European Stocks Higher; Lufthansa Soars After Returning To Profit

Lufthansa

European stock markets traded higher Friday, boosted by positive sentiment overseas ahead of the release of the final reading of Eurozone services activity data. At 03:50 ET (08:50 GMT), the DAX index in Germany traded 0.9% higher, the CAC 40 in France climbed 0.6% and the FTSE 100 in the U.K. rose 0.4%. European equities […]

Dow Futures Trade Lower As Tech Earnings Disappoint, Apple Sheds 2.8%

Dow Futures

U.S. stock futures were trading lower during Thursday’s evening deals, after major benchmark averages finished mixed as investors grew cautious after a slew of mixed earnings reports. By 6:35pm ET (11:40pm GMT) Dow Jones Futures were down 0.2%, S&P 500 Futures fell 0.6% and Nasdaq 100 Futures were down 1.2%. In extended deals, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) […]

A gender discrimination case against Google has been settled for $118 million.

gender discrimination case against Google

In the United States, Google has agreed to pay $118 million to resolve a class-action gender discrimination case against Google, involving approximately 15,500 women in 236 job categories. Since September 14, 2013, the plaintiffs Kelly Ellis, Holly Pease, Kelli Wisuri, and Heidi Lamar have worked at Google in California in a “covered position.” The gender […]

California gas utility fined $10 million for ratepayer money misuse

California gas utility

A major California gas utility must pay the state nearly USD 10 million and reimburse customers money it improperly spent on work related to the development of energy-efficient building codes. The penalties that Southern California Gas Co. faces were handed down Thursday by the California Public Utilities Commission. The commission, which regulates California’s major utilities, […]

Saregama India plans to invest up to Rs 750 cr in music business

Saregama India

Saregama India, a part of RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, is planning to invest up to Rs 750 crore in its music business to achieve a 25-30 per cent revenue growth in the next few years through organic and inorganic routes, an official said. It is also foraying into a new business segment of artiste partner programme to […]

Brexit jitters: JPMorgan Chase to move $230-billion assets to Germany

JPMorgan to pay $920 mn for manipulating precious metals, treasury market

By Administration_India Capital Sands JPMorgan Chase is moving about ^200 billion ($230 billion) from the UK to Frankfurt as a result of Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU), a shift that will make it one of the largest banks in Germany. The US bank plans to finish the migration of the assets to its Frankfurt-based […]