Edoardo Cignoli: aprile 2015

venerdì 24 aprile 2015

Dollar Falls for Second Straight Week

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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Finland Likely to Elect New Government

Finnish voters looks likely to oust their center-right Prime Minister Alexander Stubb and back his centrist rival Juha Sipila to reverse a deep economic slump.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Moore's Law Runs Out of Gas

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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Edoardo Cignoli : Machinists Union Cancels April 22 Boeing South Carolina Vote

Boeing Co.’s largest union canceled a planned April 22 unionization vote at the company’s South Carolina facilities, according to a union official.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Apple Pay Plans to Launch in Canada

Apple Inc. is planning to launch its mobile payments service in Canada this fall, marking the start of its international expansion of Apple Pay, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Airbus Warns Against Reducing Pilot's Role

The chief of Airbus’s jetliner division, Fabrice Brégier, cautioned against downgrading the role of pilots in flying airliners in the wake of the Germanwings plane crash.

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Edoardo Cignoli : China's SAIC Banking on SUVs

SAIC Motor, China’s largest auto maker by sales, is banking on sport-utility vehicles to help revive the flagging fortunes of its own brand.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Seagate Cites Weak Economy for 26% Drop in Earnings

Data storage company Seagate Technology said its earnings fell 26% in the March quarter, citing poor economic conditions.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Honeywell Raises Bottom End of Earnings Target

Honeywell raised the bottom end of its full-year earnings outlook on Friday, but cut its revenue outlook as it maintains its cautious outlook on the global economy.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Reynolds American Revenue Rises on Higher Pricing

Reynolds American’s revenue grew 6.3% in the March quarter on higher pricing that offset declining volumes.

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Edoardo Cignoli : China Targets Water Polluters

China plans to shut down numerous small-scale enterprises in nearly a dozen industries, including dyeing plants, oil refineries and pesticide producers.

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State-Funded Health Care Becomes Key U.K. Election Battleground

The U.K. election campaign’s focus has shifted to the state-funded National Health Service and which party can best overcome its budget problems while preserving its free status.

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Spanish Judge to Investigate Rato

A Spanish judge accepted a request from prosecutors to take over a money-laundering probe against former Deputy Prime Minister Rodrigo Rato.

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China Premier Urges Banks to Boost Lending

China’s Premier Li Keqiang urged banks to step up their efforts to support economic growth, while encouraging them to roll over loans when needed.

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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 : Western Executives Eye Iran's Oil At Vienna Summit

An energy conference this week connected officials from international oil companies like Chevron Corp. with Iranian energy officials.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Vivendi's Bolloré Gets Double Voting Rights

Vivendi chairman and its largest shareholder, Vincent Bolloré, scored himself double voting rights at the French media group’s shareholder meeting.

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QE Is Working Better Than ECB Dared Hope

Europe File: After rejecting quantitative easing as a remedy for the euro crisis, it’s now a big hit with the European Central Bank, says Simon Nixon.

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Abe Vows to Relocate U.S. Base

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe fails to reach agreement over the relocation a U.S. military base after talks with the Okinawa governor.

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Iraqi Forces Recapture Towns From Islamic State

Iraqi security forces have gained full control over a contested area south of the country’s largest oil refinery, according to a senior Iraqi military official.

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giovedì 16 aprile 2015

American Is Shot and Wounded in Pakistan

Gunmen shot and wounded an American woman in Karachi, Pakistani police said, leaving behind leaflets in which they claimed to be members of Islamic State.

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Former IMF Director Rato Held by Spanish Police

Rodrigo Rato, a former managing director of the International Monetary Fund, is being held by Spanish police as part of a continuing probe into alleged money laundering activities, state-owned media reported Thursday.

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Saudi Stock Market to Open to Foreign Investors in June

Saudi Arabia said it would open its stock market to direct foreign investment on June 15, a move that will give qualified international investors access for the first time to the Middle East’s largest market.

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South African Leader Calls for End to Anti-Foreigner Violence

At least five people have been killed his month and thousands forced to flee their homes and shops as native South Africans turn their anger over unemployment and poverty against foreigners.

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Pope Francis Considering Stop in Cuba

Pope Francis is considering a visit to Cuba as part of his trip to the U.S. in September. The move would inject a major new element to a trip that is already hotly anticipated.

