NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: NPSP) may not yet have formal approval for its short bowel syndrome drug called Gattex, but it has at least received a panel back at the Food & Drug Administration....
The coming nationalization of the YPF portion of Repsol YPF SA (OTC: REPYY.PK) by the Argentine government has killed a deal that the Spanish company had been reportedly negotiating with China...
Markets in Asia fell. The Nikkei was off 1% to 13,973. KDDI was up 2.4% to 808000. NEC was down 2.4% to 441. Sony (SNE) was off 2.2% to 5910. The Hang Seng fell 2.4% to 25,838. China Mobile (CHL) was...
Markets in Asia were mixed. The .2% to 13,579. NEC was up 2.7% to 482. Toyota (TM) was donw 1.7% to 5140. The Hang Seng was up 1% to 25,197. China Petroleum (SNP) was up 3.3% to 8.11. PetroChina...
Markets in Asia were mostly higher The Nikkei rose 1% to 14,489. Sony (SNE) rose 1.1% to 5480. Yahoo Japan fell 1.5% to 44200. The Hang Seng rose .8% to 24,446. China Life (LFC) rose 1.3% to 30.85....
NPS Pharmaceuticals traded lower on what sounded like good news. The problem is that headlines often do not reveal the true underlying story.
China’s oil and gas price policy may be good for drivers of cars and trucks in this huge communist country, but it is really bad for profits of the nation’s oil companies. China Petroleum &...
Markets in Asia were slightly higher. The Nikkei was up .2% to 12,225. Nomura rose more than 5%. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group was up over 4% after buying a stake in Morgan Stanley (MS).The Hang...
An asset sale to a Chinese buyer would not be a first for Chesapeake Energy Co. (NYSE: CHK), but if a reported deal does happen, it would likely be the largest such deal the beleaguered gas company...
China’s Recon Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: RCON) announced yesterday that it had successfully used a hydraulic fracturing (fracking) technique developed by Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) to complete a...
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell 1.5% to 12,242. Sony (SNE) was off 2.3% to 4200. Toyota (TM) was off 3.1% to 5090. The Hang Seng roes .6% to 22,427. China Mobile (CHL) was up 1.4% to...
Markets in Asia were mixed but Shanghai fell sharply. The Nikkei fell .8% to 12,604. Honda (HMC) fell 2.5% to 2985. NTT (NTT) fell 2.5% to 433000. The Hang Seng was flat at 22,620. China Life (LFC)...
Markets in Asia were mixed The  Nikkei rose 1.2% to 13,146. Docomo (DCM) was down 1.3% to 151000. Sony (SNE) was up 3.5% to 4190. The Hang Seng rose .2% to 23,952. China Netcom (CN) rose 3% to...
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei rose 2.4% to 13,863. Sony (SNE) rose 5.3% to 4780. Toyota (TM) rose 3.1% to 5290. The Hang Seng fell .6% to 25,518. China Netcom (CN) fell 2.3% to 23.10. China...
Markets in Asia were sharply higher The Nikkei rose 2.1% to 14,049. Honda (HMC) rose 3.9% to 3430. Sony (SNE) rose 2.9% to 4920. The Hang Seng rose 1.8% to 26,225. China Life (LFC) rose 3.9% to...