European Stocks Rise as Earnings Offset German Confidence

May 6 (Bloomberg) -- Spain's 10-year government bonds fell for the first time in three days as an industry report showed the nation's services contracted in April, damping demand for the country's assets. The securities also dropped before the ...

Federated National Holding Company (the "Company") (Nasdaq:FNHC) today reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013. Highlights (as measured against the same three month period last year) include: -- 123% increase in earnings per share -- ...

Portugal's two- and five-year notes advanced after the nation hired banks for its first issue of 10- year securities since the country asked for a bailout from the European Union two years ago. The nation's 10-year bonds were little changed after ...

May 3 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks advanced to the highest level since June 2008 as employment in the U.S. increased in April more than forecast and companies from Adidas AG to Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc reported earnings. Adidas, the ...

(Updates with profit outlook in fifth paragraph, share price in sixth, spending volume in seventh.) May 1 (Bloomberg) -- Visa Inc., the world's biggest payments network, posted a fiscal second-quarter profit that beat analysts estimates as consumer ...

Chief Economist, CanaData The advance estimate for U.S. economic growth in the first quarter of this year is +2.5%, seasonally adjusted and annualized (SAAR), according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The figure will be revised twice more, ...

JBS SA (JBSS3), the world's biggest beef producer, is counting on steak-hungry consumers in Japan and other Asian nations to help propel total exports past $10 billion for the first time this year. "Im very optimistic about Japan," Chief Executive ...

Chen Li, the UBS AG (UBSN) strategist who predicted the tumble in China's smallest shares two years ago, says the companies are poised to retreat again after valuations rose to the biggest premium over larger stocks since 2010. The ChiNext index of ...

It's been more than a dozen years since the last uranium ore was mined in New Mexico, but a Canada-based company and a Japanese partner propose to break that spell soon. The U.S. Forest Service expects to close the comment period in mid-June on a ...