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  • Telefónica seeks O2 engagement

    Telefónica seeks O2 engagement

    January 21, 2015 Harry Joiner
    Concerns rise about owning a shrinking mobile-only business as rivals bolster broadband and TV Source: Companies
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    January 21, 2015Telefónica seeks O2 engagement
    Obama Seeks to Burnish His Climate Legacy, But Will His Oil and Gas Policies Haunt Him?

    Obama Seeks to Burnish His Climate Legacy, But Will His Oil and Gas Policies Haunt Him?

    January 21, 2015 Harry Joiner
    In at least three previous State of the Union speeches, President Barack Obama placed great emphasis on his "all of the above" energy strategy — one that includes both aggressive pursuit of…
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    January 21, 2015Obama Seeks to Burnish His Climate Legacy, But Will His Oil and Gas Policies Haunt Him?
    Windows 10's Cortana: A Solution Without A Problem?

    Windows 10's Cortana: A Solution Without A Problem?

    January 21, 2015 Harry Joiner
    A large focus of Microsoft's press event today other than high-concept holograms and Windows 10 itself was the personification of the OS, Cortana. We've seen the Halo-themed AI (complete with original…
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    January 21, 2015Windows 10's Cortana: A Solution Without A Problem?
    Microsoft Augments Reality With Windows Holographic

    Microsoft Augments Reality With Windows Holographic

    January 21, 2015 Harry Joiner
    Microsoft debuted its new augmented reality tech at the Windows 10 live event today. Source: Technology
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    January 21, 2015Microsoft Augments Reality With Windows Holographic
    With Windows 10 You Can Stream Any Xbox One Game To Your PC Or Tablet

    With Windows 10 You Can Stream Any Xbox One Game To Your PC Or Tablet

    January 21, 2015 Harry Joiner
    Xbox One users are gaining the ability to stream any Xbox One game to an in-network tablet or PC running Windows 10. Source: Technology
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    January 21, 2015With Windows 10 You Can Stream Any Xbox One Game To Your PC Or Tablet

India police launches initial probe into IDBI loan to Kingfisher

August 9, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, Aug 9 (Reuters) – India’s top crime fighting agency is investigating a loan made by state-run IDBI Bank Ltd to debt-laden Kingfisher Airlines worth 9.5 billion rupees ($155.38 million), a police spokeswoman said on Saturday. Source: Financials
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Hawaii holding primary election between major storms

August 9, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
HONOLULU, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Hawaii rushed to clean up debris from one tropical storm with only a day to prepare for the next hurricane on its way, but aimed to squeeze in a primary election vote on Saturday. Source: Financials
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UPDATE 6-Tropical Storm Iselle pushes past Hawaii, Julio threatens

August 9, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
* Stronger Julio heads toward islands (Recasts, adds power outages, port reopenings, election preparation details) Source: Financials
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7 Brokers Offer You 'Free Money' on Dividend Reinvestment

August 9, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing Basics, Dividend Stocks, Investing Getty Images For investors, nothing makes the job of beating the market easier than brokers who willingly hand over free money via reinvested dividends. Yup, I just said “free money.” You see, some brokers have access to company-sponsored dividend reinvestment plans — they’re also called DRIPS — for equities that pay dividends. A good broker will connect your shares to the DRIP so that each time you’re due a dividend payment, the DRIP [...]
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Judge tells of others’ ‘fear’ of Apple’s Jobs

August 9, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Judge rejects deal in class action brought on behalf of 64,000 tech workers over alleged collusion between Silicon Valley companies not to poach staff Source: Companies
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The Week Ahead: Are the Fear Levels Really That High?

