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Wal-Mart spends 2 milion USD to overcome scandal
Posted by David in Economy news, News on May 15th, 2009
Retailers leading the world for 2 million USD to the factories to remove a person died due to reduction in the gym on Friday evening last black last year. However, victim family hue and cry. Holidays in the U.S. is usually the opportunity to hand a strong retail promotion to stimulate shopping. Friday after Thanksgiving in the U.S. is called Black Friday - Black Friday evening and is having a sale the largest in years. Most items are discounted all sizes, has also suspended the sale sea off up to 90% during this period.
In black on Friday at the end of the year 2008, thousands of people know about the retailer’s Wal-Mart supermarket chain when applying this policy more attractive price. Jdimytai Damour, workers position just for a job, being stuck in crowds 2000 and last deaths breathing break. Besides Damour underprivileged have 11 other people injured, including a pregnant woman.
After several months of investigation, both the Wednesday and then, the retail world’s largest Wal-Mart entente by agreeing to spend 2 million USD to overcome consequences. The only U.S. $ 400,000 be used to indemnify the victims and 1.5 million for the advanced security in 92 retail stores of Wal-Mart in New York. Agreements not mentioned errors by Wal-Mart in death on pitiful.
Person responsible for the service, Ms. Kathleen Rice, a lawyer Nassau county (New York) that if taken to the Wal-Mart’s court, the fine for retailers more than $ 10,000 also. Instead, she choose another way is to force Wal-Mart to ensure safety for customers. “Our goal is to create a gold standard for industry and retail in the management of crowds,” she said.
Agreement, Wal-Mart and two top industry experts will discuss the management of crowds for employers in New York. Then, two experts will monitor the compliance of safety regulations in the system retailer.
Two Wal-Mart and lawyers for the acceptance are satisfied with the results achieved. However, families of the victims against the intent and agreements that have been offensive to people who lost. Edward H. Gersowitz, lawyers Jdimytai by Damour also call this action and unprincipled attitudes often considered victims. He declared: “The Wal-Mart used money to” buy break “the investigation as proof for long pompous thói’s retailers this. Family Jdimytai Damour The case for the court.
In the agreement, a term specify that if the victims received any compensation money from Wal-Mart means to them to waive the right of the American retail sector this court.
(Resource AP)
Toyota announced business reports with figures on the loss to 7.74 billion USD
Posted by David in Economy news, News on May 15th, 2009
Toyota has marked five loss record within 59 years, due to degradation policy and business failure. Manufacturers predict this situation will not better this year due to global economic recovery can not som.
On Friday, Toyota announced business reports with figures on the loss to 7.74 billion USD in three months first year. This loss is under the biggest employers since its establishment and also the largest of Manufacturers Japan. Business results financial year ends on 31 / 3 mark five business first failed by Toyota after 59 years of operation.
Only a year ago, Toyota Motor usurpation General to become the production car the world’s largest. But this year, employers face black dark period from the birth. Results Toyota’s business not only to illustrate the picture of global degradation, but also the evidence for failure in business strategies.
Before degradation boomed, Toyota has expanded production in the U.S. because of that demand will continue to rise. However, economic crisis occurs, the purchasing power suddenly decreased. Recently, to a Toyota factory in Mississippi and down to suspend production line in Texas. Well apply multiple changes in leadership of Tokyo and the U.S.. The analysis is concerned groups will be difficult to continue the policy work life for workers.
Decline in purchasing power is the main cause of loss caused by Toyota for 3 months in 2009. In addition, the yen remains strong price makes products manufacturers become expensive when exported to foreign countries. This quarter loss more than predicted by the analysis, and serious than the 6 billion of U.S. car manufacturer General Motors.
Significant area of concern is the Toyota North America, the largest with 7 of 36 Toyota factories around the world. Since last year, Toyota has cut production in order to overtake speed decreased purchasing power on the market. Price reduction on the gas market of North America led Models of energy saving by Toyota are no longer popular. In 3 months this year, Toyota sold only 24,277 of the hybrid Prius in the U.S., with sales in 5 / 2008.
Chairman of Toyota, Katsuaki Watanabe, he said: “We feel sorry that he is not sensitive enough to quickly resolve the problems now.” “Economic degradation occurred too fast and strong policies, regional diversity, which is the strength of Toyota, was to promote work. Sales of our decline in all markets,” he Katsuaki Watanabe said in the report of the meeting Friday.
