Edoardo Cignoli: 2015

The dollar declined against the euro and the yen, amid signs that falling business investment is weighing on the U.S. economy.

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Charter Explores Bid for Time Warner Cable

Charter Communications is laying the groundwork for a potential bid for Time Warner Cable, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Technology Stocks Extend Gains

Technology stocks rose Friday following strong corporate results, putting the Nasdaq Composite on track to push further into record territory. Today’s Markets

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Oil Prices Retreat on Oversupply, Stronger Dollar

Oil prices retreated Friday as the dollar pared losses and crude traders refocused on signs of oversupply.

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Dollar Slumps Against Euro

The U.S. dollar slumped to a more than two-week low against the euro, pressured by weak U.S. housing markets numbers.

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Global Economic Dilemma: Too Much of Almost Everything

The global economy is awash in commodities, but also with capital and labor—a glut that presents several challenges as policy makers struggle to stoke demand.

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Greece's Waiting Game Casts Market Shadow

Talks in Riga brought no joy on Greece. Markets face persistent uncertainty as a result.

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State Street Earnings Beat Expectations

State Street Corp. posted better-than-expected profit in its first quarter, driven by a surge in foreign-exchange trading and stronger fee revenue.

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'Flash Crash' Trader: It Was Wits, Not Bits

Navinder Sarao hasn’t spoken publicly since he was arrested on charges of manipulating the U.S. futures market. But in emails he called himself an “old-school” trader who excelled using “intuition,” quick reflexes and a computer mouse.

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Tesla Targets Pull Away From Profits

Analysts have cut their estimates for what Tesla will make over the next several years, but that doesn’t mean they think anything less of the stock.

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AstraZeneca's Deals Prompt Doubts About Quality

U.K. pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is doing deals to help bolster near-term revenues, potentially at the cost of future earnings.

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HSBC Would Need Divorce, Not Move, to Shed U.K. Issues

HSBC is again considering moving its headquarters outside the U.K. because of the costs imposed by regulation. It can’t get away that easily.

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China Takes Failure in Small Doses

Three prominent cases of default have surfaced in China. Though debt concentration is high, a contagion seems unlikely.

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Amazon Needs More Cloud Cover

Amazon’s AWS segment is faster-growing and more profitable than its retail business. But it needs to get much bigger to tip the profitability scales.

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Petrobras: Still Working at the Car Wash

The Brazilian oil major’s mammoth write off doesn’t address bigger challenges around its debt burden.

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Rethinking AT&T's Prospects

AT&T results didn’t signal a turnaround. But investors are happy they can start thinking about the possibility.

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Ericsson Could Fall Through Its Product Gaps

The slowdown in Ericsson’s lucrative U.S. market could put more pressure on the wireless equipment provider to plug gaps in its product offerings

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Edoardo Cignoli : Global Economic Dilemma: Too Much of Almost Everything

The global economy is awash in commodities, but also with capital and labor—a glut that presents several challenges as policy makers struggle to stoke demand.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Comcast Kills Time Warner Cable Deal

Comcast and Time Warner Cable terminated their merger plans, as increasing pressure from regulators prompted the end of the $45.2 billion deal.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Abercrombie & Fitch Dials Back Sex

Teen retailer Abercrombie & Fitch is putting an end to the beefcake, dialing back its sex tinged marketing and putting an end to hiring sales staff on “body type or physical attractiveness.”

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Edoardo Cignoli : Escalating Bird-Flu Outbreak Takes Toll on Poultry Industry

Escalation of a U.S. bird-flu outbreak is elevating fears that the virus could linger, hobbling a poultry industry trying to identify its causes.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Higher Prices Fail to Salvage Profits

American companies are struggling to offset the damage from a strong dollar without hurting their sales.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Ferry Operators Eye Florida-to-Havana Service

At least five shipping companies have applied for special licenses from the U.S. State Department to relaunch overnight ferry services to Cuba from ports in Florida.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Companies Cut Big-Ticket Purchases

American companies continue to curtail spending on big-ticket products such as equipment and machinery, the latest sign the U.S. economy got clobbered in the first quarter by troubles at home and abroad.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Match Game: Companies Push Training to Close Skills Gap

Chevron Phillips Chemical is one of many companies around the country pushing programs to help close a skills gap that is weighing on the middle class and entrenching a growing income inequality.

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Edoardo Cignoli : U.S. Jobless Claims Rise Slightly

The number of Americans seeking first-time unemployment benefits rose slightly last week, but remained consistent with an economy steadily adding jobs.

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Edoardo Cignoli : German Business Sentiment Hits New High

Confidence among German companies improved to its highest level in nearly a year, extending a strong start to 2015 for Europe’s biggest economy.