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Italy Investigates Claims of a Religious Clash on Migrant Boat

Italian police said they had detained 15 African migrants in Sicily, after fellow refugees claimed the group threw a dozen people overboard because they were Christians.

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Europe Losing Hope on Greek Deal

Brussels Beat: Policy makers across the eurozone are bracing themselves for brinkmanship over Greece in coming weeks that could lead to a resolution—of one kind or another.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Former Wal-Mart CEO Joins Carlyle Group

Carlyle Group has enlisted former Wal-Mart Stores CEO Mike Duke to help the private-equity firm find and vet deals and steer the companies it owns.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Starwood Is Launching Affiliated Hotel Group

In its biggest initiative since its chief executive left in February, Starwood Hotels is launching an affiliated hotel group, its first new brand in nine years.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Mail via Drone or Humvee?

More than a dozen companies are vying to bring the lowly mail truck into the future.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Etsy Shares Surge in Market Debut

Shares of online marketplace Etsy surged Thursday, more than doubling in their market debut. The stock opened at $31, 94% above its initial public offering price.

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Edoardo Cignoli : EU Antitrust Chief Makes Case for Google Charges

The European Commission’s antitrust chief says Europe’s online search landscape is different from that of the U.S., where the company avoided a legal challenge.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Heinz Aims to Be Top Dog in Mustard, Too

H.J. Heinz said it would start selling Heinz mustard through retailers, bidding to take a bigger bite out of a more-than $400 million-a-year U.S. market that is now dominated by French’s Food.

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Edoardo Cignoli : McDonald's Japan Projects Wider Loss After Food Scandals

McDonald’s Japan said it expects to post deep losses in the current fiscal year and that it would be closing 131 of its stores.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Holcim Says Won't Consider Eurocement Board Request

Holcim said it wouldn’t consider a request from Eurocement for a board seat at the company that will be created by the Swiss company’s union with France’s Lafarge.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Panera Shares Hit 52-Week High

Shares of Panera Bread soared to a 52-week high after the sandwich-and-salad chain said it would boost a stock-buyback plan and sell some company-owned outlets with the backing of activist investor Luxor Capital Group.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Caesars Seeks More Time to Control Bankruptcy Case

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. wants to extend until Nov. 15 the amount of time it has to file its own reorganization proposal without the threat of rival plans.

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Edoardo Cignoli : LightSquared's Losses Continue to Balloon

LightSquared’s bankruptcy has hit another milestone: $2 billion in losses since Philip Falcone’s wireless venture filed for Chapter 11 protection in May 2012.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Bristol-Myers to Sell Cancer Drug Rights to Eli Lilly

Bristol-Myers Squibb said that it agreed to transfer North America commercialization rights to its cancer drug Erbitux to Eli Lilly.

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Police Raid Moscow Offices of Tycoon's Group

Masked police have raided the Moscow offices of a civil society organization funded by former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

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With Plan to Fix Spain's Economy, Political Upstart Surges in Popularity

Albert Rivera says entrepreneurship and research and development, not large infrastructure projects, should be Spain’s economic engine.

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Russia Will Continue to Back Space Station, NASA Says

The international space station “continues to be the perfect role model” for cooperation between Russia and the U.S., America’s top space official said in confirming that Moscow has committed to keeping the orbiting lab operating through 2024.

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Syria Steps Up Airstrikes on Rebel-Held Aleppo

Shrapnel-filled bombs dropped from helicopters have killed more than 100 people in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo since Saturday, opposition groups said, a government escalation that came amid a call from a religious leader to annihilate rebel-held areas.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Poor Returns Weigh on Sears Pension Plan

The problems at Sears don’t end with its stores. The company also has to worry about its cash-draining pension plan.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Netflix Adds More Users Than Projected

Netflix added a better-than-expected 4.88 million subscribers in the March quarter, as the streaming service sacrificed some profits to keep up its aggressive international expansion.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Judge Rules GM Can Keep Bankruptcy Shield

A federal judge ruled GM can keep its bankruptcy shield, which allows it to block potentially billions of dollars in legal claims by hundreds of customers seeking damages over a defective ignition switch.