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
It has been an ugly couple of weeks for the stock market and, while the summer months are often difficult, the ballooning number of global hot spots has put even more pressure on stocks. The negative signals from the technical indicators (The “Real Reason” for the Market’s Plunge) are still in force as the major averages reach stronger support. Then, late last Thursday, the markets had to deal with the news that US forces would again be seeing limited action in Iraq. It is not quite four months since the April lows when many investors feared that the economy and [...]
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Lemon Craze: Consumption Up 150% Globally In Growing Economies

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Climate change, lime shortage and westernization fed a 150% surge in worldwide lemon consumption in 2011-13. Source: Markets
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Positioning For Today's High-Yield Sell Signal

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
A few weeks ago I wrote about the coming default wave in the high-yield bond market and recommended a tactical strategy for that possible scenario (See Code Red in High Yield).  This may be an opportune time to put that strategy to the test. Recently the strategy flashed a sell signal when the SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (JNK) dropped below its 21 week exponential moving average, a form of smoothing the price trend line. Source: Markets
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European Markets Look Downright Scary

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Here’s the situation. Source: Markets
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Ex-Microsoft employee gets 2 years in prison for insider trades

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
SEATTLE, Aug 8 (Reuters) – A former Microsoft Corp employee was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday for his part in an insider trading scheme that netted him and his partner more than $400,000. Source: Financials
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FDA Warns Of Danger From Injectable Filler

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
A popular cosmetic filler comes under fire from the FDA for leaving lumps and scars. Source: Technology
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UPDATE 1-Top Canada finance official quits for private-sector job

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
OTTAWA, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Jean Boivin, the Canadian Finance Ministry’s second most powerful official and a man seen as a potential candidate to head the Bank of Canada one day, is leaving to take a job in the private sector, the ministry said on Friday. Source: Financials
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Insurer reviews aircraft war zone cover

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Founder of key Lloyd’s of London is ‘quite shocked’ that a split has emerged between airlines about which routes are safe Source: Companies
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FICO's new scoring model to help lenders better assess risk

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Aug 8 (Reuters) – A move by personal credit score provider FICO to leave out or discount medical debt from its scores will boost the credit record of many borrowers, while helping lenders to better assess risk. Source: Financials
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Banco Popolare discussing sale of 300-400 mln euro bad debt "cluster"-CEO

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
MILAN, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Italy’s Banco Popolare is looking to sell chunks of soured loans after pulling the sale of a majority stake in its bad debt unit earlier this year and is currently in talks over the disposal of a 300-400 million euro pool, its CEO said on Friday. Source: Financials
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US groups ponder the great tax escape

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Walgreens plans to stay in the US, but other healthcare companies have fewer qualms about relocating in order to save money on taxes Source: Companies
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Week in review, August 9

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Featuring StanChart, Cobalt, Apple and Kors Source: Companies
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Can HIV Cure MS?

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Sometimes, one illness interferes with another. People with a single copy of the genes for sickle cell anaemia, for example, are famously protected against malaria. Source: Technology
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COMPLY-Wall St regulator bars 3 brokers, citing forgery, 'fluid samples'

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Aug 8 (Reuters) – The summer has come to an abrupt end for three brokers who were shut out of the brokerage industry after Wall Street’s industry funded watchdog found they had engaged in outlandish schemes. Source: Financials
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GSK investigator jailed for 30 months

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Peter Humphrey, a UK corporate investigator embroiled in a GlaxoSmithKline corruption scandal, has received a 30-month jail term and faces deportation Source: Companies
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Stock Markets Rise on Signs of Easing Ukraine Tensions

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Stock Markets, Investing AP/Richard Drew NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are closing higher as investors were relieved by reports of easing tensions between Ukraine and Russia. News reports said Russia had ended military exercises near Ukraine. The Dow Jones industrial average (^DJI) rose 185 points, or 1.1 percent, to close at 16,553 Friday. The Standard & Poor’s 500 (^GSPC) index rose 22 points, or 1.2 percent, to 1,931. The Nasdaq composite (Read Full Article →

Early Exit: When Did Modern Humans First Leave Africa?

