Shy of expectations. They also snap up a u. S. Cloud company for 2 2. 4 billions. And shares in some of russias Largest Companies fall after the u. S. Treasury Department Issues an oligarchs list that names and shames but does not sanction hundreds of the countrys politicians and businessmen. Happy tuesday morning, willem it hasnt been so rosy when it comes to markets reaction. We saw the first down day in four months in u. S. Trading yesterday with all the major indices coming off a bit dow and s p seeing their worst day since september pulled down by some blue chip names including apple. The picture in europe is not positive this morning. Stoxx 600 is trading down. The ratio of red to green is 8 to 2, i would say. More red than green. Lets get into individual bourses. Again, you can see that european bourses across the board are actually struggling. Ftse 100 down almost a half percentage point similar theme for germany and cac currant as well. Ftse mib is one of the more riskon risko
The militants attacked the plant on wednesday. 1,000 kilometers of the capital algiers. They kidnapped an unconfirmed number of people and were in a standoff with the Algerian Army. The governments of norway, france and japan say the citizens are among the captives. Reuters news agency is reporting 25 foreign nationals escaped. It says two japanese citizens among them. Algerian tv station says 40 algerians are also free. A news agency has also been reporting the militants said Algerian Army helicopters launched attacks. The militants had been threatening to kill the hostages if the army intensified its assault. They demanded france end the military campaign in neighboring mali. The french government has yet to issue an official response. The algerian government says it will not negotiate with the hostage takers. The british firm bp and other Foreign Companies operate the natural gas facility. Investigators looking into the Emergency Landing of a 787 dreamliner in japan have found evide
Welcome to Computing's fortnightly roundup of tech news in Asia. This time we look at Australia's new Right to Disconnect law, China cracking down on its domestic tech industry, and accusations of censorship against the Indian government.
Japan s Nikkei share average
rose on Tuesday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street, while
investors snapped up heavyweight technology stocks amid optimism
about the U.S. economic outlook. .
Japan s Nikkei share average
ended higher on Tuesday, as chip-related shares tracked
overnight gains on Wall Street, but caution ahead of the Federal
Reserve s decision limited the rise. .