Short sellers in position for Information Technology earnings - Data Explorers
Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:28Inc (NASDAQ:YHOO) shares have lost approximately 16% following its announcement that China-based Alibaba Group Holding had ceded ownership of its online-payment business. Short interest had dropped to annual lows of 1.0% but as the share price decline ...
News Corp increases stock buyback to $5 billion - Reuters
Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:30NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp (NWSA.O) plans to buy back $5 billion in stock over the next 12 months as the media company tries to contain a telephone hacking scandal in Britain that has sent its share price down about 14 percent since July 4. ...
Former Wall St Journal owners: 'We wouldn't have sold if we had known' - The Guardian
Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:35He offered $60 a share, a 67% premium, $2.25bn above the market price the day his offer was announced, at a time when newspaper share prices had been flagging for more than two years. Moreover, 14 months after the deal closed, in early 2009, News Corp ...
NSE share value dips further by N31bn - Vanguard
Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:12On the contrary, Capital Hotel Plc led on the gainers' table, rising by 4.90 per cent or N0.24 to close at N5.14 per share, Bags Manufacturing Company Plc followed with a gain of 4.65 per cent or N0.12 to close at N2.70 per share and Prestige Assurance ...
Ahead of the Bell: analyst lifts Marriott rating - BusinessWeek
Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:41An analyst raised his rating and price target on Marriott International Inc. on Wednesday, saying the hotel operator's second-quarter earnings results may beat expectations. Baird's David Loeb also cited the Bethesda, Md.. company's attractive stock ...