However, while General Motor may soon got the Chrysler in the application for bankruptcy protection, the Toyota can still older than the period of this difficult, with potential major financial. Toyota factory in San Antonio, USA, are running only one production line, but still determined not to lay off any staff. Factory in Woodstock, both in Canada and only one batch of dismissal only. Last week, Toyota declared production will increase some form such as car and Camry Rav4.
To solve the problem in North America market, on 6 Toyota will appoint a new director for the area is Mr. Yoshi Inaba, leaving each position Toyota’s leadership in 2007.
This year, the situation will not seem better for Toyota to have vuốt lost opportunities in China, when the car needs a small form growing in this market. In addition, degradation financial Toyota will not make enough potential to invest in the new project, the first demand on the American market.
Toyota’s goal this year is only 6.5 million vehicles worldwide, compared with the number 7.57 million in the fiscal year just ended on 31 / 3 last. Also in the news conference Friday, President of Toyota received the global economy is difficult to be able to recover soon.
(Follow to WSJ)
Teaching Young People About Personal Finance
Posted by David in Banking news, Economy news on May 3rd, 2009
April is National Financial Literacy Month in the United States. As the country faces a deep recession, Americans are paying closer attention to personal finance. Some critics partly blame the crisis on Americans’ low savings rate and high personal debt.
But efforts to increase financial knowledge have grown in the last ten years. Government, community and business leaders have pushed for teaching young people about the importance of saving, budgets and the true cost of credit.
The Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy is based in Washington, D.C. It is an organization of about one hundred eighty groups, government agencies and businesses. Its goal is to provide financial knowledge to children and young adults before they get into debt.
Jump$tart’s Executive Director Laura Levine says many young people misuse credit cards without meaning to. She says they often start by making the lowest payment required. Over time, their credit limit is increased, but they do not pay off their debt. Laura Levine says young people can take on more debt than they can deal with.
The government says forty-five percent of college students have credit card debt. The average amount owed is more than three thousand dollars.
High credit limits are especially dangerous for college students. John Ninfo is a bankruptcy judge in Rochester, New York. He started the Credit Abuse Resistance Education Program.
It provides resources on its Web site for parents, teachers and students about financial issues. Judge Ninfo says he often sees people in their late twenties seeking bankruptcy protection in court. He says the combination of credit card debt and big student loans is burying young people in debt and driving many of them to bankruptcy.
The results of bad credit can be serious. Seventy percent of employers look at the credit histories of job candidates. In some fields, like law enforcement, bad credit means you cannot get a job.
Former President George Bush formed the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy last year. That group has called for students at all grade levels to receive financial education. Currently, only seventeen states require personal finance to be taught at least as part of other courses.
And that’s the VOA Special English Economics Report, written by Mario Ritter. Transcripts and archives are at voaspecialenglish.com. I’m Steve Ember. (VOA News)
International Monetary Fund Says World Economy Will Shrink This Year
Posted by David in Banking news, Economy news on May 3rd, 2009
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund will meet in Washington, D.C. Saturday and Sunday. One subject for discussion will be falling expectations for world economic growth.
A new report by the I.M.F. estimates that the world economy will shrink by one and three-tenths percent this year. That would be the worst performance in more than sixty years. Three months ago, the I.M.F. predicted a small growth for this year.
Major industrialized economies are expected to see the biggest decreases, shrinking by almost four percent. The I.M.F. predicts developing economies will continue to grow for the year, but only by about one and one-half percent.
The I.M.F. says the world will slowly return to growth of almost two percent next year. But the lending organization warns that strong policies to supervise and support the financial system are needed if the world economy is to fully recovery.
Olivier Blanchard is the chief economist for the I.M.F. He has said that banks are still in the process of rebuilding their financial positions. He added that securities markets are still operating poorly.
Economic experts believe the world financial industry is moving towards recovery but with more losses to come. In all, the I.M.F. says worldwide financial losses could be as high as four trillion dollars by the end of next year. World trade is expected to drop eleven percent this year, after expanding by three percent last year.
The I.M.F. report says international lending may not fully recover until two thousand eleven. The financial crisis has made the I.M.F. more important than ever. The world’s largest economies promised to increase the size of the fund by about five hundred billion dollars. They did so at the G-Twenty meeting in London earlier this month. This week, President Obama proposed that the United States lend the I.M.F. one hundred billion dollars as part of that promise.
