A corporate spending survey that boosted optimism about Japan's economy drove Tokyo shares sharply higher on Monday, while other Asian stock markets traded around multi-month highs. European shares...
A sales warning from chip leader Intel weighed on tech stocks early Friday, although a mostly in-line jobs report muted the impact on the broader market. The Nasdaq composite (down 16.51 to 1,856....
03/09/2004
Intel Corp. (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday cut its third-quarter revenue and profit margin forecast after demand for both its computer microprocessors and communications chips...
03/09/2004
US carmakers General Motors and Ford posted weaker US sales for August and announced cuts to planned fourth-quarter production. GM and Ford saw their third straight month of lower sales, despite...
02/09/2004
Tokyo stocks edged up on Thursday as tech issues bounced back after their U.S counterparts made gains, but car firms such as Honda Motor Co. Ltd. were a bit lower, hurt by a fall in U.S. industry...
02/09/2004
Blue-chip stocks edged lower Wednesday as investors played it cautious ahead of reports on manufacturing and construction spending, keeping the market from building on Tuesday's late rally. The Dow...
01/09/2004
Oil prices rose on Wednesday, stemming an eight-session slide that has dragged prices down 14 percent from record highs as news emerged of a fresh pipeline fire in Iraq. U.S. light crude climbed 53...
01/09/2004
The dollar trimmed losses against the euro and extended gains against the yen on Monday, as U.S. personal spending advanced sharply in July, suggesting the economy may have rebounded from its recent...
30/08/2004
Broadest measure of economy grew at 2.8% rate, down from 3% and nearly in line with forecasts. The pace of economic growth was slower in the second quarter than originally estimated, the government...
27/08/2004
The U.S. economy grew at a 2.8 percent annual rate from April through June, slower than the government estimated last month, as higher oil prices limited consumer spending and contributed to a higher...
27/08/2004