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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

Kuwait's Al Ahli Bank's chairman resigns due to ill health

December 28, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
DUBAI, Dec 28 (Reuters) – The chairman of Kuwait’s Al Ahli Bank has resigned due to ill health and been replaced by the lender’s deputy chairman, it said on Sunday. Source: Financials
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CORRECTED-Airbus says missing AirAsia plane was delivered in 2008

December 28, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
(Corrects to clarify BEA would assist, not lead, investigation, paragraph 6) Source: Financials
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UPDATE 2-Syria ready to discuss Russia peace plan talks, opposition dismissive

December 27, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
* Opposition chief says there is “no initiative” (Edits, adds context and bullets) Source: Financials
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Four officials reprimanded in central China over developer's AIDS scare tactics – Xinhua

December 27, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
SHANGHAI, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Police in central China detained five people and four officials were reprimanded after reports that a construction firm employed HIV/AIDS sufferers to scare residents into vacating their houses, the state news agency reported on Saturday. Source: Financials
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Syria says ready to discuss Russian plan to end the crisis

December 27, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
BEIRUT, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Syria said on Saturday it is willing to participate in “preliminary consultations” in Moscow aimed at restarting peace talks next year to end its civil war. Source: Financials
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RPT-China Shanghai free trade zone to expand to include commercial centre – Xinhua

December 27, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
* Parliament OKs expansion of Shanghai FTZ to major urban centres Source: Financials
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China Shanghai free trade zone to expand to include commercial centre – Xinhua

December 27, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
* Parliament OKs expansion of Shanghai FTZ to major urban centres Source: Financials
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My (100% Accurate) Financial Predictions for 2015

December 27, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Investing Mina De La O This is the time of year when predictions are made for 2015. Most of them are nonsense. The self-styled “experts” supplying these predictions have no accountability for their accuracy. Nevertheless, some gullible investors make investing decisions based on such “insights.” I don’t want to be left out, so I’ve come up with my own predictions. Mine are based on solid data, which is why I believe they are likely to be 100 percent accurate. Here they are: Those who are paid to manage other people’s money will [...]
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Gamers question companies’ call of duty

December 26, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Sony and Microsoft’s defence criticised after Christmas Day cyber attack Source: Companies
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Amazon adds 10m Prime members

December 26, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Free shipping is fierce battleground in online retailing Source: Companies
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LG raided amid Samsung vandalism claims

December 26, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Latest dispute comes ahead of the world’s biggest consumer electronics show Source: Companies
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Qatar pits A350s against A380s

December 26, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Airline’s move casts fresh shadow over future of flagging superjumbo programme Source: Companies
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JP Morgan Embraces 'The World's Dumbest Idea'

December 26, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Shareholder value theory and its attendant ills still reign supreme at JP Morgan Source: Technology
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BioCryst Hits Trifecta For Flu, Ebola, and Hereditary Angioedema

December 26, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
If I worked there, I’d call this week “BioCrystmas.” The company’s first-ever drug approval is followed by encouraging data for their broad-spectrum antiviral in Ebola-infected non-human primates, plus an orphan designation for their hereditary angioedema drug. Source: Technology
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KPMG's 2014 Cloud Computing Survey: Enterprises Quickly Moving Beyond Cost Reduction To Customer-Driven Results

December 26, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Business analytics is a pivotal factor in 35% of enterprises adopting cloud computing today,  and 73% are seeing improved business performance after implementing cloud-based applications and strategies. Source: Technology
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UPDATE 2-Visa, MasterCard stop supporting bank cards in Crimea

December 26, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
MOSCOW, Dec 26 (Reuters) – The world’s two largest credit and debit card companies, Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc , said on Friday they could no longer support bank cards being used in Crimea, following U.S. sanctions imposed earlier this month. Source: Financials
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Albania hikes electricity prices to help power company pay debts

December 26, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
TIRANA, Dec 26 (Reuters) – Albania’s power regulator ERE raised the price of electricity for businesses and scrapped its cheaper rate for households on Friday to help companies in the sector pay off debt to meet criteria set by international lenders. Source: Financials
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Tough Boxing Day trade for retailers

December 26, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Attempt to make up for adverse impact of fair autumnal weather, rise of online shopping and Black Friday Source: Companies
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Christmas Box Office: 'Unbroken,' 'Into The Woods' Score Above, 'Selma,' 'American Sniper' Score Below