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Edoardo Cignoli : How China's Biggest Chip Maker Could Change the Industry

An obscure Chinese state-owned company has become China’s microchip national champion—and a beacon for how Western tech companies might do business in China.

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IMF Chief Warns Greece Against Payment Delays

IMF Director Christine Lagarde said she has warned Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis against delaying payments to the fund.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Hollywood's New Gambit: Virtual Reality

With several virtual-reality companies expected to release consumer headsets this Christmas, Hollywood is developing projects to make sure new buyers have something to actually experience with them.

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Edoardo Cignoli : McDonald's Franchisees Express Frustration at Revamp Plans

Frustration has grown among some McDonald’s franchisees about the fast-food giant’s efforts to reverse lagging sales and rebuild its damaged image, a recent survey shows.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Europe Opens Probe of Google's Android

European regulators opened a second front in their antitrust probe of Google, launching a formal investigation of whether the company used its position as the maker of Android to favor other Google apps and services.

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Putin: Russia Could Return to Growth in Two Years

Vladimir Putin said Russia has seen the worst of the economic troubles caused by Western sanctions and plunging oil prices, striking an upbeat tone in his annual call-in program.

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Pope Francis to Visit Ecuador in July

The Ecuadorean Episcopal Conference said Pope Francis will come to Ecuador from July 6 to 8, visiting the cities of Quito and Guayaquil.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Chinese Tech Center Denies Allegations Over Supercomputer

A Chinese state-run technology center denied U.S. allegations that it uses the world’s fastest supercomputer to conduct nuclear explosive activities and said Washington’s new export limits would accelerate China’s shift to domestic chip production.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Nestlé Continues to Slim

Nestlé needs to continue shedding its fringe businesses and capitalize on its size to cope with the wave of megamergers that is reshaping the food industry, Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe said.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Party City Shares Rise 21%

Shares of Party City, a retailer for party supplies, opened at $20.50 in their market debut Thursday, 21% above their initial public offering price.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Grupo OAS Seeks Protection of U.S. Court

Brazilian conglomerate Grupo OAS asked a U.S. bankruptcy judge to help protect its assets from bondholders attempting to interfere with its restructuring efforts abroad.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Canada's Magna to Sell Interiors Operations

Canadian car-parts giant Magna International Inc. said Thursday it had agreed to sell its interiors operations to Spain’s Grupo Antolin for about $525 million, as Magna sharpens its focus on certain vehicle areas.

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Edoardo Cignoli : W.W. Grainger Cuts Outlook, Again

W.W. Grainger Inc. again cut its outlook for the year on Thursday, citing negative effects from the strong U.S. dollar and weakness in the North American oil-and-gas sector.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Alliance Data Boosts Full-Year Outlook

Alliance Data Systems boosted its earnings outlook for the year despite forecasting a hit from foreign exchange, which the company plans to offset through share buybacks.

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Ukrainian Journalist Gunned Down in Kiev

Oles Buzyna, a Ukrainian journalist with pro-Russia views, was shot and killed in Kiev, hours after a former ally of deposed Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych was slain outside his house.

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China Building Airstrip in Spratly Islands

Fresh satellite imagery released shows China has begun building a concrete runway on reclaimed land around a disputed reef in the South China Sea, according to the defense intelligence provider IHS Jane’s.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Yahoo, Microsoft Amend Search Agreement

Yahoo and Microsoft have updated their search partnership to allow more flexibility in how the results are presented and how the advertising teams are managed.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Targacept: Gastric Drug Didn't Meet Goals

Targacept said that its clinical treatment for diabetic gastroparesis failed to meet its primary endpoint in an exploratory study.

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Edoardo Cignoli : PPG Results Hit by Forex

PPG Industries reported lower first-quarter results and unveiled a restructuring program aimed at reducing its workforce and capacity. The company also raised its dividend and approved a 2-for-1 stock split.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Norwegian Air's Planning Hit by Delayed U.S. Traffic Rights

Norwegian Air Shuttle is growing anxious its growth plans are being crimped by persistent delays in its application for enhanced U.S. market access.

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Russia Threatens NATO Over Missile Shield

Russia’s top general warned European countries planning to host installations for a U.S.-led missile defense shield that Russian forces would be forced to target them.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Toyota Unveils Expansion Plan

Toyota will put a high priority on growth in the U.S. and take a more measured approach in China.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Sherwin-Williams Gives Rosy Outlook

Sherwin-Williams on Thursday offered a rosy forecast for the current quarter, despite reporting sluggish revenue growth in its latest quarter amid the impact of foreign-currency translation.