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Edoardo Cignoli : How to Tame the Apple Watch

Life doesn’t have to be reduced to a series of unnecessary disruptions on your wrist.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Robots Step Into New Planting, Harvesting Roles

Advances in technology are making it possible for robots to handle harvesting and other tasks in the fresh-produce industry.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Pret A Manger Plans to Tap the Accelerator on Growth

Pret A Manger, the British sandwich chain whose name is French for “ready to eat,” is looking to accelerate its growth. Its CEO sees opportunities in San Francisco.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Amazon Swings to Loss Despite Jump in Sales

Amazon finally revealed financial details about its secretive cloud computing division, but it was otherwise business as usual for the e-commerce giant.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Eurozone Gets Growth in Gear

WSJ’s Greg Ip shines a light on the growth strides being seen in the eurozone, but notes that a familiar wildcard, Greece, lurks in the shadows.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Google Caps Costs as Growth Slows

Google took a hit from the strong dollar, but better expense control boosted first-quarter profit margins, lifting the company’s shares.

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Edoardo Cignoli : American Airlines Earnings Nearly Double

American Airlines posted record first-quarter profit, but the largest U.S. airline by traffic warned that the strong dollar and a creeping imbalance between supply and demand are expected to drag down a key measure of revenue in the current quarter.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Problems Found With Glaxo's Malaria Vaccine

GlaxoSmithKline’s malaria vaccine, the world’s most advanced, loses effectiveness over time, even with a booster shot, according to new clinical-trial results.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Europe Looks to Tame Web's Economic Risks

The new body would oversee mainly U.S.-based search engines, online marketplaces and social networks.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Workers' Comp Perils for Cirque Artists

Cirque du Soleil artists put themselves at risk to entertain but don’t get to keep their salaries if they suffer severe injuries.

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Indonesia Executions Loom

Defying protests, Indonesia is likely days away from executing 10 people convicted of drug crimes.

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U.S. Reviews What Went Wrong in Drone Strike

U.S. policy makers have begun looking into the failures in a Pakistan drone strike that killed an American and an Italian hostage.

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Armenia Remembers Massacre

Armenians were to commemorate the centenary of mass killings during the Ottoman Empire.

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Italy Issues Arrest Warrants in Antiterror Operation

Italian police issued 18 arrest warrants targeting a network of Islamic militants suspected of having organized and financed deadly attacks in Pakistan.

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Eurozone Presses Greece for Plans

The eurozone’s finance chiefs urged Greece to speed up negotiations on economic overhauls and avoid crashing out of its bailout.

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France Brings Preliminary Charges Against Terror Suspect

French prosecutors brought preliminary charges against a man they suspect of killing a woman and plotting a terror attack in the French capital.

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Booming Migrant Business in Italy Comes Under Scrutiny

The government is struggling to monitor the awarding of contracts to run new migrant centers as arrivals surge.

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New Way the U.S. Projects Power Around the Globe: Commandos

Over the past year, special-operations forces have landed in 81 countries, mostly to train local troops to fight so Americans don’t have to.

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Ferry Operators Eye Florida-to-Havana Service

EU to Triple Funding for Sea Patrols in Migration Crisis

The European Union agreed to triple funding for patrols in the Mediterranean and send ships from its member states’ navies to stem the soaring deaths of migrants trying to reach Europe’s shores from Africa.

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Olympians: Choose Your Korea Carefully

Pyeongchang sounds a lot like Pyongyang, sowing confusion for the 2018 Olympic Games.

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Britain's Surprisingly Unpredictable Election

Whether David Cameron or Ed Miliband comes out ahead on May 7, they will probably need a coalition partner. But which one?

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The Hubble Telescope: 25 Years of Images From Space

The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into space on April 24, 1990. A quarter of a century later, it still is helping scientists observe distant stars and galaxies as well as planets in our solar system. The telescope has traveled three billion miles in low-Earth orbit, according to NASA’s website.

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martedì 21 aprile 2015

Traders Wield Social Media

Dispensing stock tips on Twitter, some individual investors are building trading careers using social media as their primary tool.

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AT&T Risks a Disconnect

Ahead of the Tape: AT&T hasn’t created much shareholder value and is showing some financial strains.

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Investors Turn to Big Real-Estate Funds

Investors are pouring more money into real-estate funds than they have since the property bust, but a few giant fund firms are collecting the lion’s share of the spoils.

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Companies Trade Suburbs for City Life

Large companies are moving back into the city in an attempt to attract and retain workers who favor walkable neighborhoods with easy access to restaurants, shopping and cultural opportunities.

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Egypt's Morsi Gets 20 Years in Jail

An Egyptian criminal court sentenced the nation’s ousted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi to 20 years in prison on charges of encouraging violence.