Last week, Mexico became the first nation to borrow from the I.M.F. under a new program to provide emergency credit to nations with strong economies. Mexico received a forty-seven billion dollar line of credit for one year. Poland and Colombia are also seeking loans from the program.
And that’s the VOA Special English Economics Report, written by Mario Ritter. You can find more financial news, plus transcripts and archives of our programs at voaspecialenglish.com. I’m Steve Ember. ( VOA News)
4 banks in U.S closed within one day ?
Posted by David in Banking news on May 2nd, 2009
U.S. authorities as dissolution procedure 4 banks on 04/24 , the total banks in this crash in 2009 to 29 banks. U.S. banks poured into less than 4 months this year exceeded the bank “closed” in this country in the last year.
Cause costly for fund deposit insurance agency’s deposit insurance (FDIC) are the flows break bank First Bank of Beverly Hills is headquartered in California. Founded in 1979, bank assets are 1.5 billion USD and the amount sent by customers of 1 billion USD.
Do not be found any bank acquired First Bank of Beverly Hills, FDIC has to pay the deposit insurance for all customers with deposit accounts are insured in this bank.
We tried to find customers the First Bank of Beverly Hills, but the brand name of this bank not high, while most of the deposit there is a deposit (broker), a new language member of FDIC. The banks do not want to redeem their deposit broker (broker deposit) in bank flows broken because this is not a capital interest as low deposit directly tradition.
Since the beginning of this year, unable to find customers break bank flows occur quite frequently, making FDIC pay more than money to resolve. Of deposit at the First Bank, only U.S. $ 179,000 is not subject to coverage. Estimated break this flow of funds caused the FDIC to 394 million USD.
However, in the three closed banks left this time, the accountability of all successful in finding customers again.
Office Monitoring saving America (OTS) closed bank First Bank of Idaho Idaho under the state and transfer the entire deposit accounts are not brokers (non-brokered deposit) bank to bank U.S. Bank is headquartered in Minneapolis states. First Bank of Idaho is the first bank in this broken state within 20 years.
Founded in 1997, First Bank of Idaho has 7 branches, assets and USD 489 million deposit of the USD 374 million. Besides the number of deposit are not brokers, U.S. Bank bought only 17.8 million assets bank flows break.
FDIC said the number of deposit brokers 112.8 million in First Bank of Idaho is not U.S. Bank acquisition. Instead, FDIC will have to pay directly for the insurance money to the broker.
American Southern Bank Bank of Kennesaw in Georgia, the state is the state responsible for the implementation of this procedure dissolution. This bank has only 1 correct branch, 14 employees, assets and USD 112.3 million of deposit customer is 104.3 million USD.
After receiving American Southern Bank of Kennesaw, FDIC has sold about half the savings in this bank to bank Bank of North Georgia is headquartered in the state.
At Michigan State, the accountability of state also has closed bank Michigan Heritage Bank. This is a bank with U.S. $ 184.6 million of assets and 151.7 million USD deposit customer, with 3 branches. The whole number of savings account brokerage fees by the bank was sold to Bank Level One Bank is headquartered in the state.
FDIC estimated four times the flow break this fund will make of this reduction Lose total USD 698.4 million. Fund deposit insurance by the FDIC are going quickly and the U.S. Congress are efforts through laws allow FDIC temporary increase by funds borrowed from the Ministry of Finance amounts up to USD 500 billion.
So, has 29 banking flows into the U.S. this year, up 4 bank compared with the number 25 bank poured into last year. Two states go first Georgia bank with 5 being dissolved and California with 4 banks. (Wall Street Journal, CNN)
Car manufacturer’s third largest U.S. bankruptcy
Posted by David in Economy news on May 1st, 2009
Car manufacturer’s third largest in the U.S. Chrysler has officially applied for bankruptcy after efforts to re-structure it is not successful. However, Chrysler also unexpected statement has achieved merger agreement with Italy’s Fiat car.
First, Chrysler will continue to maintain active and can end the bankruptcy within a few months.
30 / 4 is the deadline that the U.S. government set out for the car manufacturer Chrysler to this negotiation with creditors to reduce debt adjustment and go to a merger agreement with Fiat. These are the conditions necessary for Chrysler to continue the U.S. government is pouring capital and avoid risk bankruptcy.