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Edoardo Cignoli : KeyCorp Revenue Rises on Higher Average Loans

Cleveland-based KeyCorp, one of the country’s largest regional banking companies, said its profit edged down in the first quarter as its revenue grew slightly and average total loans increased by 5.1%.

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mercoledì 15 aprile 2015

Rural Banking Surges in China

The number of Chinese villagers with a bank account has surged in recent years, as Beijing’s increasing focus on rural development has prompted state-owned banks to spread their networks into the hinterland.

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ISIS Launches Offensive in Iraq Province

Offensive near the provincial capital of Anbar province comes just weeks after extremist group was routed in Tikrit in major victory for Baghdad government.

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Sudan Rebels Attempt to Disrupt Election

Sudanese rebels shelled the capital of the main oil producing state of South Kordofan, disrupting voting for the country’s presidential election.

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Canada, India Sign Uranium-Supply Deal

Canada and India signed a uranium-supply agreement that will see Saskatchewan’s Cameco provide large amounts of the mineral to India over the next five years.

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Iraq: Yemen May Spark Broader War

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said he warned the White House on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia’s military operations in Yemen risked sparking a broader sectarian war in the Middle East.

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U.S. Influence Hinges on Future of Dollar, Yuan

Capital Account: Chief economics commentator Greg Ip says China’s threat to U.S. economic primacy is real but a long way off from reality.

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Economic Data Boost Russia's Confidence

Russia got some unexpectedly upbeat economic news Wednesday, with industrial output picking up in March from the month before while weekly inflation slowed to the lowest rate in more than six months.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Hollywood Plays to Virtual Reality

Edoardo Cignoli : Russian Release of Film "Child 44" Canceled

The Russian release of Hollywood thriller “Child 44” has been canceled, with the culture minister lashing out at its creators for “distorting historical facts” about the Soviet Union and presenting Russia as a dark land.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Europe Opens Probe of Google's Android

Edoardo Cignoli : McDonald's Franchisees Express Frustration at Revamp Plans

Pessimism has grown among some McDonald’s Corp. franchisees about the fast-food giant’s ability to reverse lagging sales and rebuild its damaged image, according to the latest survey of franchisees by Janney Capital Markets analyst Mark Kalinowski.

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Edoardo Cignoli : CSX Full-Year Outlook Lowered on Weaker Volume Growth

CSX Corp. executives told analysts Wednesday that the railroad’s outlook for the full-year has been curtailed by an unexpectedly weak first quarter in which volume rose only 1%, revenue was flat and industrywide growth was suppressed by coal, the stronger dollar and winter weather.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Airline Industry Group Pledges More Open 'Safety Dialogue'

The head of the airline industry’s largest trade association vowed to be more responsive to public demands for speedy answers by embracing a “new sense of openness in our safety dialogue” with passengers.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Canada, India Sign Uranium-Supply Deal

Canada and India signed a uranium-supply agreement that will see Saskatchewan’s Cameco provide large amounts of the mineral to India over the next five years.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Orange Capital to Pressure Macerich Over Rejected Simon Property Bid

Activist investor Orange Capital has joined the fight at Macerich, hoping to pressure the U.S. mall owner to reconsider engaging with spurned suitor Simon Property Group.

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Edoardo Cignoli : BP CEO to Face Shareholders

With low oil prices and interest in energy executives’ every word, BP’s normally quiet annual meeting could provide insight into the company’s direction.

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Edoardo Cignoli : 'Search Bias' at Heart of Google Case

At the heart of the antitrust complaint against Google is the search giant’s alleged practice of highlighting its own shopping services, ahead of links to rival services.

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Virtu IPO to Test Perceptions of High-Speed Trading

The initial public offering of Virtu will be an important test of how global investors view a firm that has been at the center of controversy around high-speed, computerized trading.

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BlackRock Still Looks Solid

Ahead of the Tape: BlackRock has a lot of money to put where its mouth is amid an ETF surge.