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Turkey Shifts Away From West on Defense

Ankara takes steps to boost its own arms industry and reduce its military dependence on its NATO allies, worrying some Western capitals in the process.

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U.S. Couple Convicted of Bali Suitcase Murder

Indonesian court finds American couple guilty of premeditated murder of the woman’s mother.

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Edoardo Cignoli : SAP Profit Plunges 23%

German business-software provider SAP posted a net profit decline of 23% for the first quarter as it makes the transition to cloud technology.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Indonesia Prohibition Threat Stalls Investment, Multi Bintang Says

The head of one of Indonesia’s biggest beer producers says that a ban on the sale of alcohol at minimarts could derail millions in allocated investments.

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Edoardo Cignoli : China Resources Sells Assets to Brew Success for Snow Beer

China Resources Enterprise says it is slimming down its holdings so it can focus on its top-selling beer brand.

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lunedì 20 aprile 2015

Chip Rollout Has Banks Scrambling

To cut credit-card fraud, issuers are embedding chips, with 575 million of the new cards expected to be in Americans’ wallets by year-end.

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Harley-Davidson's Profitable Trip

Harley’s appeal is growing abroad even as its core U.S. customer base ages.

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Opportunities in Commodities Open Up

Investors are tiptoeing back into commodities ranging from crude oil to copper to sugar, fueled by signs the global economy is healing and a pause in the U.S. dollar’s rally.

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Hedge Funds Hawk Single-Bet Deals

Hedge-fund managers are slashing their stiff fees for those willing to take a leap of faith on a single, concentrated investment idea. Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management used the approach recently to build its stake in DuPont.

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Edoardo Cignoli : New Data Plans Challenge Wireless Carriers

U.S. wireless carriers in the middle of a price war have been able to take refuge in one fact: Subscribers are often paying for more data than they use. Now that bulwark is under attack as well.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Comcast Strives to Save Merger

Comcast and Time Warner Cable are set to meet with the Justice Department to discuss potential remedies in a bid to save their planned deal.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Behind Ginni Rometty's Plan to Reboot IBM

Spending time with IBM CEO Ginni Rometty shows how she is trying to reinvent the nearly 104-year-old tech icon while it continues a yearslong slump. Her task is unlike that of past CEOs, who remade IBM by shifting toward new markets it could quickly dominate. Ms. Rometty is turning IBM into a company that also competes where it isn’t in a position of strength.

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Photos of the Day: April 20

In photos chosen Monday by The Wall Street Journal editors, more illegal immigrants struggle across the Mediterranean, airstrikes against rebels in Yemen, a Boston Marathon winner, and more.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Twitter's Noto Paid $73 Million in 2014

Anthony Noto, the former banker who left his lucrative career at Goldman Sachs to become financial chief at Twitter Inc., was the top earner at the social media company last year.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Utilities' Profit Recipe: Spend More

U.S. power companies poured billions into new equipment in the past decade, a spending surge that customers have paid for. One reason behind the heavy spending: It actually boosts utilities’ bottom lines.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Bird Flu Hits Iowa Farm With 5.3 Million Chickens

An Iowa chicken flock has been hit with avian influenza, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday, marking the biggest poultry operation to be affected by a virus outbreak that began late last year.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Wall Street Journal Wins Pulitzer

The Wall Street Journal won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting for its coverage of abuses in the Medicare system.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Ecuadoreans' Suit Against Chevron Might Need a U.S. Retrial, Judge Suggests

A long-running legal fight between Chevron Corp. and residents in Ecuador over Texaco’s alleged pollution may need yet another round in court, a U.S. appeals judge suggested on Monday.

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Edoardo Cignoli : France's Move to Gain Clout at Renault Roils Key Alliance

The French government’s bid to expand its voting control at Renault is roiling the delicate balance of power in the car maker’s partnership with Nissan Motor, one of the auto-industry’s most successful cross-border alliances.

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Edoardo Cignoli : IBM Reports Revenue Decline

IBM reported a 12% decrease in revenue—the company’s 12th straight quarter of year-over-year declines—hurt by the stronger U.S. dollar and weakness in its hardware business.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Teva Settles Suit Over Cephalon's Provigil

Teva Pharmaceuticals said Monday it agreed to pay $512 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that Cephalon, which was later bought by Teva, delayed the availability of the generic version of the sleep-disorder drug Provigil.

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Kidnappings Rattle Afghan Ethnic Minority

Afghanistan has largely been spared the sectarian strife that plagues other parts of the Muslim world, but many Hazaras see the kidnapping of 31 members of their minority ethnic group as an indication they, too, now are a target.

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Greece Orders Public Entities to Store Cash in Central Bank

Greece’s government requires state-owned companies and public pension funds to put their cash in the central bank, evidence of an escalating cash squeeze amid renewed concerns of Greek default.

