Andrea Williams News
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European stocks rose, extending their highest level since June 2008, after the Bank of England raised its growth forecast for Europe’s third-biggest economy.
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Copper rebounded after sliding into a bear market, gold rose and European stocks climbed for a fourth day on speculation central banks will ease monetary policy. U.S. shares ended little changed.
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Banco Santander SA Chief Executive Officer Alfredo Saenz and Chairman Emilio Botin may be grilled by investors over the next two days on whether Spain’s biggest bank needs more capital as a surge in bad loans curbs profit.
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Stocks in Switzerland, up the most in 15 months last week, may extend gains as investors speculate the country’s drug- and foodmakers will boost earnings even after the franc reached a record high.
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Stocks in Switzerland, up the most in 15 months last week, may extend gains as investors speculate the country’s drug- and foodmakers will boost earnings even after the franc reached a record high.
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John Malone’s Liberty Media Corp. is close to a deal to acquire 25 percent of Charter Communications Inc. from its private-equity investors, according to a person familiar with the situation.
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Investors seeking to ride a wave of growth in Mexico through the share offering of Banco Santander SA’s unit in the country must look past the difficulties dogging the bank in Spain.
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European stocks were little changed near a 23-month high as U.S. reports showed that durable-goods orders increased in the world’s largest economy while pending sales of houses declined.
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Oaktree Capital Group LLC, the world’s largest distressed-debt investor, plans to raise a fund designed to take advantage of a pullback in European lending, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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Banco Santander SA and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA sustained profits through the credit crisis and earned a combined 3.5 billion euros ($4.5 billion) in the first quarter. That hasn’t stopped investors from punishing their shares as Greece’s debt crisis threatens Spain.
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