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Regulators Call for Short-Term Loan Changes to Handle 'Too-Big-to-Fail'

Regulators are urging large financial institutions, who last year waived some of their rights under derivatives contracts, to expand those waivers to repos and securities lending transactions.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Bunge, SALIC Venture to Buy 50.1% Stake in Canadian Wheat Board

The Canadian units of Bunge Ltd. and of Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Co. Wednesday said they had struck a deal to acquire a 50.1% stake in the Canadian Wheat Board for 250 million Canadian dollars ($200.2 million).

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Edoardo Cignoli : Colt Launches Exchange Offer

Troubled gun maker Colt Defense launched an exchange offer that would cut its bond debt by 70% to $75 million from $250 million. The company also began soliciting support for a prepackaged bankruptcy plan.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Avon Eyes Possible Sale

Avon Products is exploring strategic alternatives for the company, including a possible sale of its North America business.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Toyota to Raise Output for U.S., China

Toyota will invest around $1.4 billion to beef up capacity in China and Mexico to meet growing demand in China and the U.S.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Precision Castparts Gives Tepid Forecast

Precision Castparts warned that earnings in its latest quarter will likely fall well below Wall Street expectations, as the metal-products maker struggles with deteriorating demand in its energy and power businesses.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Angie's List CEO to Step Down

Angie’s List co-founder and Chief Executive William Oesterle will step down to pursue other interests. The online review site also backed its full-year sales outlook and raised its Ebitda guidance by $2 million.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Medical-School Exam Gets an Overhaul

Aspiring doctors taking the new Medical College Admission Test, or MCAT, will find an exam that is longer, covers more subjects, and is more interdisciplinary than past versions.

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Stark Choice for Syrian Rebels

In the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk near Damascus, a group of formerly anti-Assad insurgents join pro-government forces to fight Islamic State.

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Edoardo Cignoli : EU Hits Google With Antitrust Charges

European Union regulators formally accused Google of violating the bloc’s antitrust laws by abusing its dominance of online search.

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Canada Manufacturing Shipments Fall 1.7%

Canadian factory shipments fell 1.7% in February, well off expectations for a small gain, reflecting lower sales of motor vehicles and a drop in the production of aerospace products and parts.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Pfizer Breast-Cancer Study Meets Primary Endpoint

Pfizer said a late-stage study of its Ibrance breast-cancer drug in combination with fulvestrant was stopped early after meeting its primary endpoint of demonstrating improvement in progression-free survival.

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Edoardo Cignoli : GM Cuts Price on 2016 Cadillac Electric Plug-in Hybrid

The price cutting continues at General Motors Co. after the auto maker announced Wednesday it was trimming the price of its Cadillac electric plug-in hybrid by about $9,000 to boost sales.

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Iran Accuses Congress of Meddling in Nuclear Deal

Comments from President Hassan Rouhani signal fresh obstacles to a final agreement over the fate of Tehran’s disputed nuclear program.

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MH17 Investigators Resume Search for Remains

A Dutch-led team of forensic experts will this week resume their search for remains of the victims killed in last year’s downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

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EU Talks With Greece Far From Resolution

Greece’s negotiations with international creditors are going very slowly and are nowhere near the point where bailout money can be disbursed, a senior European Union official said.

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Russia Sanctions Unlikely to Be Lifted Soon, Says G-7

Sanctions against Russia hinge on the Kremlin’s complete implementation of the Minsk peace agreement, foreign ministers from the Group of Seven said, suggesting they are unlikely to be lifted soon.

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Erdogan Condemns EU, Pope Over 'Genocide' Label

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lashed out at the description of Armenian deaths during World War I as genocide, condemning the European Union and Pope Francis for using the term.

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Brazil Police Arrest Workers' Party Treasurer

Brazil’s federal police arrested João Vaccari Neto, the treasurer of the ruling Workers’ Party, as part of an investigation of alleged corruption involving contracts between state-run oil firm Petrobras and construction firms.

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Jürgen Klopp to Leave Borussia Dortmund

One of the most sought-after soccer managers in Europe, who has spent the past seven years with Borussia Dortmund, will leave the club this summer after asking to be released from his contract.