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Eurozone Must Avoid Greek Default, Fin Min Says

Luxembourg’s finance minister says eurozone members must do all they can to avoid Greek default and that Athens needs to deliver on economic reforms if it is to unlock billions of euros in badly needed funding.

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Edoardo Cignoli : GE in Talks to Sell U.S. Commercial Lending Business

General Electric is in talks to sell its biggest lending operation, a $74 billion unit that makes loans to midsize U.S. businesses.

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Edoardo Cignoli : L'Oréal Sales Bolstered by Weak Euro

French cosmetics giant L’Oréal SA posted a strong rise in first-quarter sales, buoyed by a “very positive currency impact” following the recent slide in euro against the dollar.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Legacy Oil Forms Committee to Engage with Activist Shareholder

Legacy Oil + Gas Inc. said Monday that its board has formed a special committee to engage with an activist investor seeking to shake up the Calgary-based company’s board.

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Edoardo Cignoli : The Man Who Hacks Your Employees

Chris Hadnagy’s job is to make sure employees don’t fall prey to a hacker’s tricks. We asked him how he does that.

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Edoardo Cignoli : How to Get People to Change Their Passwords

A marketing professor suggests how companies can make her and other consumers more cooperative when it comes to protecting themselves online.

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New Greek Law Could Release Prominent Left-Wing Terrorist

Greek lawmakers approved on Monday a controversial prison overhaul that could lead to the early release of a left-wing terrorist convicted of killing U.S. and British officials.

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Trial of Golden Dawn Leaders Begins in Greece

The long-awaited trial of Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party began in Athens, but the court immediately adjourned the proceedings amid protests outside the trial venue.

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EU Approves Hungary's Nuclear Fuel Supply from Russia

The European Union has agreed that Hungary can receive nuclear fuel from Russia to expand its only nuclear plant, a milestone decision that will allow the project to proceed, a Hungarian government official said.

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German Train Drivers to Strike

A German trade union called for passenger-train drivers to strike on Wednesday and Thursday, and for cargo-train drivers to strike from Tuesday to Friday.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Nomad Holdings Buys Birds Eye, Findus Owner

Nomad Holdings said it is buying Iglo Foods Holdings Ltd., owner of the Birds Eye and Findus frozen food brands, for €2.6 billion from a company backed by Permira funds.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Cirque du Soleil Being Sold to Private-Equity Group

Cirque du Soleil’s founder has agreed to sell his controlling stake in the Canadian circus company to an investor group led by U.S. private-equity firm TPG.

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Head of Russia's Gazprom to Meet Greek PM

The chief executive of Russian state gas firm Gazprom will fly to Greece on Tuesday to meet with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, as Athens seeks an economic leg-up from Russia.

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British Teenager Held Over Anzac Plot

A British teenager suspected of playing a part in an Islamic-State-inspired plot to attack Australian war remembrance ceremonies has been arrested in England, authorities in the U.K. and Australia said.

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Cuomo Takes Off for 25-Hour Cuba Trip

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to touch down in Havana, Cuba, late Monday morning, where he’ll lead an approximately 25-hour trade mission to the country.

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Spider Venom Shows Promise for Nonaddictive Painkillers

Scientists find ingredients in spider venom that could lead to developing new, nonaddictive treatments for chronic pain.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Toshiba Looks to Get Around Hydrogen's Dirty CO2 Secret

Toshiba plans to roll out a transportable hydrogen power generator later this year that doesn’t produce carbon dioxide in the process.

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Edoardo Cignoli : St. Jude Exercises Option to Acquire Spinal Modulation

St. Jude Medical said it will exercise its exclusive option to acquire Spinal Modulation for at least $175 million, gaining the company’s Axium neurostimulator technology.

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Edoardo Cignoli : EU to File Gazprom Antitrust Charges

The European Union’s competition regulator plans to file formal antitrust charges against Russia’s state-owned gas company.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Bristol-Myers Drug Combination Shows Promise

A combination of Bristol-Myers’s Opdivo and Yervoy was significantly more effective in stifling tumors in melanoma patients in a study than using just one of the treatments alone.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Auto Makers Try Alternate Routes in China

Some global companies are cutting prices and ramping up incentives in China as slowing economic growth and intense competition take some shine off the world’s largest car market.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Halliburton Hurt by Lower Oil Prices

Halliburton reported a loss in the first quarter as the oil-field services provider continues to feel the impact from lower oil prices.

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Italy Calls for EU Response as Sea Deaths Mount

EU ministers are meeting after as many as 700 migrants died in a shipwreck off Libya.

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EU to File Gazprom Antitrust Charges

The European Union’s competition regulator plans to file formal antitrust charges against Russia’s state-owned gas company.

