Noticias de Hoy

PARIS (Reuters) – Stock index futures pointed to a flat opening on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0. 06 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0. 07 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0. 02 percent at 4. 30 a. m. EDT. European shares slipped on Wednesday morning, down for the third day running, while the euro and Spanish and Italian bonds came under fresh pressure as economic anxiety was compounded by the euro zone’s struggle against its debt crisis and by concerns over the earnings season. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – U. S. stocks fell on Tuesday, led by losses in technology after brokerage downgrades of Intel and other major companies as worries increased about third-quarter U. S. earnings. Shares of Intel , the world’s largest semiconductor maker, lost 2. 7 percent to $21. 90 after negative reports by at least two brokerages. Robert W. Baird & Co cut its price target on the stock to $26 from $32, citing weak demand for notebooks. The news triggered selling of large-cap technology shares, including Oracle and Apple. Microsoft shares lost 1. 7 percent to $29. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – U. S. stocks fell on Tuesday, led by losses in technology after brokerage downgrades of Intel and other major companies amid worries about third-quarter U. S. earnings. Shares of Intel, the world’s largest semiconductor maker, lost 2. 7 percent to $21. 91 after negative reports by at least two brokerages. Robert W. Baird & Co cut its price target for Intel, citing weak demand for notebooks. The news ignited a bit of selling sentiment across the board in large-cap technology shares, including Apple, which has been under pressure in recent weeks. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – U. S. stock index futures edged lower on Tuesday, indicating the benchmark S&P index may fall for a third straight session after a warning from the IMF about global growth prospects. * The International Monetary Fund cut its projected global output for 2012 to 3. 3 percent from 3. 5 percent in its latest world economic outlook, warning that a lack of action by policymakers in the U. S. and Europe to fix their economic problems could extend the current slump. . . .

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares rose on Tuesday but were capped by concerns over global growth prospects, especially in the world’s second-biggest economy China, and expected weak U. S. corporate earnings. The International Monetary Fund cut its global growth forecast on Tuesday to a 3. 3 percent expansion for 2012, down from its July estimate of 3. 5 percent, making it the slowest year of growth since 2009. It warned U. S. and European policymakers that failure to fix their economic ills would prolong the slump. The IMF also said on Tuesday that China’s economic growth is expected to weaken to 7. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – U. S. stocks slipped in light trading on Monday, pulling back from recent five-year highs ahead of an earnings season expected to be weak. Trading volume was the lowest so far this year in a full session as the U. S. government and the bond market were closed for the Columbus Day holiday. About 4. 1 billion shares changed hands on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq and NYSE MKT, compared with the year-to-date daily average of 6. 54 billion to last Friday. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – U. S. stocks declined on Monday after the World Bank cut growth forecasts for East Asia, highlighting concerns about the global economic climate and corporate profits on the cusp of the quarterly earnings season. The World Bank reduced its growth forecasts for the East Asia and Pacific region and said there was a risk the slowdown in China could worsen and last longer than many analysts have forecast. China, the world’s second largest economy, has been hampered by the euro zone debt crisis. Europe is China’s largest trade partner. . . .

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LONDON (Reuters) – European stocks, oil and gold fell on Monday as concerns over the global economic outlook and its impact on the coming corporate earnings season weighed on investor sentiment. The World Bank cut its estimate for East Asian growth including for China, and this has undone some of the positive sentiment that followed Friday’s sharp drop in U. S. unemployment for September. . . .

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – BAE Systems insists there is "no magic number" for French and German government shares in a possible merger with EADS, but U. S. experts say anything over 10 percent could ruin the chances of winning approval from U. S. regulators. Britain has told France and Germany repeatedly that their respective holdings in the merged firm should not exceed 10 percent, according to several sources familiar with the process. . . .

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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks edged lower on Monday and other riskier assets such as commodities fell as investors remained cautious about the outlook for the global economy and corporate earnings despite better-than-expected U. S. jobs numbers at the end of last week. Wall Street stocks dipped late on Friday as an unexpected drop in the U. S. unemployment rate was overshadowed by concerns about the earnings season — which kicks off with Alcoa Inc on Tuesday — and S&P 500 futures traded in Asia were down a touch on Monday. "Although the U. S. . . .

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