Archive for May, 2008

Sued Chemie to pass on higher raw material costs

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

FRANKFURT, May 31 (Reuters) - Chemicals maker Sued-Chemie(SUCG.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) intends to raise prices to prevent higher raw materialcosts from denting profitability, the CEO of the privateequity-controlled German company was quoted as saying. "We must pass on higher raw material ...

UPDATE 1-Airbus says Diehl/Thales is bidder for German unit

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

(Rewrites throughout, adds details, quotes, background) PARIS, May 31 (Reuters) - European aircraft maker Airbus(EAD.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) is in exclusive talks with a joint-venture betweenGerman defence group Diehl and French electronics group Thales(TCFP.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) for its cabins factory ...

UPDATE 1-Russia’s Putin promises to hike wages, pensions

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

(Adds Putin quotes, background) By Gleb Bryanski PARIS, May 31 (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister VladimirPutin has said he will hike wages, pensions and social benefitsto compensate people for rising prices and smooth the effects ofanti-inflation policy. ...

BeaconEquity.com Issues TraderNotes On GNAU, MWWC, GPC, CRV, LKQX, MPAA, QTWW, GNTX

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

BeaconEquity.com announces the availability of TraderNotes on stocks that are making news today. Investors can view all of the daily trading notes for free by visiting: www.BeaconEquity.comToday's TraderNotes include: General Automotive Company (OTC Bulletin Board: GNAU), MWW Automotive Group (OTC Bulletin Board: MWWC), Genuine Parts Co. (NYSE: GPC), Coast Distribution ...

Bank Of New York Mellon's Pershing Unit Launches Innovative Trust Network

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Pershing LLC, a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, announced today that it has launched a new and innovative Trust Network for its introducing broker-dealer and independent registered investment advisor (RIA) customers. Trust Network is an open architecture platform that enables Pershing's customers to offer their clients ...

AXA Rosenberg Launches New Global Advantage Long/Short Strategy

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

AXA Rosenberg Investment Management -- an AXA Investment Managers company specializing in quantitative active global equity management -- today announced the U.S. launch of a new global long/short investment strategy that aims to deliver equity-like returns at substantially lower levels of risk and with low correlation to equity markets.The new ...

Seven Summits Research Alerts On MSFT, V, POT, SGP, HSY

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Seven Summits Research issues PriceWatch Alerts for key stocks. Seven Summits Strategic Investments' PriceWatch Alerts are available at www.iotogo.comToday's PriceWatch Alerts cover the following stocks: Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT), Visa Inc. (NYSE: V), Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. (NYSE: POT), Schering-Plough Corp. (NYSE: SGP), and Hershey Co. (NYSE: HSY).Along with ...

NYMEX Commends Congress For Enacting CFTC Reauthorization

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

NYMEX commends the Congress on the enactment of the farm bill, which is now law and which contains provisions reauthorizing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The CFTC reauthorization amends certain sections of the Commodity Exchange Act to provide much needed direct oversight of electronic over-the-counter (OTC) energy trading in ...

Tower Semiconductor Implements Cost Reduction Plan

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (NASDAQ: TSEM; TASE: TSEM) today commenced the first steps of the recently announced $40 million per annum cost reduction plan. Tower continues to place strong focus on cost efficiencies in order to better withstand the continuous decline in the US dollar/NIS exchange rate, foundry wafer price pressures ...

Gold recovers on fresh demand

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

New Delhi, May 31: Gold prices recovered by Rs 215 to close at Rs 12,405 per 10 gram ...