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Abe: U.S., Japan 'Close' to Trade Deal

The U.S. and Japan are near a bilateral agreement on a major trans-Pacific trade deal, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told The Wall Street Journal.

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Terror Probe Yields Six Arrests in U.S.

Six men in Minneapolis and San Diego have been arrested on charges related to a terrorism investigation linked to Islamic State, federal authorities said.

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Hungary Protests FBI Chief's Holocaust Comments

Hungary will send a letter to the U.S. embassy in Budapest protesting comments on the Holocaust made by the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, its foreign ministry said.

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Banned Russian Visits Norwegian Territory

Norway’s foreign ministry has demanded an explanation for why Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin—blacklisted over the Ukraine crisis—landed on Svalbard at the weekend.

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Quicken Loans Sues DOJ, HUD

Long on the attack in mortgage-fraud cases, the U.S. government now finds itself the defendant in a lawsuit brought by one of the country’s largest consumer lenders, Quicken Loans Inc.

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U.S., Philippines Expand Military Drills

The U.S. military and Philippines armed forces kicked off their biggest joint exercises in 15 years on, at a time of distress in Manila over China’s island-building program in the South China Sea.

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Teacher in Barcelona Killed With Crossbow

Spanish police say a teacher in Barcelona has been killed and four others wounded by t a school pupil wielding a crossbow.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Frederick's of Hollywood Files for Bankruptcy Protection

Frederick’s of Hollywood filed for bankruptcy protection Sunday with a $22.5 million offer in hand from Authentic Brands Group, LLC.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Malakoff Adds Spark to Malaysia IPO Scene

Investors are piling into the $754 million initial public offering of Malaysian power producer Malakoff, with the float already more than four-times oversubscribed.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Nuclear Power Goes Begging, Likely at Consumers' Expense

Electricity producers in several U.S. states are asking for hundreds of millions of dollars in support to keep nuclear power plants in business—most likely at the expense of consumers.

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Edoardo Cignoli : KPN Sells Belgian Mobile Unit for $1.4 Billion

KPN is selling BASE to Telenet for $1.42 billion, allowing the Dutch telecom firm to focus on its integrated access strategy in the Netherlands.

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Canada's Own Pipeline Problem

The proposed Northern Gateway, part of a Canadian effort to boost oil exports to Asia, has hit opposition by native groups who say it threatens their environment and culture.

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domenica 19 aprile 2015

Edoardo Cignoli : Moore's Law Hits Some Painful Limits

The 50-year-old theorem about computing power is reaching limits amid the many new steps needed to turn silicon wafers into the latest computer chips.

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Jon Corzine Considers Launching Hedge Fund

Jon S. Corzine, the embattled former MF Global Holdings chief executive, has discussed plans to start his own hedge fund in recent months, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Canada's Own Pipeline Problem

Halliburton's Dimming Expectations

Ahead of the Tape: Although the Halliburton-Baker Hughes deal looks different months later, it still makes sense.

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Oil Rigs' Biggest Risk: Human Error

Five years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, regulators have beefed up supervision, and BP and other companies have overhauled practices, but questions remain about whether steps are enough to ensure such a disaster doesn’t recur.

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Tin Is in Bargain Bin as Myanmar Sells

Tin prices are slumping because Myanmar, long cut off from global markets, is shipping the metal to China

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Edoardo Cignoli : Major Airlines Score Higher With Passengers

Major U.S. airlines slightly improved their passenger-satisfaction scores this year, coming in with the best aggregate results in more than two decades, according to a customer-satisfaction poll to be released Monday.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Raytheon to Plow $1.7 Billion Into New Cyber Venture

Raytheon is betting it can leverage the cybersecurity skills it honed for the U.S. military and intelligence agencies to sell to banks and retailers, investing almost $1.7 billion to establish a stand-alone cyber business.

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Edoardo Cignoli : BMW Sticks to China Growth Plans

The German luxury car maker is sticking to its plans to expand capacity in China and plans to produce three additional models in the country.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Aston Martin Supercars to Get Chinese Touch

Aston Martin, the car brand most associated with James Bond, is turning to China to soup up its supercars

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China Bank Checks Europe Playbook

China’s central bank is considering new ways to free up credit as growth in the world’s second-largest economy slows.

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Edoardo Cignoli : ESPN Objects to New Verizon TV Packages

ESPN is raising objections to Verizon FiOS’s plans to break up the traditional TV bundle.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Quicken Loans Sues DOJ, HUD

Edoardo Cignoli : Coke Acquires Chinese Drinks Business

Coca-Cola has agreed to buy a Chinese drinks business that makes ‘multigrain beverages’ with flavors such as red bean, walnut and oats.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Rig Safety, Five Years After Gulf Spill

Edoardo Cignoli : Chevron, Donziger to Face Off

Chevron will go head-to-head in an appeals court Monday with the lawyer who has tried for years to get the oil giant to pay a $9.5 billion environmental-damage award.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Shifting Tides Stand to Lift Thyssen's Ship Unit

Shifting political winds and Germany’s aging naval equipment could benefit the shipbuilding arm of Germany’s ThyssenKrupp, which has largely escaped the pressures that have hurt other German defense companies.

