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News Articles and Commentary of Financial Interest- Tuesday, 7/2 ... Updated: 20:30 PDST

Old_JoeOld_Joe
edited July 2013 in Off-Topic
United States:

U.S. Factory Orders Rose in May on Machinery, Computers
"Orders placed with U.S. factories rose in May, reflecting broad-based gains that signal manufacturing is stabilizing."
⇒ Link to Bloomberg Article

Stocks up after data for factory orders, car sales
"reports showed solid growth for car sales and factory orders"
⇒ Link to "Market Watch" Article

GM & Ford Top Estimates as U.S. Sales at 66-Month High
"Americans are buying new cars and trucks at the fastest rate since 2007"
⇒ Link to Bloomberg Article

Stocks Rise as Treasuries Fluctuate Before Fed Speeches
"U.S. stocks gained for a second day while 10-year Treasury notes swung between gains and losses"
⇒ Link to Bloomberg Article

Treasuries Trade at Almost 1-Week High Before Fed’s Dudley Talks
"It all comes down to jobs... "
⇒ Link to Bloomberg Article

Fed eyes rules beyond Basel as vote on capital nears
"The Federal Reserve on Tuesday laid out plans for future U.S. bank reforms that go beyond an international agreement"
⇒ Link to Reuters Article

Sheila Bair: U.S. Banks Facing Interest-Rate Risks
"U.S. banks face potential risks from a jump in interest rates"
⇒ Link to Bloomberg Article

Analysis - Investors buy into software-defined networks, will customers follow?
"Enter a new technology: software-defined networking"
⇒ Link to Reuters Article

Junk-Loan Rates Soar on Record 43% on Debt as Buyers Balk
"Investors are demanding more in interest to fund the $550 billion market for leveraged loans"
⇒ Link to Bloomberg Article

US STOCKS-S&P 500 posts best first half since 1998
"The S&P 500 ended Friday's session with its strongest first half of any year since 1998"
⇒ Link to Reuters Article


International:

European shares suffer first quarterly loss in a year
"hit particularly hard last week..."
⇒ Link to Reuters Article

Hong Kong shares reverse course, fall as Chinese banks slide
"Hong Kong shares fell for the first time in four days on Tuesday"
⇒ Link to Reuters Article

Nikkei climbs for 4th straight day on a weaker yen
"The Nikkei share average climbed 1.8 percent to finish above 14,000"
⇒ Link to Reuters Article

Thanks to all who have added links (see below) to the original post!

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