However, several days after negotiations stress, Chrysler has not achieved debt reduction agreement with the small creditors. Chrysler is currently on loan some banks and lending organizations total cost of 7 billion USD. The creditors as banks Citigroup or JPMorgan Chase has accepted debt reduction for Chrysler, but the smaller creditors do not accept this proposal, despite requests from the Government of the United States.
Even so, Chrysler announced suddenly has met kidneys merger with Fiat, the car manufacturers of Italy will initially hold 20% share in Chrysler. This agreement also allows the Fiat holding of shares up to 35% of Chrysler if this Italy car manufacturer to invest in activities in the U.S. market and technology transfer produce small size for Chrysler. In addition, once Chrysler was completed for the payment of the loan was granted to the Ministry of Finance America, Fiat finally may own 51% share in Chrysler.
Of the charge also said that, in addition to shares owned by Fiat, 55% share in Chrysler will fund the health insurance of the automobile union America (UAW), organizations will pay health insurance in the retired employee of Chrysler. Left, the government, and Canada will hold shares in turn is 8% and 2% of Chrysler.
Chrysler has 3 manufacturing in Canada and need to reach agreement with the unions and the Government of Canada in the reclassified debt. While Chrysler will not apply for bankruptcy protection in Canada, but the government in this country that will support the USD 2.42 billion for Chrysler to help companies implement bankruptcy.
According to the bankruptcy under Chapter 11 U.S. Bankruptcy Code that Chrysler submitted to the Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan in this country, the U.S. government will give Chrysler the total capital up to USD 8 billion to maintain operations during the bankruptcy and return to normal activities after bankruptcy. For Chrysler, most of the production of carrier will be stopped on 4 / 5 to employers and will return to normal activities after an agreement with Fiat was completed.
Of the accountability for a company called temporary Chrylser “new” will be established to purchase the assets of Chrysler “old”, including brand name, factory, land, equipment, contracts of employers with the unions, suppliers, distributors … The amount of USD 2 billion from the sale of assets will be used to repay the loan the creditor may accept by Chrysler. U.S. government will use Chrysler hậu thuẫn Bankruptcy Law to refuse to perform the debt obligations led to this car.
Cerberus, the corporation owns the majority share in Chrysler, will lost the number of shares after the bankruptcy led to complete. Similarly, a Daimler, a shareholder holding 19% shares in Chrysler, will lost this number of shares.
Expected, there will be about 3600 distributors in the U.S. by Chrysler is closing. Finance department led to the car is Chrysler Financial will stop all the loan to buy a new car. Instead, finance department led to General Motors (GM) will provide loans for suppliers and customers of Chrysler.
So, Chrysler has to enroll in history with the first bankruptcy of a leading car manufacturer the U.S.. Department bankruptcy is U.S. Barack Obama is a dynamics that is particularly important in order to save 30,000 jobs at Chrysler and hundreds of thousands of jobs at suppliers and distributors of this car manufacturer .
Mr. Obama for, he hopes, the bankruptcy of Chrysler will take 30-60 days to complete. The bankruptcy of Chrysler will Arthur Gonzalez of court supervision. Mr. Gonzalez is also the man who oversees the bankruptcy first in the U.S., including the Enron and WorldCom service.
Chrysler manufacturer established in 1925 by Walter P. Chrysler. Immediately after 3 years, manufacturers have achieved a significant milestone when construction building the world’s largest when it is Chrysler Building in Manhattan, New York.
In recent years, Chrysler difficulties before the big competition in industry car. The points largest carrier is dependent almost entirely on the U.S. market, poor quality cars, many car production size voluminous effective use of fuel products into the lowest compared with the product’s manufacturer other large vehicles.
The financial crisis and economic degradation is taking place as drops of water spill cup, pushing Chrysler to shore in bankruptcy, whether employers have received 4 billion loan from the U.S. Government. The application for bankruptcy of Chrysler and led to an agreement with Fiat car this is observed as the place has important implications for the automobile industry in the world, including competitor and supplier Chrysler’s.
Bankruptcy Services also found that government’s Obama ready to take measures similar to the largest car manufacturer U.S. General Motors (GM). Last 5 months this will be the deadline for GM to complete activities to reduce costs and re-structure debt with creditors and left home at the request of the Government.
While GM and Chrysler right, the Ford, one of the major car manufacturers of America, still strong first crisis. (According to Reuters, CNN)
Pressure for Kenneth Lewis CEO of BoA and Citigroup
Posted by David in Banking news, Economy news on May 1st, 2009
Managing Director (CEO) of the two with leading the U.S. is Bank of America (BoA) and Citigroup are standing in front of the seat if the amount of USD 90 billion that the U.S. government has pumped into BoA and Citigroup not enough to up two of this bank.