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America's Neighbors See Bounce in U.S. Growth

Bank of Canada Gov. Stephen Poloz and Bank of Mexico Gov. Agustín Carstens think the U.S. economy is poised to bounce back after a disappointing first quarter.

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Photos of the Day: April 19

In photos selected Sunday by Wall Street Journal editors, a man watches a bullring in Seville, foreign nationals flee South Africa, and more.

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Afghanistan Faces New Threat in Islamic State

Suicide bombing that killed 25 people on Saturday signaled an escalation by an offshoot of the extremist group that poses a new security threat in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan.

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Houthi Militant Leader Vows No Surrender

Abdul Malik Al Houthi, leader of Yemen’s ruling Houthi militants under siege from a Saudi-led effort to unseat him, vowed Sunday he would continue to resist an air campaign and naval blockade that has deepened turmoil in his country.

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France to Help Young Workers

French President Hollande plans to spend at least $4.3 billion on a new program that will subsidize working youth.

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Lagging Growth Plagues Economic Policy Makers

Six years after tackling the global financial crisis, the world’s top economic policy makers are struggling to exit crisis-management mode and lift growth out of a long-term funk.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Noble Group Shareholders Challenge Management

Noble Group shareholders questioned the company’s management on accounting at its annual general meeting, while there was sizable opposition to some of its pay policies.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Oil Drillers Plot Survival Plan

The Week Ahead: American oil drillers, battered and bruised by the steep drop in crude prices, are descending on Houston this week to plan their survival.

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Europe Braces for Messy Greek Endgame

Europe File: It’s still possible that Greece can remain in the eurozone—though that is no longer the base case for many policy makers, says Simon Nixon.

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Iraq Fighting Triggers Humanitarian Crisis Near Baghdad

Fighting between Islamic State and Iraqi security forces has displaced at least 90,000 civilians, the United Nations said Sunday, triggering a fresh humanitarian crisis on the fringes of the country’s capital.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Foreign Companies at Risk From Proposed Chinese Law

Major foreign companies and several Chinese Internet companies with U.S. stock-exchange listings are using a corporate structure in China in a way that may be rendered illegal under a proposed law.

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Poland Summons U.S. Ambassador

Poland summoned the U.S. ambassador over a remark by the head of Federal Bureau of Investigation suggesting Polish responsibility for the Holocaust.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Sharp Nears Another Bailout

The company aims to cut 5,000 jobs, trim troubled solar-panel and TV operations and sell its headquarters, while banks write off about $1.68 billion in loans in exchange for shares.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Prologis to Buy KTR For $5.9 Billion

Prologis, a big owner of warehouses and retail-distribution centers, has agreed to buy industrial-property owner KTR Capital Partners for $5.9 billion, in one of the largest real-estate deals so far this year.

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Robot Jockeys Race Camels in Dubai

Each year during the Al Marmoom Heritage Festival, camel owners (and their robot jockeys) from across the Persian Gulf go to Dubai to participate in a 13-day series of 350 races.

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Photos of the Day: April 16

In photos chosen on Thursday by Wall Street Journal editors, birthday celebrations for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Danish Queen Margrethe, violence breaks out in South Africa, and more.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Verizon Breaks Pay-TV Bundle

Verizon said its FiOS service will allow customers to choose only certain groups of channels they want to watch.

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ISIS Video Claims Killing of Ethiopian Christians

A video released by Islamic State depicts two separate groups of Ethiopians being massacred—shot and beheaded—in Libya by their Islamic State captors.

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Finnish Voters Go to Polls

Finnish voters went to the polls in elections that look likely to oust center-right Prime Minister Alexander Stubb and usher in his centrist rival, Juha Sipila.

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Edoardo Cignoli : GM China Venture to Develop New Products

A General Motors’ joint venture in China said it plans to spend 100 billion yuan, or $16 billion, in new-car development in the 2016 to 2020 period to cater to Chinese tastes.

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Edoardo Cignoli : VW Shareholders Seek to Calm Feud

Key Volkswagen shareholders sought to cool down the debate about the company’s supervisory board and chief executive after a spat over its leadership unsettled Europe’s largest car maker.

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Iran Leader Denies Nuclear Weapons Allegations

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said allegations that the country was trying to develop nuclear weapons were a myth, and pointed to the U.S. and Israel as the real threats to security in the Middle East.

