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General Electric's Recent Moves Come Just In Time For Q4 Earnings
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 10:37am | 332General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) shares closed Tuesday afternoon's trading session down 0.02 percent at $28.48, with after-hours trading down an additional $0.53. The company will report its Q4 and 2015 earnings results on January 22, 2016. General Electric has made recent moves that come just...
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#PreMarket Primer: Monday, June 23: BNP Expected To Pay $9 Billion For Sanctions Violations
Monday, June 23, 2014 - 7:27am | 1139US prosecutors and BNP Paribas SA are likely to reach an agreement which will force the bank to pay between $8 and $9 billion in penalties for violating US sanctions. The Wall Street Journal reported that the two sides have agreed to broad terms which include the bank's admission of guilt...
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#PreMarket Primer: Friday, June 20: Obama Administration Focuses On Underlying Causes In Iraq
Friday, June 20, 2014 - 7:19am | 1187The crisis in Iraq continued to escalate this week, with militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS, surrounding the nation's largest oilfield and threatening to completely dismember the country. Amid calls from the Iraqi government for a US airstrike, the Obama...
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#PreMarket Primer: Monday, June 16: Rebels Seize Another Iraqi City
Monday, June 16, 2014 - 7:22am | 1159Sunni insurgents tightened their grip on northern Iraq over the weekend when they overtook Tal Afar, stirring worries that the nation may fall into a civil war. Rebels from the Islamic State of Iraq seized the mostly ethnic Turkmen city on Sunday as they pressed closer to the capital. The...
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#PreMarket Primer: Friday, June 13: US Threatens To Get Involved As ISIS Presses Forward
Friday, June 13, 2014 - 7:16am | 1061After Sunni-led Islamist militants pressed closer to Baghdad on Thursday night, US President Barack Obama threatened to intervene through military air strikes if the movement continues further. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant overtook Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, at the...
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#PreMarket Primer: Thursday, May 29: Apple To Buy Beats For $3 Billion
Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 7:12am | 1280Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) inked a deal to buy Beats for around $3 billion, a move that will help the tech company secure a place in the rapidly expanding music streaming space. Beats’ co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre are expected to give Apple more clout in the music world and in turn ease...