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German Air-Traffic Control Seeks Automated Aircraft Control System

The German air traffic control agency is encouraging the development of a system which would allow controllers on the ground to take control of airborne jets in moments of danger

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China Approves First Locally Designed Nuclear Reactor

China’s top government body approved construction of the nation’s first domestically designed nuclear reactor as Beijing looks to ramp up infrastructure spending to combat slowing economic growth.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Spain Voids Layoffs at Coca-Cola Bottler

Spain’s Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision to void the layoffs of 1,190 workers at Coca-Cola’s Spanish bottler.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Delta Says Profits Triple, Plans Capacity Cuts to Overseas Flights

Delta Air Lines reported earnings that more than tripled and said it would reduce international capacity by 3% this winter to buffer the negative impact of the strong dollar.

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Edoardo Cignoli : HCA Holdings Raises Guidance

Hospital operator HCA Holdings Inc. on Wednesday reported better-than-expected preliminary earnings for its March quarter and raised its full-year guidance.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Tobacco Companies File Suit Against FDA

The biggest U.S. tobacco companies filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Tuesday, challenging its effort to assert authority over labels on tobacco products.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Microsoft Shows EU's Potential Impact on Google Culture

An examination of the bloc’s last big case against an allegedly dominant consumer tech firm—Microsoft—shows that the process may have a lasting effect on the company’s culture.

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Russia in Active Consultation with OPEC

Russia is conducting “unprecedentedly active” consultations with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries but isn’t discussing oil production cuts to support prices, Russian officials said.

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ECB Leaves Rates Unchanged

The European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged amid early signs that the central bank’s recent massive bond-buying program launched last month is helping underpin growth in the 19-country currency bloc.

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British Police Make Syria Terror Arrests

Police in the U.K. have arrested six people on suspicion of terrorism offenses after Turkish authorities stopped a group of British people, including several children, crossing the Syrian border earlier this month.

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Taiwan Presidential Nominee Says Won't Change China Ties

Tsai Ing-wen, the presidential nominee of Taiwan’s main opposition party, said she would keep existing ties with China unchanged if elected.

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martedì 14 aprile 2015

Edoardo Cignoli : Qualcomm's Profit Driver Under Pressure

Qualcomm’s ability to set lucrative royalty rates—at the center of an activist-investor push to break up the company—could be weakened.

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Edoardo Cignoli : For DuPont's CEO, High-Stakes Vote Looms

Ahead of a May 13 shareholder vote, DuPont CEO Ellen Kullman is seeking to fend off an attempt by Nelson Peltz’s activist investment firm Trian to join her board and upend her strategy for the company.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Company Pensions Pile Into Bonds

Large pension funds hold more bonds than stocks for the first time in over a decade. That’s fueling demand for highly rated corporate debt issues.

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Edoardo Cignoli : EU to File Antitrust Charges Against Google

Europe’s antitrust regulator has decided to file formal charges against Google Inc. for violating the bloc’s antitrust laws, stepping up a five-year investigation that is set to become one of the biggest competition battles in Brussels.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Avon Explores Strategic Options

Avon Products is exploring strategic alternatives for the company, including a possible sale of its struggling North America business.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Dodgers Turn to Technology in Hopes of Engaging Fans

The Los Angeles Dodgers are looking to collaborate with technology startups on fitness tracking and other programs in an effort to bring more information to the club’s fans.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Worker on Alaska Airlines Flight 'Knowingly Violated' Policy With Nap

A contract worker who fell asleep Monday in the cargo hold of a departing Alaska Airlines jetliner “knowingly violated” the policies and procedures of his employer, Menzies Aviation, the company said Tuesday.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Apple Buys Israeli Camera-Technology Company LinX

Apple has acquired Israeli camera-technology company LinX Computational Imaging.

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Edoardo Cignoli : LVMH: No Need to Adjust Prices

Luxury goods seller LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton said it has no plans to harmonize its prices, damping speculation that it would mirror French rival Chanel by raising prices in Europe while slashing them in China.

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Edoardo Cignoli : U.S. Could Eliminate Net Energy Imports by 2030

The U.S. could soon export more energy than it imports, significantly changing the country’s appetite for foreign fuels starting as early as 2020, according to a new report from the Energy Information Administration.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Levi Strauss Profit Falls 23%

Levi Strauss & Co. said its earnings fell 23% as revenue took a hit from a shift in a key holiday shopping week and pressures from a stronger U.S. dollar during the quarter ended March 1.

