** MORNING WRAP **
** US MARKETS **
Dow -0,34%; Nasdaq -0,48%; S&P -0,37%; Soxx -1,35%; Russel2k -0,34%; DJAIG
-0,43%; 10yr Bond -0,01%; 10yr Yield 4,55%; Crude future 62,68; Gold 619,3
| Telecom 0,56%| ConsStaples 0,05%| Healthcare -0,2%| Utilities -0,21%|
Financials -0,3%| ConsDisc -0,34%| Industrials -0,51%| Energy -0,57%| Technology
-0,71%| Materials -1,29%
- Evergreen Solar Inc. advanced 29 cents, or 3.8 percent, to $8 in after-hours
trading. German authorities approved a previously announced partnership between
Evergreen, Renewable Energy Corporation ASA and Q-Cells AG, the solar-panel
manufacturer said in a statement distributed by Business Wire.
- Micron Technology Inc. rose 64 cents, or 4.7 percent, to $14.13 in extended
trading. The largest U.S. maker of computer memory chips said first-quarter
profit surged to 25 cents a share, helped by higher prices and an acquisition.
That exceeded the 19-cent average of nine analyst estimates compiled by
Bloomberg.
- Research In Motion Ltd. rose $8, or 6 percent, to $141.70 in extended trading.
The maker of BlackBerry e-mail devices said third-quarter profit excluding some
costs was 95 cents a share. That beat the average 93-cent estimate of analysts
in a Bloomberg survey.
- Today: Personal Income & Spending, PCE Deflator, Durable Goods Orders and UoM
Sentiment.
** ASIAN MARKETS **
Nikkei 0,34%; Kospi 0,07%; HSI 0,26%; Taiwan 0,41%; China 0,03%; India 0,42%;
Thailand 0,55%; Australia 0,29%
- Toyota Forecasts Record Car Sales, Set to Surpass General Motors in 2007
- Asian Stocks Advance on Economic Reports; Toyota Gains on Record Forecast
- Baht Set for Biggest Weekly Loss Since 2002 on New Currency Restrictions
- China’s Government Rejects Plan to Break Up Agricultural Bank, Wen Says
- Hutchison Telecom Shares Rise on Report Vodafone Will Pursue Takeover Bid
- South Korea Has `Unlimited Resources’ to Steady Won, Finance Official Says
- Bank of Japan Shouldn’t Hesitate to Raise Interest Rates, One Member Said
- Euro Set for Second Weekly Gain Versus Yen Before German Inflation Report
- Guangshen Railway Shares Surge on China Debut After Demand Exceeds Supply
- Hyundai Motor Faces Bleak 2007 After Arrest of Chairman, Strikes, Delays
** EUROPE: IN PLAY TODAY **
- Air Liquide SA: The world’s second-biggest maker of industrial gases bought
the 45 percent of Japan Air Gases it didn’t already own from Linde AG for 590
million euros.
- Deutsche Bank AG: Germany’s biggest bank agreed to pay $208 million to end an
investigation by New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer into improper
mutual-fund trading.
- KBC Groep NV: Belgium’s second-largest financial- services company said its
brokerage arm KBC Securities agreed to buy Swiss Capital SA, a Romanian
brokerage, for an undisclosed amount from controlling shareholder Sorin Apostol.
- Telefonica SA: A government regulator ordered Spain’s biggest telephone
company to reduce the rates it charges competitors using its network to provide
high-speed Internet access services.
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