Asia Follows Wall Street Lower; Nikkei Sinks Below 8000 - Wall Street Journal

SINGAPORE -- Asian share markets fell Thursday after a late-day slump on Wall Street, with the health of the banking and auto sectors still cause for much concern. "We haven't seen bargain-hunting because nobody knows whether anything is a bargain ...

Over 100 U.S. "blue chips" now selling for under $10 a share - MSN MoneyCentral

NEW YORK (Reuters) - One hundred and one. No, that's not Dalmatians but the number of stocks in the U.S. benchmark S&P 500 index now trading for less than $10 a share. In fact, $10 would get you 10 shares of online broker E*Trade , now the cheapest ...

Tokyo stocks down 2.67 per cent in early trade - Economic Times

Tokyo: Japan's Nikkei stock index fell 2.67 per cent in early trade on Monday after official data showed Japan fell into recession for the first time in seven years, brokers said. The benchmark index lost 225.81 points to 8,236.58 in the first 30 ...

Standard Chartered boosts transaction banking team - Finance Asia

Standard Chartered Bank has promoted four members of its transaction banking leadership team. Neil Daswani has been promoted to regional head, transaction banking for North Asia. He replaces Andy Dyer, who has left to pursue new career opportunities ...

Stocks trading in the red on slowdown woes - International Business Times

Slowdown fears gripped the BSE Sensex on Monday morning causing all 30 components of the benchmark index to trade in the red. A stock broker reacts as he watches his trading terminal in a brokerage firm in Mumbai, India. Slowdown fears gripped the ...