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Obama to Take Cuba Off Terror List

President Barack Obama backed lifting Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terror, in a widely expected move that further advances normalizing ties between Havana and Washington.

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EU to File Antitrust Charges Against Google

Obama Would Sign New Bill on Iran Deal

Leaders on a Senate panel have reached an agreement over legislation requiring President Obama to send a final nuclear deal with Iran to Congress for review.

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Obama, Greek Finance Minister to Meet

Greece’s finance minister Yanis Varoufakis is due to meet President Barack Obama in Washington Thursday, according to a senior finance minister.

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ECB Lifts Ceiling on Greek Loans

The European Central Bank increased the amount of money Greek banks can borrow under an emergency-lending program, extending a lifeline for the country’s banks.

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U.S. Sets More Than $200 Million Iraq Humanitarian Aid

The White House pledged more than $200 million in humanitarian aid to Iraq, as President Obama met with Iraq’s leader Haider al-Abadi in Washington and said serious progress has been made against Islamic State militants.

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Asiana Airlines Plane Skids Off Japan Runway

An Asiana Airlines plane skidded off a runway on Tuesday after landing in western Japan, slightly injuring around 20 people, officials said.

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Edoardo Cignoli : New Robots Designed to Be More Agile

Robot makers are promoting a new generation of robots designed to work safely alongside people and take on tasks such as assembly of small parts that require more dexterity than older robots can muster.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Web-Giant Alumni Fuel China's Startup Success

Many entrepreneurs who got their start at China’s three leading Internet firms—Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu—have created startups now worth billions of dollars, a key component of the country’s vibrant tech scene.

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Edoardo Cignoli : U.S. Tobacco Companies File Suit Against FDA

Edoardo Cignoli : Uber Banned in Geneva

Uber has been ordered to cease operations in Geneva, the company said, adding to the service’s growing challenges in Europe, where it faces a backlash from taxi drivers and regulators.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Telecom Industry Sues to Overturn Net Neutrality

Industry trade group United States Telecom Association filed a lawsuit Monday to overturn the government’s net neutrality rules, the first of what will likely be a wave of legal challenges.

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Edoardo Cignoli : McClendon Financier Settles Lawsuit With Chesapeake

After initially defending Aubrey McClendon on allegations that he took trade secrets from Chesapeake Energy Corp., investment firm and McClendon’s biggest financier Energy & Minerals Group said it settled the lawsuit with Chesapeake.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Exxon Mobil CEO Paid $33 Million in 2014

Exxon Mobil Corp. Chief Executive Rex Tillerson was paid $33 million in 2014, up 18% from $28 million the year before.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Zillow Calls 2015 'A Transition Year'

Zillow on Tuesday called 2015 “a transition year” and acknowledged that it is “a couple quarters behind” where it would like to be following its acquisition of rival real estate website Trulia.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Japan Court Halts Restart of Two Nuclear Reactors

A Japanese court ordered a halt to plans to restart two nuclear reactors Tuesday, citing safety concerns, raising the prospect of slow progress in a return to nuclear-generated electricity in Japan.

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Edoardo Cignoli : AmEx, Jawbone Team Up to Allow Payments Via Fitness Bands

In the latest product to marry shopping and wrist accessories, American Express and Jawbone plan to announce that AmEx cardholders will be able to make purchases using their fitness band.

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Edoardo Cignoli : BMW Retains Title of World's Top Luxury Car Brand

BMW defended its position as the world’s top premium car brand in the first three months of the year, buoyed by strong sales of its X5 sport-utility vehicle and 2-Series Active Tourer crossover.

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U.K.'s Cameron Aims Beyond Tory Core

British Prime Minister David Cameron made a bid to broaden his Conservative Party’s appeal among working-class voters as he tries to break the impasse in opinion polls ahead of a fast-approaching national election.

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Hungary to Send Troops to Iraq

Hungary lawmakers have voted to send up to 150 troops to Iraq to contribute to the U.S.-led effort against Islamic State in the country.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Docker Raises $95 Million to Push Into Enterprises

Two years ago, Docker was practically at death’s door. Now it is one of the buzziest companies in tech.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Energy Future Files Reorganization Plan

Texas energy giant Energy Future Holdings Corp. has filed the restructuring plan that outlines how it hopes to reshape a $42 billion debt load and exit bankruptcy.

