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Apple’s Difficulties Continue as Shares Tumble
Apple has recorded its biggest one-day drop in stock for four years, with investors beginning to question whether its dominance in the smartphone market is set to come to an end. The Californian company saw its shares drop by 12.35 per cent to $450.50 at the end of trading on the Nasdaq yesterday (January 24th), [...]
EMONEY GROUP Enters Central & Eastern Europe Through Acquisition
EMONEY GROUP, a company based in The Netherlands, took over activities of the Prague based company HAGUESS, with a portfolio related to city-cards projects in the Czech Republic including the Prague OPENCARD scheme. EMONEY GROUP is an international player in the field of digital ecosystems – multi-application solutions and operations among micropayments, transport systems, municipal [...]
Intel Profits Fall
Intel, the world’s largest maker of computer microchips, has announced a cut in its profits for the last three months of 2012. Net income over the last quarter of last year fell by 27 per cent to $2.7 billion, which still beat the figure that was forecasted by many analysts. Revenue was also down; falling [...]
Singapore Strategy Webinars for City Index Traders in 2013
City Index is gearing up to host its first trading seminars of 2013. As one of the leading providers of online CFD and leveraged forex trading, City Index is continuing its essential trading webinars into the New Year. The sessions will be hosted by Chief Global Strategist Ashraf Laidi, and are designed to give City [...]
Qantas Orders Three Bombardier Q400 NextGen Airliners
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Australia”s largest domestic and international airline, Qantas Airways Limited has placed a firm order for three Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners. Based on the list price for the Q400 NextGen aircraft, the contract is valued at approximately $98 million US. Qantas will use the aircraft to strengthen its extensive network in [...]
London helicopter crash :Tycoon devastated at death of ‘very dear friend’
The pilot killed in the London helicopter crash was on his way to pick up restaurant and clubs tycoon Richard Caring, I can reveal. The 62-year-old entrepreneur was waiting at Elstree airport in Hertfordshire, unaware that the aircraft had diverted to Battersea heliport because of fog. It crashed in a ball of flames after hitting [...]
Japanese Government to Announce 12TR Yen Stimulus Boost
The Japanese government is set to announce some 12 trillion yen (£ 83.6 billion) in stimulus measures in a bid to boost the nation’s ailing economy. This is according to articles published in Kyodo News and the Yomiuri newspaper, which reported the figure for extra spending in the financial year through to March 2013 and [...]
Peugeot Sales Fall on Account of European Financial Crisis
Shares in Peugeot have fallen in Paris this morning (January 9th) after the carmaker reported that its global sales figures dropped sharply on account of the weak European economy. The company claimed “the crisis affecting the European automobile market” was to blame for its 16.5 per cent fall in worldwide demand, with its continental market [...]
Pound Holds Ground as UK Trade Deficit Shrinks
The pound has held its ground in forex markets today (January 9th) as the UK’s trade deficit is reported to have narrowed in November 2012. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 30-day period saw a slight shrinkage to £3.5 billion from October’s £3.7 billion, as trade shifts away from the European Union (EU), [...]
116 killed, 235 injured as four blasts rock Pakistan
Thursday marked a bloody day for Pakistan as four blasts rocked the country, leaving at least 116 people killed and 235 others injured. Out of the four blasts, three hit Quetta, capital city of Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan Province bordering Afghanistan and Iran, while another hit a preaching center in the country’s northwest district of Swat. [...]
