May 11, 2011 9:59 AM | 1 min read |
U.S. stock indexes are lower this morning, as the market is getting ready for tech giant Cisco's earnings announcement and signs that the world's second-largest economy, China, might be cooling with inflation being eased. Meanwhile, Asian markets had a modest trading day posting small gains. Pre-market activity has been busy with Rovi Corporation (NASDAWY: ROVI), Amtech Systems (NASDAW: ASYS), ZAGG Incorporated (NASDAQ: ZAGG) and Halozyme Therapeutics (NASDAQ: HALO) all showing more than a 4% increase before the bell. Read more
here.Major U.S banks will be under the spotlight today as WSJ has reported that they are willing to pay up to $5 billion to officials for the improper mortgage foreclosure practices. The Bank of England raised its medium-term inflation forecast to just shy of 2 percent causing a spike in sterling against the dollar and the euro. Along with Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) and Macy's (NYSE: M) are releasing quarterly results, with Macy's doing so this morning. Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE: TM) announced its 4th quarter earnings results Wednesday, and stated net income fell by more than 70% year-over-year because of the devastating Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Read more
here.U.S trading numbers are out this morning with the most impressive being exports reaching record levels. Read more here.
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