Pressure for Kenneth Lewis, CEO of BoA, and Vikram Pandit, CEO of Citigroup, are each at an increase after a Wall Street Journal on U.S. 28 / 4 two loan information bank may have to raise capital. The result is an unnamed source that, on receiving from the results of tests financial capacity 19 largest banks in the U.S.. According to initial plans, the results will be officially announced on 4 / 5 to, but now is back again slower than a few days.
Not long ago, the analysis and investors that some banks area is large-scale test will be capital growth. However, to this time has been that of the shortage of capital in U.S. banking sector is more serious than initially forecast.
The observations also show that for, evaluation of Lewis and Pandit capacity exceeding degradation of banks that leadership is wrong, cause prestige of their leaders is dropping and falling of the Board have reason to search people they replaced.
“I guess both people will have to go before summer this year,” Professor Charles Geisst finance under Manhattan’s comment. “They are so stuck. They just have to draw a beautiful picture for investors. But that world really need is the thắn comment directly about the status of BoA and Citigroup. Meanwhile, the two leaders again this does not make such comments, “the professor said this.
At the Citigroup has not made comments about the survey financial capacity to do the responsible conduct, but the statement still achieved a new step in improving business operations. Sources that a Wall Street Journal quoted, said that Citigroup might have to raise capital if the U.S. Government without adding capital to banks through the expansion plan the conversion of preference shares worth 52, 5 billion into common stock.
Similarly Citigroup, BoA also declined comment about the test of financial resources. On 29 / 4 this, BoA will hold annual meeting in Charlotte, California. At this meeting, the shareholders of the BoA will vote to decide CEO Lewis have to continue sitting in the Board of Directors, or at least leave the chairman position today.
Those who oppose the Lewis continued leadership BoA is to emphasize the problems that this bank incurred after the acquisition of Merrill Lynch. Today 28 / 4, a large pension fund in America, named California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), was up against Lewis continued to hold the chair of the Board of BoA.
Although the observation that, will not bank any of the 19 largest banks in the U.S. was “sliding” in tests of financial resources, investors may see the bank being the Government to to increase capital requirements within 6 months to as “sliding.” Currently, investors and analysts have different opinions when evaluating Pandit see Lewis and see who has taken the higher.
To Pandit at Citigroup on 12/2007 and “inherit” a series of problems at the corner thistly this bank. Meanwhile, Lewis is the “architect” of the most current BoA, and understand the CEO’s with this since 2001.
“Lewis having trouble larger Pandit, because he is responsible for too much for the current status of BoA, and the Pandit to the” investor Ralph Cole, a pouring capital to 2 billion USD company management Wellman Capital Management fund in Oregon state, comment.
My Government is determined that the force from the CEOs of the enterprises receive capital assistance from people’s tax money. Not long ago, CEO Rick Wagoner of General Motors car manufacturer (GM) have been forced to stop. Previously, CEO Robert Willumstad of AIG insurance also arrested from the seat only after 3 months of that.
Managers list Walter Todd investment company under the management of funds Greenwood Capital Associates in South Carolina state that the U.S. government has found that the attitude ready to make big changes at Citigroup. “The Vikram Pandit is the only force is larger. But certainly, the Government may also cause pressure to Ken Lewis, “he said.
From 10 last year to now, the U.S. government has pumped for BoA and Citigroup each bank 45 billion USD. The U.S. government also guaranteed 118 billion USD assets toxic for BoA and USD 301 billion bad asset for Citigroup. Plan to convert preference shares by the U.S. Government to hold common shares may increase the share of government banks in the U.S. on this level 36%.
In the annual meeting of Citigroup last week, CEO Pandit declared to shareholders that Citigroup will “pop up” and returned the money aid of the Government. Meanwhile, Lewis, the CEO statement, the bank he does not need half the amount of USD 20 billion that the U.S. government for pouring from last 1 month.
Both BoA and Citigroup can raise capital by selling assets. BoA is for sale banking department called First Republic Bank, while Citigroup break up selling parts of investment banks and brokers in Japan with more than 5.2 billion USD. However, the mobilization of capital today is a difficult task, particularly for those banks having problems. In this bank, the U.S. government can and who will form the more influence and dilute the rights of existing shareholders.
