Tag Archive: Wall Street

  1. So, You’ve Heard Us Companies Are Fabulously Profitable

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    … and sitting on record piles of cash. It’s true. According to Moody’s Investors Service, non-financial US companies had hoards of cash at the end of 2013 – about $1.64 trillion. That’s about 12 percent more than the previous year’s record-setting $1.46 trillion. Technology, healthcare/ pharmaceutical, consumer product, and energy companies held the most cash. (more…)

  2. The Markets

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    European Shares Track Falls In Asia and US
    Stock markets across Europe have opened lower, following sharp falls in Asia and on Wall Street.

    Investors have been rattled by weak factory data from both the US and China – the world’s two biggest economies. (more…)

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    Happy New Year!

    Traders are toasting the strongest year for the FTSE 100 since 2009 following a bumper crop of new entrants to the stock market. (more…)