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Violence in South Africa Spreads

Mobs in South Africa attacked shops owned by immigrants in a poor area of Johannesburg following similar violence in another part of the country.

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India's Modi Defends Pro-Poor Credentials While Aiding Industry

As opposition leaders protested the government’s move to make it easier to acquire land for infrastructure and industry on Sunday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi countered with a speech proclaiming his pro-poor credentials.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Target Site, Apps Overwhelmed by Demand for Lilly Pulitzer

Target’s website went down Sunday morning, overwhelmed by shoppers clamoring for the retailer’s latest design partnership with Lilly Pulitzer.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Netflix Gets Star Treatment Abroad

Broadband companies around the world, unlike their U.S. counterparts, have rolled out the red carpet for Netflix.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Merck Drug Shows Improved Odds for Melanoma Patients

Merck’s new cancer drug Keytruda improved the survival odds of patients with the skin cancer melanoma compared with Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Yervoy, in the first head-to-head study of a new wave of drugs that harness the body’s immune system to destroy tumors

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Edoardo Cignoli : Peugeot, Dongfeng Announce Small-Car Platform

French car maker PSA Peugeot Citroën and its Chinese partner Dongfeng Group said they would invest $216.1 million to develop a new platform for both companies’ next generation of small cars.

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Hundreds Believed Dead in Shipwreck Off Libya

As many as 700 migrants are believed to have died in a shipwreck about 70 miles from the Libyan coast, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

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Cuba Trip Marks New Diplomatic Territory for N.Y. Governor

When Andrew Cuomo lands in Cuba on Monday, he will become the first sitting U.S. governor to enter the communist nation since the U.S. said it would restore diplomatic relations with the country.

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sabato 18 aprile 2015

Edoardo Cignoli : Comcast, Time Warner Cable to Meet With DOJ Over Merger

Comcast and Time Warner Cable are preparing to meet with officials from the Department of Justice to address concerns that the merger of the two cable giants will hurt competition, sources say.

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Pope Asks Europe to Do More for Migrants

Pope Francis joined Italy in pressing the European Union to do more to help the country cope with rapidly mounting numbers of people rescued in the Mediterranean.

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Edoardo Cignoli : BMW Recalls 91,800 Minis for Air-Bag Fix

German auto maker BMW says it is recalling 91,800 Mini Coopers to fix a defect that may prevent the air bag on the front passenger side of the cars from deploying in a crash.

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ECB's Draghi Rejects Talk of Greek Exit

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi rejected speculation that Greece may be forced to abandon the euro, reiterating that the single eurozone currency is irrevocable.

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Cyprus Passes Insolvency Laws Sought by Creditors

Cyprus passed insolvency laws with foreclosure rules sought by creditors as a condition for extending more loans to the country.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Ford Unveils New Taurus for China

Ford Motor on Saturday unveiled a new Taurus sedan aimed at affluent Chinese customers, in its latest effort to stand out in a slowing and increasingly competitive market.

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Israel, Palestinians Agree on Tax Revenue Transfer

Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas said he has reached an agreement with Israel in which tax revenue it collects for the Palestinians will be transferred after a four-month freeze.

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venerdì 17 aprile 2015

Apple Pay Plans to Launch in Canada

Apple is planning to launch its mobile payments service in Canada this fall, marking the start of its international expansion of Apple Pay.

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Edoardo Cignoli : América Móvil Clears Wireless-Towers Spinoff

Mexican telecom company América Móvil approved the spinoff of its cellular towers into a separate company, part of a restructuring plan that will see billionaire Carlos Slim competing for the first time to rent infrastructure to rivals in the mobile market.

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Edoardo Cignoli : PwC to Pay $65 Million to Settle Lawsuit Over MF Global

PricewaterhouseCoopers agreed to pay $65 million to settle litigation over MF Global Holdings, which claimed PwC failed to properly audit the brokerage firm’s internal controls before it collapsed into bankruptcy in 2011.

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Edoardo Cignoli : PwC to Pay $65 Million to Settle Lawsuit Over MF Global

Edoardo Cignoli : Costco Raises Dividend, Reauthorizes Repurchase Program

Costco Wholesale that it is raising its quarterly dividend 13% and reauthorizing a $4 billion repurchase program, moves that follow what some analysts called one of its strongest quarters ever.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Patriot Coal Seeks Help From Restructuring Advisers

Patriot Coal Corp., which emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection less than two years ago, is working with restructuring advisers to address its capital structure.

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Edoardo Cignoli : GE's Quarterly Results Highlight Industrial's Strength, Weakness

General Electric’s first-quarter earnings report showed that CEO Jeff Immelt’s strategy to exit banking and refocus on its industrial operations won’t be all smooth sailing.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Alibaba Fined for Pricing Issues

The Chinese government has fined Alibaba Group for pricing issues with products sold on its online marketplaces dating to Singles’ Day in 2013.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Mexico's Energy Overhaul Draws Geological-Data Firms

The opening of Mexico’s energy sector to private and foreign companies is drawing dozens of geological-data firms that plan to search for undiscovered oil riches.

