Seven shares dive on downgrade
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SHARES in TV station the Seven Network Ltd dived more than 8 per cent this morning after it downgraded its earnings forecasts for the half and full year because of disappointing ratings.
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Slashed earnings estimate pulls down shares.
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Merrill Lynchâs stock plummeted after it took a $16.7 billion write-down and had a $9.8 billion fourth-quarter loss.
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Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods dropped at the sharpest rate in seven months in August, adding to signals of a slowdown in the nationâs industrial sector.
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Shares in the London Stock Exchange eased on Monday after U.S. rival Nasdaq's 2.7 billion pound ($5.3 billion) bid failed.
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Wall Street stocks were set for a sharply lower start on Monday as the global sell-off in equities moved apace and the shares in troubled subprime mortgage lenders plunged after the initiation of a criminal investigation.
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Shares in services firm Rentokil Initial have dropped as much as 7 percent after it ruled out a break-up of the company following a strategic review, amid rumours of interest from buy-out firms.
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The companyâs shares plunged 15.9 percent to a nearly four-year low of $10.36 in morning trading after its net profit fell 84 percent in the fourth quarter.
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Stocks fell for a third straight session on Friday as concern over rising defaults in the subprime mortgage industry drove financial services shares down for their worst drop in a month and the price of oil hit a 2007 high.
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The staggering losses, the worst in the firmâs history, were fueled by write-downs totaling $16.7 billion.
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Leading shares ended a volatile session lower as fears of further rate hikes and an uninspiring start on Wall Street offset pleasing numbers from retailer Next.
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Leading blue chip shares ended sharply lower, sliding into the red in late trade.
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Indexes in Europe fell as much as 7 percent after a huge selloff in Asia as fears increased that the turmoil in the U.S. is spreading.
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Great news -- your stock just got downgraded!
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Shares of subprime lender tumble after margin calls.
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Shares of KeyCorp  fell as much as 7 percent on Wednesday after an RBC Capital Markets analyst downgraded the stock to "underperform" from "sector perform," citing expected write-downs tied to residential construction loans and commercial real estate.
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Japanese stocks fell Friday, breaking a six-session rally, as investors took profits after the market reached a seven-year high the previous day.