Many lawyers and investors believe that Lewis was wrong in the hearing before the state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo New York, the CEO was almost revealed that President Department Thirty (Fed) Ben Bernanke and former Minister of Finance Henry Paulson has convinced his merger Merrill Lynch to BoA and not publish the number loss in Merrill to protect financial system.
“BoA will have to push Lewis from chair of the Board, but this may he be as difficult in the CEO chair, because he still is considered his first jam in BoA báng bear”, he Michael Mullaney, a fund management company under Fiduciary Trust in Boston, to. (Reuters)
Predict more bad economic world in 2009
Posted by David in Economy news on April 30th, 2009
The officials in Europe and Japan has made forecasting more bad economic world in 2009, despite the Information elect America’s campaign is a new package to enable up to the economy of the world’s largest.
A sale of advertising in California (USA). About specialist can not assert the land crisis to the bottom or not.
A new report by Japan announced today 5 / 1 shows that sales of consumer goods vehicles in this country has the lowest level since 1974 return here. Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa Japan that, growth prospects of Japan is worse.
“Economical are faced with the situation for export production and reduction in actual income. Sức contemporary consumption and economic events are worse,” he said Nagakawa. Japanese economy has to degradation from 9 / 2007 last.
Meanwhile, in Ireland, a production by the Waterford crystal and Wedgwood are notified at the shore bankruptcy. In Germany, the economy the largest in Europe, the government has planned implementation package stimulate economic worth approximately 70 billion USD, efforts to escape bad batch degradation worst since after World War II.
Also in 5 / 1, Vice President Central Bank of Europe (ECB) Lucas Papademos that, the economic world that will stabilize the current ability to “economic world will not be able to recover before beginning in 2010. ”
At the President elect of the American Barack Obama actively campaign plan for stimulating economic value of approximately USD 775 billion to create about 3 million jobs in 3 years. About his plans Obama has increased copper prices in dollars of the days. However, Mr. Lawrence Summers, his advisers Obama, and plans to council leaders Economics American countries, in a message to a Washington Post has identified, 12 months will be a time of business in the most bleak after World War II.
Stock of America gets more than 2%
Posted by David in Stock news on April 30th, 2009
On 29 / 4, Wall Street has been the increase of the Fed that the U.S. economy are positive changes more.
But Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Commerce said the country’s GDP in quarter 1 / 2009 grew 6.1% negative, as export and investment decline drastically.
Value of GDP in quarter 1 / 2009 reached 14,075.5 billion USD - in which consumption expenditure reached USD 9955.7 billion, invested by the private sector reached 1579.8 billion USD, the value of net export / import is negative USD 337.7 billion and spending - the investment reached 2877.7 billion USD.
This rate reduction greater than predicted by the analysis made previously. In quarter 4 of 2008, U.S. GDP growth was negative 6.3%.
In a remarkable turn in the day, Department of Thirty U.S. (Fed) has issued the decision to stay with basic interest rate from 0-0,25%.
In the meeting took place on 28-29/4, Fed did not have a specific action is to support the market. Fed also said that the U.S. economy are positive changes more.
In the most recent meeting took place on 17-18/3, Fed announced plans to pump U.S. $ 1.15 thousand billion into the economy.
The number increased from 2,1-2,3% value
On 29 / 4, Time Warner Group, said sales in quarter 1 / 2009 decreased 7% over the same period last year, down 6.9 billion, profits reached 555 million USD, equivalent to 46 cents / stock - with the profit level achieved the same period last year.
Structure led to revenue including revenue from business units such as cable TV HBO, CNN, TNT … increased 6% to USD 2.8 billion, revenue from AOL decrease of 23% to USD 867 million, revenue from Warner Bros. films decreased 7% to USD 2.6 billion, the remaining sales of the units business publishing.
Time Warner also said profit per share by manufacturers this year will be 1.98 USD, equivalent to 2008. End session, shares of Time Warner (TWX-NYSE) increased 0.96% to 21.97 dollars per share.
U.S. stocks up points today Wednesday after Fed optimism that the prospects of the economy in this country.
While U.S. economic growth negative 6.1% in quarter 1 / 2009, but the spending of people has increased rapidly. This is an important factor to support stock market points to the session.
Stock blue-chip industrial volume, energy has increased rapidly, in which Boeing shares up 4.4%, shares in United Technologies added 2%, Exxon Mobil shares increased 2% and Chevron shares nhich 2.4 %.
