Mozambique expects foreign direct investment to climb 30 percent in the next four years as the economy expands, Finance Minister Manuel Chang said.
Investment will probably reach $450 million this year and $560 million by 2011, compared with $430 million in 2007, Chang said in an interview in Maputo, Mozambique today. Agriculture and tourism are likely [...]
K+S Earnings Beat Estimates; Forecasts Price Increase
By Stefanie Haxel and Richard Weiss
March 13 (Bloomberg) — K+S AG, Europes largest producer
of potash used in fertilizers, reported fourth-quarter profit
that beat analyst estimates and forecast operating profit to at
least double this year on [...]
K+S Quarterly Net Drops 34% on Dollar Hedging Costs
By Stefanie Haxel
March 13 (Bloomberg) — K+S AG, Europes largest producer
of potash used in fertilizers, said fourth-quarter profit
declined 34 percent on costs tied to U.S. dollar hedging.
[...]
German Stocks Decline; Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, BMW Drop
By Nicholas Comfort and Henrietta Rumberger
March 13 (Bloomberg) — Germanys benchmark stock index
fell for the first time in three days, led by banks and
automakers, after Carlyle Groups mortgage-bond fund moved
closer to collapse and [...]
German Stocks Fall to 15-Month Low; Banks, Carmakers Decline
By Nicholas Comfort and Henrietta Rumberger
March 13 (Bloomberg) — Germanys benchmark stock index
fell to the lowest in 15 months, led by banks and automakers,
after Carlyle Groups mortgage-bond fund moved closer to
collapse and [...]
German Stocks Decline, Led by RWE, E.ON; Continental Retreats
By Henrietta Rumberger and Stefanie Haxel
Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) — Germanys benchmark DAX Index
declined, led by RWE AG after the countrys second-biggest
utility reported an unexpected fourth-quarter loss.
[...]
Tata Chemicals to Buy General Chemical for $1 Billion (Update3)
By Gautam Chakravorthy
Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) — Tata Chemicals Ltd., part of Indias
second-largest business group, agreed to buy U.S.-based
General Chemical Industrial Products Inc. for $1 billion to
become the worlds second-largest maker [...]
German Stocks Increase, Led by Metro, ThyssenKrupp; SAP Rises
By Andreas Hippin
Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) — Germanys benchmark stock index rose,
led by Metro AG after the countrys largest retailer sold a
supermarket chain and ThyssenKrupp AG as the countrys largest
steelmakers earnings beat [...]
Different types of small-cap stocks have diverged this year, with the Russell 2000 growth index posting positive results, and the Russell 2000 value index down sharply.
But whether small caps cooperate fully as a group or not next year, it doesn’t mean a number of stocks beaten down in 2007 couldn’t become solid [...]
