Standard & Poor's Raises India's Outlook
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A leading credit ratings agency raised its outlook Monday for India's economy despite rising inflation and insufficient monsoon rains that could slow growth.
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India's central bank raised two short-term interest rates Tuesday by a quarter percentage point each, but left a key rate unchanged in a bid sustain the growing economy's momentum.
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Stocks were set to open higher on Friday as strong earnings from companies, including Microsoft Corp, and a speedy agreement on a U.S. economic stimulus package helped lift investor confidence.
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The publisher said second-quarter profit rose 25.4 percent, to $277 million, driven by good results at its Standard & Poorâs unit.
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Stock index futures rose on Friday, signaling a higher market open, after General Electric Co.  increased its stock repurchase plan, adding to investors' optimism after Thursday's record session.
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Stock futures rose on Friday after a government report showed the U.S. economy added more jobs than expected in November, easing worries about the economy's health.
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BusinessWeek Online - Though the major indexes remain choppy, a recent note from Standard &amp; Poor's suggests that sentiment has improved in Europe and a silver lining could be not too far ahead in the future.
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Indian shares, Asia's second top performers last year, are poised for long-term gains as foreign investors buy into the market, seeing the country as an economic "growth story," according to analysts.
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Stock index futures rose on Friday as strong earnings from Microsoft Corp and a speedy agreement on a U.S. economic stimulus package helped boost investor confidence.
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Stock index futures rose on Friday with financials poised to rise on a report of another multibillion dollar infusion for a struggling investment bank from an overseas sovereign investor.
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Standard Chartered, the emerging markets bank, has reported on Tuesday that 2006 net profits soared by almost one fifth, helped by strong economic growth in its key Asian markets.
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U.S. stock futures edged higher on   Friday following a report showing the core personal consumption   expenditure index rose last month in line with expectations.
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U.S. stock futures indicated a higher   market opening on Thursday, boosted by optimism that momentum   will drive the Dow Jones industrial average to a new all-time   high, while U.S. gross domestic product data will be watched   for signs of economic growth.
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Stock futures pointed to a higher   market open on Friday after news that U.S. consumer prices rose   in line with market expectations in August, calming fears about   higher inflation and interest rates.
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India sharply raised its full-year growth forecast to 9.2 percent from an estimate of above eight percent at the start of the year on a surge in demand for services and manufactured goods.
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NEW YORK, May 30 -- The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index hit a record high Wednesday, marking a four-year recovery of U.S. stocks battered by the burst of the tech bubble, the collapse of Enron and WorldCom, the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s on Monday revised the outlook on America West Holdings Corp. (AWA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) to negative from stable, citing the difficult operating environment