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Attract ETFs, retail funds in divestment: NSE
Hindu Business Line
NSE sources told Business Line that the exchange, which is attempting to promote ETFs on its platform, was keen to see that ETFs or retail funds actively participate in disinvestment process. The retail investors largely missed out on the disinvestment ...
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Dollar gains broadly after US retail sales data beat forecast
Reuters India
The dollar slipped 0.1 percent to 95.95 yen, recouping most losses after the release of strong U.S. retail sales data, not far away from the 3-1/2-year peak of 96.71 yen set on Tuesday, where it had brought its year-to-date gains to more than 10 percent.
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Oil firms asked not to open new retail outlets for now
Times of India
The association filed a PIL after OMCs kept calling for dealership despite the oil ministry's December 3, 2012 order that no retail outlets should be announced or set up till such time the ministry arrives at a policy and parameters based on volume ...
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TREASURIES-US prices slip on stronger February retail sales
Reuters
February U.S. retail sales post largest rise since Sept. * Fed buys $1.464 billion in longer-dated Treasuries * Most of the day's losses erased after strong 10-year auction By Ellen Freilich NEW YORK, March 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury debt prices ...
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Does a boost in retail sales mean the economy is back on track?
The Week Magazine
Those retail sales include money spent at the pump and, according to Reuters, gas prices jumped by 35 cents in January. Rising gas prices "actually act like a tax on disposable income," writes Adler, meaning "the year to year change in real retail ...
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The Week Magazine
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition strikes retail gold on April 30
Joystiq
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition will arrive as a retail offering on April 30 in the United States for $20. Prepare thyself for the retail disc of the year-old Xbox 360 version of a 3-year-old PC game to outsell everything when the NPD data for April is ...
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South Africa: weak retail sales could increase pressure for rate cut
Financial Times (blog)
According to the January retail data, the main contributors to the 1.9 per cent sales increase were general dealers and retailers in textiles, clothing, and footwear and leather goods. But not merchants in household appliances and other more expensive ...
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Financial Times (blog)
Sacrebleu! Apple fined for making French retail employees work late
Ars Technica
It's a rule of retail life that you often have to work long past closing time while you clean up or do inventory for the following day. But Apple Store employees in France won't have to do this anymore. As reported by the AFP (hat tip to the Verge ...
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Retail Sales Data Show a Recovery Stuck at Stall Speed
Yahoo! Finance (blog)
The Commerce Department released retail sales for February this morning that were much stronger than anticipated. At least on the headlines. Total sales were up 1.1% overall and .4% ex-good and autos, well ahead of estimates of .5% and and .2% ...
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US retail sales record healthy growth
Financial Times
Retail sales are the latest sign of momentum in the world's largest economy as Americans continue to part with their cash despite tax rises and sequestration cuts to public spending. Rising home values and an acceleration in job gains have spurred ...
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Retail Signals 'Something Spectacular': Jon Najarian
CNBC.com (blog)
Better-than-expected retail sales data might be providing a signal for what comes next, OptionMonster's Jon Najarian said Wednesday. Retail sales increased 1.1 percent in February, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. Economists in a Reuters poll ...
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PayPal's mobile, physical retail efforts gain steam
Reuters Blogs (blog)
PayPal Here and the broader push into physical retail stores are known as "proximity" payments within the company. These are payments where the customer has to be physically present or near the merchant. PayPal has not issued any guidance to Wall ...
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Retail Data Boost Dollar
Wall Street Journal
The U.S. dollar advanced after February retail sales exceeded forecasts, underlining upbeat views on the outlook for the economy. The ICE dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six rivals, erased a small decline to trade at 83, ...
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Lexmark makes acquisitions in retail and cloud
MSN Money
The first of these acquisition is Twistage, a cloud software platform for managing content that will supplement Lexmark's Perceptive Software's process and content management solutions. The second company, AcessVia, caters to retail printing space and ...
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Gold falls as US retail sales beat expectations, eurozone data weighs
Investing.com
Investing.com - Gold prices dipped in U.S. trading on Wednesday after U.S. retail sales beat expectations while European output figures disappointed, which sent the dollar gaining against the euro, often a recipe for falling gold prices. Gold and the ...
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Forrester: U.S. Online Retail Sales To Rise To $370BN By 2017 (10% CAGR) As ...