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
That Homo sapiens evolved in Africa has not been in doubt for decades. But the question of when they left to colonise the rest of the world is back in play again. Source: Technology
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'Killzone: Shadow Fall' Graphics Lawsuit Just Fans The Fanboy Flame Wars

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
A lawsuit against Sony over ‘Killzone: Shadow Fall’ just feeds into the silliness of the fanboy wars. Source: Technology
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The Best Languages For Getting Into Functional Programming

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
What are the best languages for getting into functional programming? This question was originally answered on Quora. Source: Technology
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Weakest Asia showing for Pru since 2007

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
The unit, whose rapid growth has helped the insurer join the ranks of Britain’s 20 largest listed groups, is set to fail to increase half-year profits for the first time in seven years Source: Companies
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RBS winds down restructuring unit at centre of probe

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
The division, which is being investigated by the FCA, will be replaced by a team working alongside the rest of the bank to help distressed clients Source: Companies
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Law student tackles Facebook over privacy

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Max Schrems has launched a class-action lawsuit against the social media giant, gathering 25,000 participants in the space of a week Source: Companies
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Is This 'Game Over' for Video Game Consoles?

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Company News, Microsoft, Sony, Electronics, Investing AOL Well, it had a good, long life. At the beginning of 2013, Sony (SNE) halted production of its iconic game console, the PlayStation 2, after more than a dozen years on the market. Its successor, the PlayStation 3, probably won’t even be around as long: The company introduced the PlayStation 4 at the end [...]
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Your Landline May Be the Key to Big Dividend Checks

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Company News, Earnings, Telecommunications, Dividend Stocks, Investing Corbis Providing landline connectivity is a fading business, with more and more folks saving money by disconnecting their home phone plans, relying primarily on smartphones. It’s a grim trend that would make this a scary area for shareholders, but good luck trying to tell income-chasing investors to stay away. Despite their dubious growth prospects, Frontier Communications (Read Full Article →

2 Huge Projects May Help Speed Recovery of Las Vegas

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Company News, Industry News, Entertainment Industry, Travel Industry, Investing John Locher/AP Because it’s so heavily dependent on domestic tourism, Las Vegas was one of the hardest-hit American cities during last decade’s recession. So much so that five-plus years later, it has yet to fully recover, with numerous key economic indicators remaining stubbornly below their pre-slump levels. However, two recently announced, large-scale renovation efforts on [...]
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Why You Should Stay in Stocks Even When the Market's Falling

August 8, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing Basics, Personal Finance, Investing Alamy I remember it like it was yesterday. The last few months of 2008 tested the mettle of even the heartiest stock market investor. Daily I talked with investors who decided to sell out of their portfolios entirely. When you see the Dow (^DJI) plunge 500, 600 or 700 points in a day, it makes total sense on one level. Investors see the ship sinking, or at [...]
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Italy's Banca Veneto sells 51.4 pct in Intermobiliare unit

August 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
MILAN, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Italy’s Banca Veneto on Thursday signed a deal to sell a 51.4 percent stake in private banking unit Banca Intermobiliare for 289 million euros as part of measures to strengthen the regional lender’s capital base. Source: Financials
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Portugal to promote swift sale of new BES after rescue -central bank chief

August 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
LISBON, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Portugal’s bank resolution fund will promote a “swift and transparent” sale to new investors of the healthy lender that was carved out of the troubled Banco Espirito Santo, Bank of Portugal Governor Carlos Costa said on Thursday. Source: Financials
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Portugal Telecom CEO Granadeiro steps down

August 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
LISBON, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Henrique Granadeiro, the chief executive officer of Portugal Telecom SGPS, resigned on Thursday, the company said, three weeks after it was forced to take a cut in its share of a merger with Brazil’s Oi due to a debt deal that went wrong. Source: Financials
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Daily Dividend Report: MDLZ, MUR, BG, FOXA, GD, ADM, CME, ICE, ABC, MAR

August 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Mondelez International (MDLZ) declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.15 per common share of Class A stock, an increase of $0.01 per share, or 7 percent. The dividend is payable on Oct. 14, 2014, to stockholders of record as of Sept. 30, 2014. Source: Markets
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Petrobras Earnings Preview: Higher Production, Thicker Downstream Margins To Drive Growth

