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

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, 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, 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, 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, Top Keywords

Smartphone use among U.S. teens is up sharply: survey Mar 13th, 2013 - 05:20h (CET +01.00) By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 37 percent of Americans ages 12 to 17 tap the Internet using a smartphone, up sharply in just a year, according to a 2012 Pew survey released on Wednesday. Twenty-three percent of teens mainly go online usi... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : smartphone, among, teens, sharply, survey, bullion's, pain, Top Keywords

Wall Street ends down sharply after Fed minutes Feb 20th, 2013 - 22:20h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 posted its worst daily percentage decline since mid-November on Wednesday after minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve suggested the central bank may slow or stop buying assets sooner than expected. Based on the la... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : wall, street, ends, down, sharply, minutes, pain, Top Keywords

UK household finances worsen sharply in December - Markit Dec 24th, 2012 - 01:30h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - Britons suffered the biggest deterioration in their finances in seven months in December and turned more downbeat about 2013, a survey showed on Monday. The Markit Household Finance Index fell to 36.8 - the lowest since May - from ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : household, finances, worsen, sharply, december, markit, pain, Top Keywords

Rough sleepers on London streets rise sharply Dec 21st, 2012 - 10:40h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - Unshaven and shivering in the Winter cold, Christopher Burn, 42, cut a desperate figure as he huddled in a rubbish-strewn tunnel in London's financial district. Few people stole a glance at the bespectacled former prison inmat... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : rough, sleepers, london, streets, rise, sharply, pain, Top Keywords