(Bloomberg) -- Brazil's surging currency is eroding exports for manufacturers of goods ranging from cars to teddy bears and undermining President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's efforts to lower unemployment.
``I have no choice but to raise prices,'' said Ray Young, president and managing director of General Motors Corp.'s operations in Brazil. He fired 900 workers last year because exports dropped 21 percent. ``Will they pay more or drop us? I don't know at this point. That's my biggest worry.''
Read more at Bloomberg Currencies News
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Asian Stocks Advance, Led by Canon, on Yen Weakness; BHP and Takeda Climb
(Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks rose the most in eight days as a decline in the yen boosted the value of exports to Europe. Canon Inc. and Honda Motor Co. gained.
``The trend of a weaker yen won't change for at least another year,'' said Masanaga Kono, who helps manage about $14 billion at Societe Generale Asset Management (Japan) Co. in Tokyo. ``Automaker and technology stocks will benefit.''
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``The trend of a weaker yen won't change for at least another year,'' said Masanaga Kono, who helps manage about $14 billion at Societe Generale Asset Management (Japan) Co. in Tokyo. ``Automaker and technology stocks will benefit.''
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Dreman Value, Leuthold, Hodges Favor the Biggest Stocks as Profits Slump
(Bloomberg) -- Some of the best-performing U.S. fund managers are putting their money on the largest stocks, anticipating the worst quarterly profit reports in five years.
Dreman Value Management LLC, Hodges Capital Management Inc. and the Leuthold Group say members of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, which have a median value of $13.8 billion, will outperform smaller stocks for the first time this decade. Analysts have cut profit estimates for the biggest companies less than stocks in the S&P MidCap 400 Index and S&P SmallCap 600 Index as economic growth slows.
Read more at Bloomberg Stocks News
Dreman Value Management LLC, Hodges Capital Management Inc. and the Leuthold Group say members of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, which have a median value of $13.8 billion, will outperform smaller stocks for the first time this decade. Analysts have cut profit estimates for the biggest companies less than stocks in the S&P MidCap 400 Index and S&P SmallCap 600 Index as economic growth slows.
Read more at Bloomberg Stocks News
Germany's Merkel Says EU Plans to Accelerate Membership Talks With Turkey
(Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the European Union will step up membership talks with Turkey in the coming months after negotiations were set back last year.
Germany, which holds the six-month rotating presidency of the EU, will push for opening accession talks in two policy areas by the time the country's tenure expires at the end of June, Merkel said today after meeting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the German city of Hanover.
Read more at Bloomberg Emerging Markets News
Germany, which holds the six-month rotating presidency of the EU, will push for opening accession talks in two policy areas by the time the country's tenure expires at the end of June, Merkel said today after meeting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the German city of Hanover.
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Sinopec Says Six-Month Profit May Surge as First-Quarter Earnings Double
(Bloomberg) -- China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Asia's biggest oil refiner, said first-half profit may rise at the fastest pace since 2004 as refining margins widen and demand for chemicals used in manufacturing climbs.
Profit in the six months ending June may surge more than 50 percent from the 20.7 billion yuan ($2.7 billion) earned a year earlier, Sinopec, as the Beijing-based company is known, said in a statement yesterday. First-quarter net income more than doubled to 19.4 billion yuan, it said.
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Profit in the six months ending June may surge more than 50 percent from the 20.7 billion yuan ($2.7 billion) earned a year earlier, Sinopec, as the Beijing-based company is known, said in a statement yesterday. First-quarter net income more than doubled to 19.4 billion yuan, it said.
Read more at Bloomberg Emerging Markets News
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Qatar National Bank Opens Libya Office to Tap Oil Investments in N. Africa
(Bloomberg) -- Qatar National Bank, the Persian Gulf emirate's largest lender, opened an office in Libya, where Africa's biggest oil reserves are fueling economic growth.
Qatar National now becomes the first Qatari bank to operate in North Africa, acting Chief Executive Officer Ali al-Emadi said in an e-mailed statement today.
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Qatar National now becomes the first Qatari bank to operate in North Africa, acting Chief Executive Officer Ali al-Emadi said in an e-mailed statement today.
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Oil slips as US gov't reassures on gasoline supply
(Reuters) - Oil prices eased slightly on Friday after the top U.S. energy official said he was confident there would be enough gasoline supply to meet peak summer driving demand.
The loss ended a week-long rally of as much as 5 percent that had been driven by worries that a bout of refinery problems in the world's top fuel consumer would lead to a stockpile crunch when motorists hit the road for vacation season.
Read more at Reuters Africa
The loss ended a week-long rally of as much as 5 percent that had been driven by worries that a bout of refinery problems in the world's top fuel consumer would lead to a stockpile crunch when motorists hit the road for vacation season.
Read more at Reuters Africa
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