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Edoardo Cignoli : U.S. Retail Sales Rise in March at Weaker-Than-Expected Pace

U.S. retail sales rose for the first time in four months in March, but the gain wasn’t enough to offset weaker spending during the winter months.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Fastenal Sales Weaker Than Expected on Poor Economic Positions

Fastenal Co. on Tuesday said earnings rose 14% in the March quarter, but sales missed expectations due to a slowdown of business in oil-related industries.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Dick's Sporting Goods Forecasts $9 Billion in Sales by 2017

Dick’s Sporting Goods expects sales of up to $9 billion annually by 2017 and plans to open between 135 and 150 stores in the next three years

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Edoardo Cignoli : EveryWare Sales Fall on Declines in Every Segment

EveryWare Global Inc. reported Tuesday that its sales fell 17% in the December quarter, a week after the maker of Anchor Hocking and Oneida kitchen products filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Johnson Controls Auto-Interiors Spinoff Expects July Launch

Johnson Controls Inc. expects its joint venture with Chinese partner Yanfeng Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd. to start operating in July.

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Edoardo Cignoli : J.B. Hunt Profit Tops Expectations

J.B. Hunt posted a better-than-expected 34% increase in profit in its first quarter, as the trucking company’s intermodal business logged volume growth despite West Coast port issues.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Penney Gives Sales View After Email

Penney said it expects same-store sales to rise 3.5% to 4.5% for its first quarter—news that the retailer reported following an inadvertent disclosure from a senior official.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Ethan Allen Warns of Weak Earnings

Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. said Tuesday that new initiatives such as renovations and product launches would lead to weaker-than-expected results in its March quarter.

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Edoardo Cignoli : Merger of Nokia With Alcatel-Lucent Could Put Pressure on Prices

A marriage between Finland’s Nokia and French rival Alcatel-Lucent could create the world’s largest telecommunications-equipment giant, at least by revenue, and shrink the number of suppliers to global telecom providers.

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Deadly Attack on Somali Government Office

Al-Shabaab militants attacked Somalia’s higher education ministry on Tuesday, using a suicide car bomb and gunmen for a strike that killed at least nine people.

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China Expands in Disputed Islands

China is expanding two islands it controls in the disputed Paracel Islands, east of Vietnam, even as it builds seven new islets in the South China Sea, satellite imagery published on Tuesday shows.

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Six Ukrainian Soldiers Die in Renewed Fighting

A sharp uptick in fighting in east Ukraine has left six government troops dead and 12 wounded in the past 24 hours, a military spokesman in Kiev said.

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Slowing Emerging-Market Growth Is Sapping Global Economic Prospects

Global economic growth will climb only marginally this year, the International Monetary Fund said in its flagship World Economic Outlook report.

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China Wants U.S. to Drop Tech Export Limits, or It Will Shop Elsewhere

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang urged U.S. officials to drop limits on high-technology exports or it would seek alternatives from Russia or other countries, said people with knowledge of the discussions.

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'Who Lost Asia' Hand-Wringing Misses Point

A growing array of U.S. policy analysts believe “constructive engagement” with China has badly backfired and squandered U.S. supremacy in Asia. Another possibility is that the era of hegemony in the region is over.

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Iran Expects to Get Russian Missile System This Year

An Iranian official said Tehran expects Russia will deliver its powerful S-300 missile systems this year.

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Iran Proposes Peace Plan for Yemen

Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has unveiled a four-point plan, including an immediate cease-fire, aimed at resolving the continuing military conflict in Yemen.

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lunedì 13 aprile 2015

Edoardo Cignoli : Mexican Builder Homex Renews Relationship With Mortgage Giant

Debt-saddled Mexican homebuilder Desarrolladora Homex said it is back in the good graces of Mexican mortgage institution Infonavit, which extends the majority of home loans in Mexico.

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Mideast Christians Trapped by Extremists

Under attack and with few options, many are forging alliances with former foes.

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IEA Chief Economist: No Immediate Oil Market Impact After Iran Deal

The chief economist of the International Energy Agency said it could take three to five years for a new wave of Iranian oil to significantly increase world petroleum supplies and have a lasting impact on prices.

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