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Gulf Monarchs Try to Lead Arabs

Middle East Crossroads: The future of the Middle East increasingly hinges on decisions made in Gulf nations, such as Saudi Arabia--absolute monarchies whose rulers are unscathed, so far, by the region’s upheaval.

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Sasol Evacuates South African Workers From Mozambique

A wave of anti-foreigner violence in South Africa that has injured and uprooted thousands of people intensified, sparking outrage and some fears of retaliation in other countries.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Bribery Charges Dropped Against Former News of the World Editor

U.K. prosecutors dropped bribery charges against former News of the World editor Andy Coulson and eight others, a decision that effectively leaves in tatters a high-profile investigation of alleged illicit practices at British tabloids.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Simply Fashion Files for Bankruptcy

Women’s clothing chain Simply Fashion Stores Ltd. sought bankruptcy protection with plans to liquidate, the latest in a long line of women’s retailers to fall on hard times in the past year.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Frederick's of Hollywood Preparing Bankruptcy Filing

Frederick’s of Hollywood is preparing to file for bankruptcy as soon as Sunday, according to people familiar with the matter, after shutting down all of its stores and signaling plans to become an online-only retailer.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Teva Considering Bid for Mylan

Teva Pharmaceutical is considering a takeover bid for drug maker Mylan, a sign of the jockeying for dominance among generic drug makers.

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Ohio Man Pleads Not Guilty to Terror Charges

A 23-year-old American pleaded not guilty Friday morning to charges accusing him of traveling to Syria to support an al Qaeda affiliate and returning to the U.S. with plans to launch a terrorist attack, his attorney said.

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Obama Affirms Support for Trade Deals

President Obama vowed to negotiate trade agreements that are good for U.S. businesses and workers while acknowledging many Democratic lawmakers and labor unions would oppose his trade agenda “just on principle.”

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How Much Will China Spend on Pakistan?

China’s newly established Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and its Silk Road Fund could help finance its spending plans in Pakistan.

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Germany Seeks to Counter Russian 'Propaganda' in Baltics

Germany said it would help train journalists from the Baltics and provide Russian-language programs to TV networks there, in one of the most concrete responses yet to what Western officials call Moscow’s propaganda assault.

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Assad Blames Turkey for Loss of Northwestern City

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad blamed Turkey in remarks published Friday for the fall last month of Syria’s northwestern city of Idlib to Islamic fighters.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Schlumberger Cuts 11,000 More Jobs

Schlumberger reported a 39% decline in first-quarter earnings and announced 11,000 more layoffs, as lower oil prices has slowed drilling activity in North America.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Key Volkswagen Directors Back CEO

Key members of Volkswagen’s supervisory board endorsed Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn and urged his employment contract be extended, a day after they met with him and Chairman Ferdinand Piech to quell friction between the two.

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Edoardo Cignoli : FCC Frees Up Spectrum for Low-Cost Wireless Hubs

The Federal Communications Commission approved a plan Friday to unlock a large swath of airwaves that could be used to set up cheap, new wireless networks.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Regulators Act on Oil Trains' Safety

U.S. regulators are urging railroads to change the way they deal with wheel defects, saying the problem may have caused a fiery oil-train derailment in Illinois last month.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Ford to Develop Carbon-Fiber Material

Ford Motor is entering into a joint venture with carbon-fiber manufacturer DowAksa, a move aimed at more widely using the costly material to reduce the weight of vehicles that need to meet tougher emissions standards.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Ford to Expand Manufacturing in Mexico

Ford Motor Co. said Friday it will spend $2.5 billion to expand its manufacturing presence in Mexico, the latest in a wave of auto investments flowing to the U.S.’s neighbor to the south.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Shell Treasurer to Leave Company

Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s treasurer, Andy Longden, is leaving the company at the end of June, a Shell spokesman said.

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Edoardo Cignoli : U.S. Oil Rig Count Falls to 734 in Latest Week

The U.S. oil-rig count fell by 26 to 734 in the latest week, according to Baker Hughes, slowing from the previous week’s decline.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Nuclear Power Goes Begging

Edoardo Cignoli : Pension Funds to Vote Against Barrick Board

Three of the world’s largest pension funds are set to vote against the re-election of Barrick Gold’s board, complaining of poor performance and overpay.

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IMF Official Says Greek Talks Need Several Weeks

Talks over fresh emergency financing for Greece likely will take several more weeks, even though cash-needy Athens requires a deal to help it meet debt payments due in June, an International Monetary Fund official said.

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