AP – Spain’s Parliament is putting the finishing touches to reforms aimed at boosting a listless economy by shaking up a rigid job market and encouraging companies to hire.
Also tagged aimed-at-boosting, finishing, finishing-touches, listless-economy, parliament, putting-the-finishing, reforms-aimed, rigid-job, spainReuters – Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.25 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.45 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.2 percent at 5.16 EDT.
Also tagged higher-open, jones, nasdaq, stock, stock-exchange, street, the-floorAP – Britain’s financial regulator has hit Goldman Sachs & Co. with a 17.5 million pounds ($27 million) fine for failing to notify U.K. authorities about an investigation in the United States.
Also tagged 17-5-million, britain, financial-regulator, goldman, goldman-sachs, unitedAP – Car sales in India surged to a record for a second straight month in August on strong demand before the holiday season, despite rising prices and supply constraints.
Also tagged august-on-strong, before-the-holiday, despite-rising, holiday, holiday-season, india, second-straight, supply-constraintsReuters – Asian stocks edged up and the yen held below a 15-year high on Thursday, after a small rally on Wall Street driven by successful European bond auctions gave investors an excuse to lighten up on their bets.
Also tagged 15-year-high, asian, board-outside, bond-auctions, european, street, tokyo, yen-heldReuters – Goldman Sachs has been fined 20 million pounds ($30.9 million) by the UK’s financial regulator for failing to disclose it was under fraud investigation by its U.S. counterpart, the BBC reported on Wednesday.
Also tagged 30-9-million, financial-regulator, floor, fraud-investigation, goldman, goldman-sachs, million-pounds, reported-on-wednesday, stock, stock-exchangeReuters – Australia’s competition regulator blocked National Australia Bank’s $12 billion bid for AXA Asia Pacific for a second time, dashing NAB’s efforts to cement its dominance in the world’s fourth-largest wealth management market.
Also tagged australia, cement-its, melbourne, melbourne-september, nab, national, national-australia, pacific, regulator-blocked, second-time, tsikas, wealth-management, worldReuters – Projected U.S. economic growth for the rest of this year and next was revised down for a third month in a row by a panel of about 50 economists.
Also tagged economic-growth, projected, rest, third-month, yearReuters – A key U.S.
Also tagged concern-on-wednesday, government, mortgage, raised-concern, risk, stringent-standards, the-government, the-mortgage, wednesdayReuters – Switzerland remains the world’s most competitive economy, while the United States has fallen from second to fourth, according to the World Economic Forum.
Also tagged from-second, most-competitive, remains-the-world, united, united-states, world, world-economic