US News

To be suspended before today’s trading The New York Stock Exchange has said that the staff of NYSE Regulation, Inc. (“NYSE Regulation”) has determined to commence proceedings to delist the Common Stock (the “Common Stock”) of The Dolan Company (the “Company”) – ticker symbol DM — and its 8.5% Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock (the […]

Like other JPY pairs, the USD/JPY started the Asian session on bullish road, facing resistance at the 103.28 level. For the American session today, it is expected that all the USD pairs will have volatile movements, as the Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke, will have its last meeting as the leader of the Federal Reserve of […]

Actually, the ride started last week when the FTSE 100 climbed to lofty heights, tantalizing investors with the possibility that the index would establish a new high. Then, just as it seemed possible, the FTSE plunged to it’s current level of 6578. It looks like we’ll have to start the ride over in order to […]

Euronext, a wholly owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange Group (NYSE:ICE), has announced the launch of a multicurrency trading service for Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), including for the first time on a U.S. or European exchange, the Chinese Yuan Renminbi (CNY) and the Hong Kong Dollar (HKD), subject to approval of relevant clearing authorities. The new service […]

GSK’s share price drifted lower today, a 1.69% slide (28.00 pence) to 1624.50. Almost a year ago, 07 February 2013, ADVFN published a story entitled “GSK Betting on Robust R&D Pipeline.” The point of the story was that long-term investors in pharmaceutical companies, like GlaxoSmithKline (LSE:GSK) should keep their eyes more on their R&D Pipeline […]

Pearson plc (LSE:PSON) is getting pounded today on the London Exchange following issuance of its January Trading Report. Folks, it was not good news. Pearson shares closed yesterday at 1311.00 on the London Exchange. It’s share price is currently at 1192.00, down 9.08%. When a company has a market cap of £9.65 billion, that kind of […]

Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc (NYSE:SC), a provider of consumer finance solutions in the US, opened for trading today on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol “SC” after its initial public offering. Goldman, Sachs & Co. is the Designated Market Maker for the company’s stock. Chairman and CEO Thomas G. Dundon, […]

On 23 August 2004 Google’s share price was $106.15 (NASDAQ:GOOG). Except for a sharp, one-year decline when it dropped from just above 700 to 290, Google’s share price has climbed nearly continuously to its current level of 1163. Just in case you are blissfully uniformed, that single year was 2008 and the responsibility for that […]

I like to scan the headlines before I do any real reading or in-depth research. There are times when this practice can be anything from humorous to downright confusing. That’s especially true when comparing operational performance to share price performance, and even more so when comparing the share price and the operational results of two […]

Mike van Dulken, Head of Research at Accendo Markets, commented in his Weekly Roundup to clients, It’s been a cracking week for the UK’s FTSE 100, finally breaking-out above those 6775 bugbear festive highs to revisit October highs of 6820 and 6840 levels last seen in late May. helped by a largely positive and taper-supportive […]