Stock banks have the recovery again after nearly 3% decrease the previous session. KBW’s the bank increased 5%, in which JPMorgan Chase shares up 5.2%, shares in Bank of America added 6.5%, Citigroup shares increased 7.96% …
Chart place by just three stocks on the U.S. 29 / 4 - Source: G. Finance.
Points through transactions results on 29 / 4: Dow Jones index increased 168.78 points, equivalent to 2.11%, core at 8185.73.
NASDAQ’s session up 38.13 points, equivalent to 2.28%, core at 1711.94.
Finally, the S & P 500 advanced 18.48 points more, equivalent to 2.16%, closing at 873.64.
Volume of transactions on the floor New York reached 1.48 billion shares, with 2560 market shares increase and decrease of stock 484 points. Volume of transactions on the floor of the NASDAQ reached 2.4 billion shares, with 2073 market shares increase and decrease of stock 604 points.
* The information is noted in weeks:
Thursday: Report figures who apply for unemployment benefits the first time, data on expenditure and income of the American people; results ExxonMobil’s business, Cardinal Health, Colgate-Palmolive, Ericsson, Motorola, Viacom and MetLife.
Friday: U.S. data on sales cars; data on the ISM manufacturing sector industry, the order from the factory in the U.S.; University of Michigan and Reuters news published survey results of trust by consumers, business results by Chevron, Clorox, MasterCard and Simon Property.
European stocks up to the highest level in 11 weeks
European stocks Wednesday the increase was strong, bringing all three of the areas to the highest level within the last 11 weeks.
Stock volume banking, energy, mines and increase strength, created the momentum drag on the market.
Barclays shares up 10.4%, shares Banco Santander and BNP Paribas were 6.1 %…; increased volume of stock as Petroplus energy, StatoilHydro STL.L, Dana Petroleum and ENI up from 1,9-4 % share of the mines as Anglo American, Rio Tinto and Vedanta up from 5,7-7,5%.
End transaction date, the UK’s FTSE 100 increased 93.19 points, equivalent to 2.27%, core at 4189.59. Volume of transactions reached 2.37 billion shares.
DAX index in Germany to 2.11%, the volume of transactions reached 41.4 million. Only 40 of France’s more advanced 2.16%, the volume of transactions reached 172trieu stock.
Asian stocks recovery
Increased shares of the basic goods and consumer goods, has contributed to important increases in this session.
MSCI’s Asia - Pacific Ocean (not including Japan) increased 1.9% to 267.74 points, after having lost 4% in the previous two sessions as concerns flu in pigs and U.S. banks .
Transferred to South Korea market, Central Bank has said surplus anonymous account of this in 1 / 2009 reached USD 6.64 billion, from 4.09 billion USD in 2 / 2009. Surplus should anonymous by South Korea has increased the second month and is a positive signal indicates that the most difficult period of economic South Korea have gone through.
On the stock market, the KOSPI has been the strong increase, the make up session before. End date transaction, KOSPI index increased 38.18 points, equivalent to 2.94%, core at 1338.42.
Stock market China has increased the points again after the 4 consecutive points reduction previously. Health by increasing the stock banks and energy markets have pulled away on the day of transaction.
Stocks Bank of Communications increased 4.8% after the bank notified this profit exceeds predictions of the analysis. Shares of manufacturers than most countries - China Shenhua Energy increased 6.4%, after the carrier announced profit after tax quarter 1 / 2009 increased 17% over the same period last year.
End date transaction, Shanghai Composite Index increased 66.75 points, equivalent to 2.78%, core at 2468.19 - 35% increase compared to the beginning of 2009.
Points in the other market: the Taiwan weighted Taiwan increased by 0.31%. Straits Times index in Singapore by adding 2.7%. BSE 30 index India increased by 2.21%. ASX index of Australia down 0.27%. Hang Seng Index of Hong Kong up 2.76%.
Ray from the U.S. banking industry?
Posted by David in Banking news on April 30th, 2009
Only less than 3 months, several leading banks in the U.S. are living longer flickering with the support of the Government.
However, recently, the U.S. banking industry has come to signal a positive recovery.
On 16 / 4, the bank’s second largest U.S. as JPMorgan Chase reported profitsexceeding expected in quarter 1. Previously, the two banks Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo also nuc to investors to the good benefit plan. Loss rate USD 966 million that common shareholders of Citigroup Ganh suffered by 1 in your report that this corporation announced today 17 / 4 is not currency as previously predicted by the market.