TechCrunch
Despite years of chewing the digital cud — not to mention a global financial downturn — there's no sign of the U.S. or European ecommerce cash-cows ailing, according to two new forecasts from Forrester. In the U.S. Forrester is projecting online ...
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Instant View: February retail sales up most since September
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retail sales rose more than expected in February as Americans bought motor vehicles and a range of other goods even as they paid more for gasoline, suggesting consumer spending this quarter will hold up despite higher taxes.
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Financial stocks up, retail sales positive sign
MarketWatch
s retail website Chase.com came under attack Tuesday and was unusable by customers for 90 minutes, according to reports. The site was hit by a "denial-of-service" attack, where hackers bombard websites and overload servers resulting in either slow or ...
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Colombian Peso Rises as U.S. Retail Sales Boost Export Outlook
Bloomberg
"Retail numbers out of the U.S. are signaling a path to more solid growth, and that's good news for Colombia's exports," said Jorge Cardozo, an analyst at Corredores Asociados brokerage in Bogota. The U.S. is Colombia's biggest trading partner, buying ...
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Stocks open mixed after pickup in retail sales
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are mixed in early trading on Wall Street after the government reported that U.S. retail sales rose at the fastest pace in five months. The Dow Jones industrial average was moving between small gains and losses in the early going.
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GBP/USD – Edges Lower After Strong US Retail Sales Numbers
OANDA Forex (blog)
GBP/USD has been quite busy in Wednesday trading, showing movement in both directions. The pound pushed higher early in the European session, only to cough up those gains following the release of positive retail sales data out of the US. The pound ...
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March 13: Retail Sales Data Better Than Expected - Economic Highlights
NASDAQ
This morning's strong Retail Sales report will likely offset the soft factory sector data out of the Euro-zone in today's trading session, helping stocks maintain the overall positive tone of recent days. Hard to tell if this will be enough to push the ...
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US Stocks Little Changed After Retail Sales Advance
Businessweek
U.S. stocks were little changed, after an eight-day rally in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, as a report showed retail sales increased in February. Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc. (SPPI), a maker of cancer medicines, plunged 36 percent after saying ...
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Chilean Peso Weakens After U.S. Retail Sales Data Boosts Dollar
Bloomberg
Chile's peso depreciated as the dollar rallied after data showed U.S. retail sales rose the most in five months. The Andean nation's currency depreciated 0.1 percent to 471.2 per dollar at the close of trading in Santiago. It has gained 1.7 percent ...
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Retail Stocks: What to Buy and Why
NASDAQ
So, if buying the ultimate distressed stock in the retail sector isn't the answer, how are we supposed to respond to this morning's great retail sales numbers? There are a couple of other department store stocks that I think may have room for ...
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NASDAQ
Dollar broadly higher after strong US retail sales report
Investing.com
Investing.com - The dollar was broadly higher against the other major currencies on Wednesday as stronger-than-forecast U.S. retail sales data for February fuelled hopes that the U.S. economic recovery is gaining momentum. During U.S. morning trade ...
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European shares cut losses after US retail sales data
Reuters UK
LONDON, March 13 (Reuters) - European shares pared losses in afternoon trading on Wednesday after U.S. data showed retail sales rose more than expected in February. The Commerce Department said retail sales increased 1.1 percent, the largest rise ...
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Retail Sites, Including Amazon, Dominate Paid Search Advertising on Google
ADOTAS
The Searchmetrics list of the top 20 sites that are most visible in organic search (see table underneath) is topped by free online encyclopedia site, wikipedia.org, with amazon.com ranked fifth, making it the most visible retail site in organic ...
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S&P 500 Futures Erase Loss as Retail Sales Beat Estimates
Bloomberg
U.S. stock futures erased losses after government data showed retail sales increased in February by the most in five months, bolstering optimism in the world's largest economy. Futures on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index expiring in June were little ...
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Futures Trim Losses After Strong Retail Sales Data; Express (EXPR) Plunges
iStockAnalyst (press release)
(By Balachander) U.S. stock-index futures trimmed losses after stronger-than-forecast retail sales and import prices data. Mini Dow Industrial Average futures rose 5 points to 14,389. The Nasdaq futures fell 4.25 points to 2,799. Standard and Poor's ...
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