August 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
We also expect Petrobras to realize thicker downstream margins compared to last year on improved pricing of refined petroleum products and lower refining costs. However, a negative currency translation effect from a stronger U.S. Dollar is expected to weigh on its earnings growth. Source: Markets
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Deutsche Telekom rejects Iliad offer

August 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
German telecoms group reveals profits increased thanks to its strategy in the US as it turns down bid for T-Mobile US by the French operator Source: Companies
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Activision's Q2 Earnings: Digital Content Help Core Franchises Outperform In Their Segment

August 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
The company managed to generate $658 million in non-GAAP revenues, up 8% year-over-year (y-o-y). On a non-GAAP basis, digital domain accounted for 73% of the company’s net revenues, which drove the overall non-GAAP operating margin to 17%. The company’s adjusted EBITDA margins stood at 20% and its non-GAAP tax rate was 29%. Source: Markets
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Battling sanctions freeze, European banks try to keep Russian clients

August 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
* European banks with Russian units want to keep business Source: Financials
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UPDATE 1-Monte Paschi posts worse than expected loss as bad loan charges rise

August 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
MILAN, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Italy’s third biggest bank, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, posted a worse-than-expected loss in the second quarter as charges on souring loans rose, underlining the challenges the bailed-out lender still faces to turn itself around. Source: Financials
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Earnings Review: Retail Segment Gains Allow Ralph Lauren To Post Modest Topline Growth

August 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
We believe that the company’s revenue growth can accelerate going forward, benefiting from a variety of growth strategies we discuss below. We also expect the company’s profitability to improve over long term, as investments in these growth strategies bear fruit. Source: Markets
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How Will Dollar Tree-Family Dollar Merger Impact Wal-Mart?

August 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
The merger is expected to create cost synergies at a $300 million run rate by the end of 2018, which can help the dollar chain pass on some savings to its customers. With competitive prices, Dollar Tree-Family Dollar can become a formidable threat to Wal-Mart. Moreover, with Family Dollar becoming a part of Dollar Tree, Wal-Mart has missed out on a substantial growth opportunity. Source: Markets
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Norway’s oil fund to reveal voting plans

August 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Move by sovereign wealth fund will ratchet up pressure on boards in Europe and raise the spectre of a sharp rise in shareholder rebellions Source: Companies
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Stocks Dip on Fears About Global Growth, Russian Aggression

August 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Market News, International Trade, Investing Ulrich Baumgarten via Getty ImagesMario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, warned Thursday that the crisis in Ukraine could dampen Europe’s fragile recovery. By STEVE ROTHWELL NEW YORK — Concerns about slowing global growth and the threat of rising tensions between Russia and the West pushed stocks lower on Thursday. The stock market started the day higher as investors mulled the latest earnings reports and an encouraging report on jobs. By mid-morning, [...]
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Companies warned on cyber risk disclosure

August 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Experts at the Las Vegas conference are divided over whether businesses should be forced to declare ‘gaping holes’ in online security Source: Companies
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MTN presses head with Syria licence plan

August 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Sifiso Dabengwa, the mobile phone operator’s chief executive, defends the company’s decision to expand during the four-year civil conflict Source: Companies
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Telecom Italia considers GVT counterbid

August 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Talks between Telecom Italia chief executive Marco Patuano and Vivendi chairman Vincent Bolloré took place before Telefónica made its €6.7bn offer Source: Companies
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Strategies for same-sex postings

August 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
There are many things employers can do to make it easier for gay and lesbian staff to relocate to countries where their rights are less recognised Source: Management
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Do not write off the celebrity autograph

August 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Memorabilia dealers now cater to investors rather than teenage super fans Source: Management
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Smart appliances for handy householders

August 7, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Automation’s coming home with three gadgets that make maintenance, security and heating systems easier to undertake and control Source: Management
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