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Intel proving to be another victim of the rise of tablet computers

  The world’s largest Chip maker, Intel Corp, is getting battered this afternoon with a 6.5% drop to $21.20 after…

Yet more problems for the U.K.’s high street

After this week’s announcement that HMV Group had called in the administrators, its been a tail of woe from some…

Dell soars after rumours of private equity deal

The shares of computer maker Dell, rose 13% in regular trading yesterday to close at $12.29, and then rose another…

Market rally underpinned by unprecedented inflows into equity funds

  The following story, “Billions pumped into global equities” caught my eye in the Financial Times on Friday, highlighting the…

Latest Spanish industrial output data shows things are pretty bad in fiesta land

  Spanish industrial production (IPI) looks to be falling off a cliff with the latest data just released showing that…

Xcite Energy looking much perkier in 2013

  After dropping as low as 84p pre-Christmas, buyers appear to be returning to Xcite Energy shares once again with…

Fourth quarter 2012 earnings season kicks off today with Alcoa

After all the anxiety about fiscal cliff’s and the U.S. debt ceiling in recent weeks, its back to good ol’…

Investors appetite for junk bonds at unprecedented levels

Despite plenty of talk regarding the possibility of a major sell off in bonds this year, albeit with U.S. Treasury…

Latest U.S. jobs data marginally takes the pressure off the gold sell off

No great surprises from the latest U.S. non-farm payroll data, with 155,000 jobs created in December 2012 - in line with…

Crisis averted for now by U.S. politicians but America is far from out of the woods…

Happy New Year readers! An optimistic start to trading in 2013 with a 90 point gain right off the bat…