CNBC Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou sealed a deal with the opposition on a crisis coalition to approve an international bailout, but details remain thin despite an EU ultimatum for Athens to get serious about …
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WSJ Microsoft reported third-quarter earnings of 68 cents per share, on $17.37 billion in revenue. That meets Wall Street analysts’ forecasts on the EPS side and beats on the revenue side, but investors may have …
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WSJ Pre-Market Brief: Market tone: Stocks seen higher on European gains; Dollar lower against major currencies; Treasurys unchanged; Nymex Sept. crude down 42 cents at $97.02/bbl; Gold up 0.8% at $1,679/oz Overnight action: Chrysler and …
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WSJ- Tomorrow’s Tape: Rate Expectations Economics: 7:45 a.m. ET: ECB rate announcement. Will Jean-Claude Trichet’s last splash include a rate cut? It might not, but it should. 8:00 a.m.: The Bank of England rate announcement …
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WSJ Tomorrow’s Economics: 8:30 a.m. ET: Weekly jobless claims are due from the Labor Department. They’ve been hanging around 400,000 for forever, which is better than getting worse. Economists are going ahead and assuming they’ll …
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Expect to see a lot of discussion in the media on the disappointing jobs number over this weekend. There are a few schools of thought on what it means for the markets. One of the …
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WSJ Economics: 8:30 a.m. ET all times: Weekly jobless claims are out. Economists expect only a slight drop to 422,000. Way, way too high. 9:45 a.m.: The Chicago PMI comes out, which is supposed to …
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Seeking Alpha Today’s Markets In Asia, Japan -1.2% to 9380. Hong Kong closed. China closed. India +0.2% to 18420. In Europe, at midday, London -0.1%. Paris -0.7%. Frankfurt -0.2%. Futures at 7:00: Dow -0.2%. S&P …
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