Cisco shares up sharply in relief rally after earnings May 16th, 2013 - 17:00h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Shares of Cisco Systems Inc rose as much as 14 percent on Thursday, a day after the company reported quarterly results and financial targets that were better than Wall Street expected. Cisco shares hit a multiyear high of $24.24 on the Na... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : cisco, shares, sharply, relief, rally, earnings, Top Keywords

Jobless claimant count falls sharply in April May 15th, 2013 - 10:40h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - The number of Britons claiming unemployment benefit fell much more than expected in April, official data showed on Wednesday, in the latest sign that the economy is starting to find its feet. The Office for National Statistics said... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : jobless, claimant, count, falls, sharply, april, Top Keywords

Poll shows favorable views of EU in sharp decline May 14th, 2013 - 00:10h (CET +01.00) BRUSSELS (AP) - Positive views of the European Union by its citizens are near all-time lows. And no EU country is plunging faster into the abyss of gloom than France. Germans are broadly perceived as being the most trustworthy Europeans - but also th... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : poll, shows, favorable, views, sharp, decline, Top Keywords

Insight: Rebel gains in southern Syria sharpen Jordan's dilemma May 1st, 2013 - 14:50h (CET +01.00) By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - The growing power of Islamist fighters in southern Syria is causing alarm in neighboring Jordan, which backs rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad but fears those linked to al Qaeda... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : insight, rebel, gains, southern, syria, sharpen, jordan's, dilemma, Top Keywords

Sharp to post worse-than-forecast annual loss: sources May 1st, 2013 - 05:20h (CET +01.00) TOKYO (Reuters) - Sharp Corp, which supplies Apple Inc with screens for its iPhone and iPad, will post a bigger-than-forecast net loss for the year that ended on March 31 in part because low output at its factories forced it to write off excess capac... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : sharp, post, worsethanforecast, annual, loss, sources, jordan's, dilemma, Top Keywords

Twitter sharpens ad targeting by sifting through tweets Apr 17th, 2013 - 20:10h (CET +01.00) By Gerry Shih SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc on Wednesday unveiled a new tool that allows marketers to disseminate targeted messages based on the content of users' tweets, a technology that could help elevate Twitter's effectiveness ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : twitter, sharpens, targeting, sifting, through, tweets, jordan's, dilemma, Top Keywords

TSX falls sharply as gold miners feel bullion's pain Apr 12th, 2013 - 18:00h (CET +01.00) By Alastair Sharp TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell sharply on Friday, with gold miners leading a broad sell-off as the price of bullion plummeted and as contracting U.S. retail sales data signaled flagging momentum in Canada�... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : falls, sharply, gold, miners, feel, bullion's, pain, dilemma, Top Keywords

Stocks rise sharply, led by gains in technology Apr 10th, 2013 - 22:30h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are closing sharply higher on Wall Street, led by gains in technology companies. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : stocks, rise, sharply, gains, technology, bullion's, pain, dilemma, Top Keywords

Egypt's pope sharply criticizes president Apr 9th, 2013 - 23:40h (CET +01.00) CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's Coptic Christian pope delivered an unprecedented direct criticism of the Islamist president Tuesday after a mob attack on the church's main cathedral, saying he had failed to protect the building and warning that the co... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : egypt's, pope, sharply, criticizes, president, bullion's, pain, dilemma, Top Keywords

Stocks drop sharply after job growth disappoints Apr 5th, 2013 - 18:50h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks dropped sharply on Wall Street Friday after the government reported that U.S. employers added the fewest jobs in nine months in March and more people gave up looking for work. The report was worse than economists were expecting... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : stocks, drop, sharply, growth, disappoints, bullion's, pain, dilemma, Top Keywords