December 26, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
As is generally the case, Hollywood dumped a deluge of major product into theaters on Christmas Day in order to take advantage of the 1.5 weeks of “weekdays that act like weekends” that round out the end of the year. We had somewhat four wide releases, Walt Disney’s Into the Woods (2,478 theaters), Angelina Jolie’s directorial effort Unbroken (3,131 theaters), Mark Wahlberg’s The Gambler (2,478 theaters), and Tim Burton’s Amy Adams/Christoph Waltz art-fraud dramedy Big Eyes (1,307 theaters). Also in semi-wide release is the expansion of Benedict Cumberbatch’s The Imitation Game (747 theaters) and the 331-theater debut of The Interview, which also debuted on nationwide Video on Demand on Wednesday due to [...]
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Why Apple Pushed Its First Automatic Mac OS X Security Update This Week

December 26, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Earlier this week, Apple pushed its first automatic security update to Mac users. The security update plugged a vulnerability in the OS X operating system connected to the network time protocol (NTP). Security experts discovered that the vulnerabilities in the NTP could have been exploited by hackers to gain remote control of Mac Source: Technology
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Mastercard stops serving bank cards in Crimea – RIA

December 26, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
MOSCOW, Dec 26 (Reuters) – International credit and debit card company Mastercard has stopped serving bank cards being used in Crimea, RIA news agency quoted the company as saying on Friday. Source: Financials
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Nestlé vows to make healthier products

December 26, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Swiss food and drinks group boosts R&D on alternatives to sugar and salt in products Source: Companies
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U.S. holiday sales show steady growth – MasterCard

December 26, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Dec 26 (Reuters) – The 2014 holiday season showed steady growth over the last year on strong demand for jewelry and women’s apparel, according to data published by MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse, which tracks customer spending during the holiday season. Source: Financials
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Visa says can't support bank cards in Crimea due to U.S. sanctions

December 26, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
MOSCOW, Dec 26 (Reuters) – International credit and debit card company Visa Inc said on Friday it could no longer support bank cards being used in Crimea, following U.S. sanctions imposed earlier this month over the Ukraine crisis. Source: Financials
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Oil price plunge raises producers’ fears

December 26, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Roots of collapse lie in the US shale oil boom Source: Companies
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Warning signs after bumper IPO year

December 26, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Clouds on horizon in main markets after 1,205 listings raise $258bn globally Source: Companies
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S&P Maalot raises Israel's Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank rating to "AAA"

December 25, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
JERUSALEM, Dec 25 (Reuters) – Standard & Poor’s Maalot on Thursday raised its rating for Mizrahi-Tefahot, Israel’s fourth-largest bank, to “AAA” from “AA+”, citing declining risks in the banking sector and improved capital at the lender. Source: Financials
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UPDATE 1-Russia says rouble crisis over as reserves dive, inflation climbs

December 25, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
* Forex reserves drop by $15.7 bln in one week (Adds drop in forex reserves) Source: Financials
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BRIEF-Guosen Securities' share trading to debut on Dec 29 in Shenzhen

December 25, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
* Says trading of shares to debut on December 29 in Shenzhen Source: Financials
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Russia says currency crisis over, but inflation set to soar

December 25, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
MOSCOW, Dec 25 (Reuters) – Russia said its currency crisis was over on Thursday but warned that inflation is set to climb above 10 percent, adding to the problems facing President Vladimir Putin’s government as it fights its worst economic crisis since 1998. Source: Financials
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BRIEF-China's Infotmic plans to raise up to 2.3 billion yuan in private placement of shares

December 25, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
* Says plans to raise up to 2.3 billion yuan ($371.18 million) in private placement of shares to boost working capital Source: Financials
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5 Tech Trends to Watch in 2015

December 25, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Company News, Technology, Market News, Industry News, Investing AOL With nearly all of 2014 fading in the rear-view mirror, it’s time to turn our attention to the year ahead. There will be a lot of tech trends playing out in 2015. Let’s go over a few of the more compelling movements. 1. Smart Watches It’s now been a couple of years since the Kickstarter-funded Pebble [...]
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Supply Correction Will Support Oil Price in 2015

December 24, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
As the year draws to a close, if you chose an assessment point for the Brent front month futures contract price in June and squared it against the current price in December, chances are you’ll record an oil price decline of around a whopping 46% over the period. Yet, as I have been insisting for the past six months, the drop should be described as a ‘supply driven correction’ not a ‘slump’ or a ‘crash’ as some love to call it. Source: Markets
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Fitch Affirms Mercantil Commercebank's IDRs on Downgrade of Mercantil Servicios Financieros

