London shares close down (AFP)
August 19, 2008
AFP - Blue chip shares extended afternoon losses after suffering the continuing concerns on Wall Street about the health of the US econony.
Action taken over Blue Chip advice
Legal action is being taken against some solicitors over the advice they gave to Blue Chip Financial Services investors, The New Zealand Herald has reported.
Newcomer Law Firms Land Blue-Chip Clients
The legal industry isn't known for innovation. But a few upstarts have come up with a business model that challenges the tight grip big law firms hold on corporate business. This new breed of firms is landing blue-chip clients and, in the process, making money.
Blue chip investors 'run off our feet'
Two lawyers acting for more than 300 Blue Chip investors say many of the investors in the failed Auckland apartment specialist are elderly and women.
On Europe: Blue-chip flight lightened...
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Nikkei.co.jp - Stocks: Nikkei Rebounds On Blue-Chip...
Blue-Chip Results Jar Stocks
Wall Street was mixed Tuesday morning, as three Dow components--DuPont, AT&T and McDonald's--shared Q1 results.
Dow launches Global Dow, India index
Dow Jones will launch two new indexes, the Global Dow and a blue-chip Indian index, News Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch announced in Mumbai.
Newcomer Law Firms Land Blue-Chip Clients
The legal industry isn't known for innovation. But a few upstarts have come up with a business model that challenges the tight grip big law firms hold on corporate business. This new breed of firms is landing blue-chip clients and, in the process, making money.
Blue chip economists see recession this year (Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. economy has already slipped into recession or will do so this year, according to a forecast of economists in the Blue Chip Economic Indicators Survey released on Thursday. 
Stocks mixed as investors weigh...
Wall Street traded mixed Tuesday after another dive in oil prices blunted the impact of discouraging quarterly results from Wachovia Corp. and other blue chip names.
General economy starts to feel...
The paralysis in money markets is feeding through into the wider economy, with
blue-chip nonfinancial companies suddenly finding it impossible to borrow
short-term, or only at...
Grim news puts shares on brink of...
The battered stock market was on the brink of sliding into a new bear market
last night as mounting fears of stagflation, sparked by another spate of
bleak economic news, sent...
Hold Your Nose, Buy Vornado
The blue-chip REIT gets hammered down to prices not seen in four years. Don't bet on extinction.
Top 10 stocks set for rebound
Equity markets could be in the region of at least a
short-term bottom, if not an ultimate one, says Canaccord Adams
market strategist Nick Majendie. And if that is the case, it...
Indian shares climb; Hindalco, blue chip firms lead gains
Indian shares have risen sharply as investors bought up aluminum firm Hindalco Industries Ltd. and blue chip stocks such as Reliance Communications and Larsen & Toubro.
Dow Jones launches global Dow, India index
Dow Jones will launch two new indexes, the Global Dow and a blue-chip index for India, News Corp. chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch announced Monday in India's financial capital, Mumbai.
Tencent Rides China's Web Growth
Tencent sounds more bargain basement than blue chip, but the Chinese Internet portal is doing so well that it has been named to join the elite group of companies making up Hong...
2008 growth outlook deteriorated:...
Reuters - Even with some signs of improvement
in the U.S. financial markets and a temporary boost from the
economic stimulus package, the growth outlook for the second
half...
2008 growth outlook deteriorated:...
Reuters - Even with some signs of improvement
in the U.S. financial markets and a temporary boost from the
economic stimulus package, the growth outlook for the second
half...
Talk of joint foreign bid with...
British Energy was one of the top gainers of the bluechips on reports that
some of the foreign predators such as RWE and EDF of France had joined
forces with Centrica to mount...
Jeremy Warner's Outlook: Only...
Now even Halifax, Britain's largest mortgage lender, is handing out the
ration books.
London shares close firmer
(AFP)
AFP - UK blue-chips closed firmer recovering from lows on the quarter's final day, albeit remaining off highs as Wall Street recovered from early weakness with strength among...