Noticias de Hoy

TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares rebounded strongly on Tuesday after a sharp sell-off triggered by slumping Chinese stocks the previous session, as a globally accommodative monetary stance helped revive risk appetite. The MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan jumped 1 percent after tumbling 1. 3 percent as Chinese shares dived on concerns Beijing’s move to tighten the housing market could weigh on growth. The February HSBC Services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 52. 1 from January’s 54. . . .

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Groupon Inc under a new chief executive should look a lot trimmer with a sharply reduced international arm, a more focused business – and minus its large and once internally celebrated editorial staff, analysts and investors say. The exit of co-founder and CEO Andrew Mason – fired after another disappointing set of quarterly results slashed Groupon’s market value by a quarter – may usher in a new, more "serious" era marked more by careful, painful decisions rather than reckless geographical and market expansion. . . .

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SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE/PARIS (Reuters)- Eight years ago, U. S. regulators substantially increased their dependence on the aircraft industry to help keep flying safe. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it would no longer directly manage routine inspection of design and manufacturing. Instead, it would focus on overseeing a self-policing program executed by the manufacturers themselves through more than 3,000 of their employees assigned to review safety on behalf of the FAA. These so-called designees had existed for decades, but the FAA had vetted and controlled them. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – If Wall Street needs to climb a wall of worry, it will have plenty of opportunity next week. Major U. S. stock indexes will make another attempt at reaching all-time records, but the fitful pace that has dominated trading is likely to continue. Next Friday’s unemployment report and the hefty spending cuts that look like they about to take effect will be at the forefront. The importance of whether equities can reach and sustain those highs is more than Wall Street’s usual fixation on numbers with psychological significance. . . .

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WASHINGTON – The U. S. State Department is poised to release its long-awaited environmental assessment of TransCanada’s (TSX:TRP) Keystone XL pipeline.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks were little changed, trimming earlier losses by mid-morning trading on Friday, with the Dow index turning positive briefly after an encouraging read on manufacturing data. The Dow Jones industrial average was down just 0. 89 points, or 0. 01 percent, at 14,053. 60. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was down 1. 14 points, or 0. 08 percent, at 1,513. 54. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 8. 39 points, or 0. 27 percent, at 3,151. 80. (Reporting by Angela Moon; Editing by Bernadette Baum)

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks ended flat on Thursday, giving up modest gains late in the session, denying the Dow a chance to inch closer to all-time highs. The S&P 500 still managed to close out February with a fourth straight month of gains. JC Penney Co Inc was the day’s biggest loser, falling 17 percent to $17. 57 after the department store operator reported a steep drop in sales. The U. S. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks rose on Wednesday, with major indexes posting their best daily gains since early January, as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke remained steadfast in supporting the Fed’s stimulus policy and data pointed to economic improvement. In a second day before a congressional committee, Bernanke defended the Fed’s buying of bonds to keep interest rates low to boost growth. The market’s jump of more than 1 percent also came on better-than-expected data on business spending plans and the housing market. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks advanced on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke defended the Fed’s bond-buying stimulus before Congress, but he warned forced spending cuts that could be triggered this week represented a headwind for the economy. Gains in homebuilders and other consumer stocks, following strong economic data, kept the S&P 500 up slightly and a 5 percent jump in Home Depot lifted the Dow industrials. The PHLX housing sector index rose 2. 6 percent. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks on Monday suffered their biggest drop since November after a strong showing in Italian elections by groups opposed to the country’s economic reforms triggered worry that Europe’s debt problems could once again destabilize the global economy. The decline marks the biggest percentage drop for the benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 Index since November7, and drove the S&P down to its lowest close since January 18. The CBOE Volatility Index or VIX, Wall Street’s favorite barometer of fear, surged 34 percent, its biggest jump since August 18, 2011. . . .

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