26 2010

WI stock picks: Aviva attracting analyst interest

Income and growth seekers are being advised to look again at the UK’s largest insurance company Aviva.
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Feb 26 2010

UK is not out of the woods, warns City expert

Figures out today confirmed a much better than expected GDP figure, but the UK is still lagging behind other global economies in the speed of recovery.
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Feb 26 2010

Market update (AM): Investors fall from the black horse

Lloyds Banking Group saw its share price sink in this morning’s early trading (0930) as investors offloaded following a large rise in impairments at the part-nationalised bank.
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Feb 26 2010

Greece on the verge of downgrade

Ratings agencies were today poised ready to downgrade Greece’s sovereign debt causing European markets to tumble.
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Feb 26 2010

Blackrock expecting mining mergers  

Investors should expect further mergers and acquisition activity in the mining sector over the coming 12 months, according to BlackRock.
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Feb 26 2010

Fund manager movements at Invesco Perpetual

Invesco Perpetual has announced a number of fund manager changes within its fixed income team.
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