December 24, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
(The following statement was released by the rating agency) NEW YORK, December 24 (Fitch) Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Long- and Short-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of Mercantil Commercebank Florida Bancorp (MCFB) and its main subsidiary, Mercantil Commercebank, N.A. at ‘BB/B’ with a Stable Outlook. A complete list of ratings follows at the end of this release. Through its ultimate domestic holding company, Mercantil Commercebank Holding Corp. (MCH), the bank is beneficially owned by Source: Financials
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Interesting XOM Put And Call Options For February 2015

December 24, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Investors in Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) saw new options begin trading today, for the February 2015 expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the XOM options chain for the new February 2015 contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest. Source: Markets
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Interesting GILD Put And Call Options For August 2015

December 24, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Investors in Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASD: GILD) saw new options begin trading this week, for the August 2015 expiration. One of the key inputs that goes into the price an option buyer is willing to pay, is the time value, so with 240 days until expiration the newly trading contracts represent a possible opportunity for sellers of puts or calls to achieve a higher premium than would be available for the contracts with a closer expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the GILD options chain for the new August 2015 contracts and identified [...]
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First Week of Twenty-First Century Fox February 2015 Options Trading

December 24, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Investors in Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASD: FOX) saw new options become available this week, for the February 2015 expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the FOX options chain for the new February 2015 contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest. Source: Markets
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February 2015 Options Now Available For Corning

December 24, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Investors in Corning, Inc. (NYSE: GLW) saw new options begin trading today, for the February 2015 expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the GLW options chain for the new February 2015 contracts and identified one put and one call contract of particular interest. Source: Markets
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Sony releases North Korea film online

December 24, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Google Play, YouTube and Microsoft Xbox to stream The Interview Source: Companies
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MF Global ordered to pay $1.2 bln restitution, $100 mln penalty -CFTC

December 24, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (Reuters) – A federal court in New York has ordered MF Global Holdings Ltd to pay $1.2 billion in restitution and a $100 million penalty over charges it misused customers funds and committed related supervisory violations, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Wednesday. Source: Financials
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UPDATE 1-Bids for U.S. 7-year notes weakest in 13 months

December 24, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
NEW YORK, Dec 24 (Reuters) – Bidding at the U.S. seven-year Treasuries note auction on Wednesday was the weakest in more than a year as some traders sat on the sidelines due to worries about the Federal Reserve possibly raising interest rates in mid-2015. Source: Financials
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42 Private Tech Companies Valued Above $1 Billion (2014)

December 24, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
CB Insights tracks venture capitalists and the companies they invest in. According to their data 42 privately held technology companies have a valuation of at least $1 billion (real or rumored). Source: Technology
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Is The IPO Outmoded? Why Venture Backed Companies Are Waiting Longer To Go Public

December 24, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
The median time to IPO exit since first funding for venture-backed companies was 3.1 years in 2000, and 7.4 years in 2013. Source: Technology
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SevenSteps To Get The MostFrom Your NewAndroid Smartphone

December 24, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
In this festive edition of Android Circuit (between yet another Doctor Who Christmas Special and the mulled wine) you’ll find discussion points and suggestions to get the most out of your new smartphone. Source: Technology
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Best And Worst Things About Android 5.0 Lollipop

December 24, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Source: Technology
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UPDATE 2-Kellogg and Abraaj up bids in battle for Egypt's Bisco Misr

December 24, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
CAIRO, Dec 24 (Reuters) – Kellogg Co, the world’s largest breakfast cereal maker, once again raised its bid for Egyptian snackmaker Bisco Misr on Wednesday, topping a rival offer from the UAE’s Abraaj in an intensifying $144 million takeover battle. Source: Financials
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Reward Directors' Poor Performance With A Hefty Raise?

December 24, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
To solve the problem, the role of directors and the goal of corporations need to be rethought. Source: Technology
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US STOCKS-Wall St inches up in short session, indexes at records

December 24, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
* Biotech shares rebound after sharp two-day decline; energy falls Source: Financials
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SMFG defends culture of cross-shareholdings

December 24, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Companies buying each other’s shares ‘good for investors’, says bank’s president Source: Companies
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Market Wrap: 6th Straight Day of Gains

December 24, 2014 by Harry Joiner - Add Comment
Filed under: Stocks, Stock Markets, Investing Matt Rourke/APA reduction in unemployment claims is good news. By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK — U.S. stocks closed flat in a short session on Wednesday as investors found few reasons to push major indexes to their sixth straight day of gains despite strength in biotechs and bullish labor market data. While both the S&P 500 (^GPSC) and Dow (^DJI) touched intraday records, and [...]
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