The reported profit was lambency promote the recovery of further stock market, and world - first rehab start since 5 weeks ago, when two banks suffered serious impact in times khủng This hoảng Citigroup and Bank of America predicts the period of crisis bad worst has ended.
It can be said that the profit wave of fresh new bank in the U.S. is the result from the efforts of the Government in this country to the financial sector back from “death cõi. The interest rate very low now prompted a number of large customers to find the loan the new flags. Scope of investment banking activities and transactions flourishes again many thanks to the U.S. to launch only with credit markets. Before the test results financial capacity of 19 U.S. banks were announced, some banks, including Goldman Sachs, have tried to pay money to aid the Government.
However, there are only traces am lonely on a dark color picture. Millions of customers loan bank in the U.S. continue to fall in failure. These loss in lending new business start process clamber. Crisis on the housing market began to spread market commercial real estate, with the bankrupt corporation’s business and retail space General Growth Properties, marked the largest bankruptcy in history of U.S. real estate .
“Housing markets have overcome the period of bad worst. But for the market of real estate and commercial lending business, the situation is still sound, “the analysis of the banking sector under Gerard Cassidy from the RBC Capital Markets commented.
Profit JPMorgan Chase’s 1 in the last quarter was 2.1 billion USD, exceeding the forecast of the previous observations. Sales of banks in this quarter increased 45% to 25 billion level, from 16.9 billion the same period last year. Besides the loss rate can be as modest 966 million, revenue quarter 1 / 2009 by Citigroup has doubled over the same period to 24.79 billion USD.
However, business results by JPMorgan still reflect the situation continues to stabilize in the array as service credit, which occurs in loss. This shows that the negative impacts of degradation for economic activities by consumers and the credit market.
Many banks are in the process of preparing for the unfavorable situation can occur by increasing for bad debts. Banks and regional banking community - the subject of capital under special risks before many states fail to business loans and real estate - are bringing tens of million of cash resources to reserve. While the large banks such as JPMorgan, the additional billions of USD.
“The situation not available to the extent as what people say. Once the price is not to settle back and unemployment have not reached the top, we will continue to bear the pressure loss, “Director of Finance Michael J. Cavanagh of JPMorgan said. However, if interest rates continue to be maintained low and the U.S. Government continues to support policies for the financial sector bank, the water table will hopefully earn enough profits to prevent cú Item from the shock loss is predicted above.
Some experts said that the worry about the nationalize banks was subdued, but ask questions is whether the profit account published recently or are not sustainable in the economic degradation My place is worse. “Banks can a student. Next issue is sustainability to the benefit on account “, the analysis of financial services under Charles Peabody consulting firms Partner Portales comment.
The caution is not without reason. With the adjustment in accounting rules recently in the U.S., the profits of banks in this country may have been partially inflated blowing. Besides, there are banks suspend operations by the execution policies of the U.S. government applied in many areas in recent years will end when a bank account to the loss from capital of bad debts is not small.
In addition, recently, banks have benefited from good results in unusual activities and transactions the interest rate low to help the value of investing in market lending their flags are raised.
Test results of financial capacity of 19 largest banks in the U.S. expected to be announced on 4 / 5 may help the investors in the stock market the U.S. found some banks have ability in the level sufficient to offset the loss account occurs when the economy this place is worse.
Conclusions of investors when test results are given may not the best with what they identified the business results you 1 of the bank were announced, because the test capability financing to bring a vision of the health of banks in the next 2 years. Also in nature, reported quarterly profits look back is what took place.
The authorities have engaged in activities to check the capacity of finance for U.S. banks or, very likely a bank will need to mobilize new capital. However, the officials also emphasized that the bank so will not necessarily need to cash aid from the government. In addition to finding sources of capital investment the private banks also have access to a large capital through conversion of preference shares that the government holding the common stock as of the current Citigroup.
The officials concerned said they want the banks need to raise capital immediately announced plans to do this after the test results to the financial published. However, even stars, before the test results above are made, the price of shares of U.S. banks in the transaction are recent witnessed a strong recovery.
First week, Goldman Sachs that, they will mobilize U.S. $ 5 billion fund to return money to aid the U.S. Government. Mid-week, Chairman cum Managing Director (CEO) Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase declared corporations will pay 25 billion fund that the Government has to pump as soon as permission of the authorities. New York Times
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