Asian stocks were mostly lower Friday on Wall Street's weakness on Thursday, with strong earnings-driven gains for Sony and Nissan Motor unable to prop up the Tokyo market. "Asian markets are a bit weaker and we've had some pretty negative industrial production data from Japan, said IG Markets institutional dealer, Chris Weston in Sydney.
Canadian stocks rise, receiving support from financials and materials stocks, after seesawing for much of the session.
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Royal Dutch Shell posted a 15% rise in net profit, as oil and gas production rose 5% and cost cutting accelerated.
Is gold's rally over? Precious-metals mutual funds lost almost 9% in July as concerns about global economic woes eased, Money & Investing Editor Jonathan Burton reports in This Week in Mutual Funds.
Is there still a case for gold? Yes, but only if you believe that governments will have to pump more stimulus into the global economy at the expense of national currencies. Read about this and more in this week's Mutual Funds and ETF stories.
SANTIAGO, Chile, July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Banco Santander Chile (NYSE: SAN; SSE: Bsantander) announced today its unaudited results for the second quarter and first half of 2010. These results are reported on a consolidated basis in accordance with Chilean GAAP in nominal Chilean pesos.
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Genworth Financial Inc. (GNW), Thursday reported a profit for the second quarter, compared to a loss last year, reflecting lower expenses that more than offset a decline in revenues. Adjusted operating earnings for the quarter came in ahead of analysts' estimates.
Security software maker McAfee, Inc. said its second quarter profit increased 38% from last year, as revenue grew 5% over last year. Earnings for the quarter came in above analysts' expectations, but revenues fell short. Looking ahead, the company issued its forecast for the third quarter. Separately, McAfee said it would acquire tenCube, provider of the WaveSecure mobile security service.
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