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HSBC THERES NOW A VERY HIGH CHANCE OF A SEVERE FALL IN US STOCKS
With the U.S. stock market selling off aggressively on October 11, we now issue a RED ALERT, he writes... READ MORE›
GE CREATES $32 BILLION OIL-SERVICES GIANT WITH BAKER HUGHES DEAL
GE will contribute 7.4 billion to fund a special dividend of 17.50 a share to Baker Hughes stockholders... READ MORE›
THIS CHART PREDICTS TRUMP WILL WIN UNLESS THE SP RALLIES IN OCTOBER
But the pattern is solid, as shown in this chart by Sam Stovall, equity strategist for S&P Global Market Intelligence1... READ MORE›
CONSUMER ANXIETY IN CHINA UNDERMINES GOVERNMENTS ECONOMIC PLANS
Those who have lost money in the ongoing stock market crash are especially anxious... READ MORE›
GE TO MERGE OIL AND GAS BUSINESS WITH BAKER HUGHES
GE will own 62.5 percent of the new company, which will have combined revenue of 32 billion, while Baker Hughes shareholders will own 37.5 percent... READ MORE›
CHINAS PARTY-RUN MEDIA IS SILENT ON MARKET MAYHEM
The slump in the stock markets is destroying what remains of investor confidence, and this problem is profoundly serious, the paper said in a front-page commentary... READ MORE›
HALLIBURTON AND BAKER HUGHES SCRAP $28 BILLION MERGER
2 oilfield services provider, is scrapping a 28 billion merger with smaller rival Baker Hughes BHI.N, Halliburton said on Sunday... READ MORE›
BAKER HUGHES SAYS IN PRELIMINARY MERGER TALKS WITH RIVAL HALLIBURTON
Baker Hughes said in a statement it has engaged in preliminary discussions with Halliburton Company regarding a potential business combination transaction... READ MORE›
STOCKS CLOSE OUT WEEK WITH WORST START TO YEAR EVER
Shares of the Shanghai composite index ended up 1.97 percent Friday, capping off the worst week for the Chinese stock market in its short 25-year history... READ MORE›
EDITORIAL CHINAS CRACKDOWN ON RUMORS WILL ONLY HURT ITS ECONOMY
The authorities have punished 197 people for spreading rumors about the stock market and the explosion Xinhua the state-owned news service reported on Monday... READ MORE›
STOCKS RECOVER FROM AFTERNOON STALL, DOW UP 369, BENCHMARKS OUT OF CORRECTION
Wall Street traders also got confirmation that Wednesday's rally had legs when stock markets in China, Japan and then Europe all rallied earlier today... READ MORE›
BAKER HUGHES TO BUY BACK STOCK, DEBT AFTER HALLIBURTON DEAL FAILS
The company's shares have fallen 25 percent since Halliburton first agreed to buy Baker Hughes in November 2014... READ MORE›
THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE IS DOWN DUE TO A 'TECHNICAL GLITCH'
The New York Stock Exchange suspended all trading due to what has been described as a technical error on Wednesday morning... READ MORE›
OILFIELD SERVICES SHAKEUP IN CARDS AFTER GE-BAKER HUGHES DEAL
Halliburton is unlikely to try another big acquisition despite being relegated to third place by Monday's deal, people familiar with the company said... READ MORE›
CHINAS STOCK CRASH HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR FINANCIAL REFORMS
The stock market crash in China is a test of President Xi Jinping's stated goal of reducing the government's dominant role in the economy... READ MORE›
SHORT SELLERS CIRCLE ALIBABA AMID SEC PROBE
Shares of Alibaba recovered a bit on Thursday, closing up 3.65 percent at 78.35, after diving nearly 7 percent the day before... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA'S OBSESSION WITH EXAM SUCCESS
Final year high school students in South Korea are sitting annual entrance exams for universities and colleges... READ MORE›
STOCK MARKET VOLATILITY COULD SLOW COOLING IPO MARKET
Even before the current market turmoil, 39 companies had withdrawn their IPO plans, compared with 32 at the same point last year... READ MORE›
TRADERS POUNCE AS DOUBTS GROW ABOUT HALLIBURTON-BAKER HUGHES DEAL
Baker Hughes stock was trading at a discount of 8 percent to 67 which is what Halliburton's cash-and-stock offer was valued as of Tuesday's close... READ MORE›
DOW, S&P 500 FALL IN '15; NASDAQ UP 5.7%
Stocks in Europe were also ending the year on a negative note, with the broad Stoxx Europe 600 off 0.4 percent ... READ MORE›
ACTAVIS PLANS NEW MERGER APPROACH FOR ALLERGAN
A cash takeover would not have required a shareholder vote and could have put Allergan out of Valeant's reach... READ MORE›
RADIOSHACK MAY CLOSE, SPRINT TO GET HALF OF CHAIN
Bg 16aNrZw The New York Stock Exchange NYSE, meanwhile, said its regulatory arm was acting to delist RadioShack shares, and would suspend their trading immediately... READ MORE›
FIAT SAYS MERGER INTO DUTCH-REGISTERED FCA EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 12
Current Fiat shares will last trade on the Milan bourse on Friday... READ MORE›
DELL LOOKS TO EMC DEAL TO BOOST CORPORATE PRESENCE
Any deal would include EMC's stake of about 80 percent in VMWare, which alone is worth about 28 billion, the sources said... READ MORE›
ALL OR NOTHING IN 2016, TOP STOCK PROS SAY
Stock market will get a little bit more of a push higher in 2016... READ MORE›
RBC TO BUY CITY NATIONAL IN $5.4 BILLION DEAL
16 on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, represents a premium of nearly 26 percent to City National's last closing price... READ MORE›
RAISED INTEREST RATES MAY END BIGGEST MERGER BOOM THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN
Back in 2006 and 2007, private equity accounted for a larger proportion of the M A deals being struck, buying 20 percent to 25 percent of the companies... READ MORE›
STOCKS CLOSE MIXED AS OIL TANKS ALMOST 6%
Post to Facebook Stocks close mixed as oil tanks almost 6 percent Markets remain volatile after last week's worst start to a year ever on Wall Street... READ MORE›
CHINESE STOCK CRASH LEAVES INVESTORS CYNICAL
BEIJING -- When hairdresser Zhang Liang first tiptoed into the Chinese stock market back in March, things could hardly have gone better... READ MORE›
CHINA IS THE REAL ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
Instead, the growth in the Chinese economy has been easing at the same time the stock market was experiencing these gains... READ MORE›