StatPro Group PLC (LON:SOG) chief executive Justin Wheatley catches up with Proactive to discuss their 2017 results and the integration of UBS Delta.Wheatley says the move means StatPro now has a 'unique and huge analytics offering' to bring to the market.He adds that the company has managed to successfully convert Delta from a loss-making business to one that is operationally profitable.  Me...Read More

(Reuters) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed more than 250 points on Wednesday as U.S. manufacturers continued to suffer from concerns over the impact of new tariffs on trade.Boeing’s (BA.N) 4 percent fall contributed to about 100 points drop in the blue-chip index, with traders citing continuing fallout from Tuesday’s reports that U.S. President Donald Trump could impose tariffs...Read More

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Walmart Inc (WMT.N) will expand its grocery home delivery services to reach more than 40 percent of U.S. households, or 100 metro areas from an existing six, as the retailer steps up a fight against rival Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O).The extra cost may hit Walmart’s bottom line, but increased spending on grocery delivery is seen as essential in the fierce battle for online or...Read More

Broadcom Ltd (NASDAQ:AVGO) is slated to report fiscal first-quarter earnings after the market closes on Thursday, March 15. The chip name could use a win, after ending its hostile bid for Qualcomm (QCOM), which was blocked earlier this week by President Donald Trump -- citing national security concerns. Ahead of tomorrow's earnings report, AVGO options are pricing in an outsized move for Friday'...Read More

Investors will naturally have a keen interest in the ongoing integration of the recently acquired Regal Entertainment business when Cineworld PLC (LON:CINE) reports full-year numbers on Thursday, though, according to Deutsche Bank analyst James Wheatcroft, financial results statement will be too soon for a "meaningful" update.Wheatcroft, in a preview note, highlighted that investors in the cinema...Read More

Symphony Environmental Technologies plc's (LON:SYM) Michael Laurier and Ian Bristow say the world is at a 'tipping point' in the fight against plastic waste.They say the fast movement in the company's key market of the Middle East will see much higher growth potential as more countries adopt regulations on plastic.Laurier adds that the company has conducted several major product launches in Pakist...Read More

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) opened up the session up triple digits as traders digested a slightly stronger-than-forecast inflation update and a third straight monthly drop in retail sales ahead of next week's March Fed meeting. The Dow has since swung to a more than 200-point loss at last check, though, as fears of a potential trade war with China -- following rumors the White House co...Read More

Futura Medical PLC's (LON:FUM) CEO James Barder tells Proactive's Andrew Scott negotiations over a deal with a partner that would help commercialise their breakthrough erectile dysfunction treatment are at an advanced stage.MED2002 is a rapid onset gel designed for those men where the current pill-based treatments aren't appropriate or carry significant side-effects.The update came a day after Fut...Read More

No one believed Porter Stansberry nine years ago.As head of one of America's largest independent financial research firms, Mr. Stansberry's work back in 2008 led him to a bold, but worrisome, conclusion:That the world's largest mortgage bankers- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which at the time were responsible for nearly 50% of all the mortgages in America-would soon go bankrupt.In fact, in June of 2...Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have filed criminal and other charges against a former Equifax executive over alleged insider trading linked to the credit reporting company's massive data breach made public last year, officials said on Wednesday.Jun Ying, the former chief information office for one of the company's units, faces criminal charges filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the N...Read More

HOUSTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. energy pipeline developers say they intend to pursue exemptions to the Trump Administration’s proposed steel tariffs, as concerns grow for those companies and from key exporters to the United States like South Korea.“We have a number of pipeline projects that would be impacted significantly by this cost increase,” said Adam Bedard, chief executive o...Read More

Any investor who wants to rake in big profits only really needs to know one thing:The biggest fortunes in the world right now are being made in technology.Take the following example:Amazon is now the world's third largest retailer, just behind Wal-Mart and CVS...Airbnb now offers more rooms than Hilton, InterContinental and Marriott... and according to investors it's now the most valuable "hotel s...Read More

Gold has now recovered from being negative to close the day higher on three occasions in as many days since Friday. The bulls’ resilience is noteworthy, but not exactly remarkable as there has not been much follow-through yet. Indeed, the metal was trading lower again at the time of this writing. But will it stage another comeback later on? Gold continues to track the EUR/USD exchange rate....Read More

(Kitco News)- With the precious metals stuck ina near-term trading range, one commodity analyst continues to watch silver andthe U.S. dollar as the two catalysts to drive prices higher in the short term.In a report published by SeekingAlpha, Andrew Hecht, creator of the Hecht Commodity Report, wrote that the U.S.dollar has been in a downtrend since early 2017 and there are signs that thecurrency i...Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is ready to sign legislation intended to curb school violence that was inspired by last month’s mass shooting at a Florida high school, and which the House of Representatives is poised to pass later on Wednesday.In a statement released on Wednesday the White House said the legislation would help protect children and reiterated its support for arm...Read More

MILAN (Reuters) - The leader of Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement said on Wednesday he had no intention of plunging the country into chaos, promising a responsible economic policy if his party formed the next government.Five-Star emerged as Italy's biggest party from a national election on March 4, behind a center-right coalition, but neither group got enough seats to form a working major...Read More

LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC raised its forecast for oil supply from non-member countries in 2018 as higher prices encourage U.S. shale drillers to pump more, offsetting an OPEC-led deal to clear a supply glut and a collapse in Venezuelan production.In a monthly report on Wednesday, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said non-OPEC producers would boost supply by 1.66 million bar...Read More

The shares of mobile payments concern Square Inc (NYSE:SQ) are exploring record highs again today, thanks to a high-profile endorsement. Sixty-percent of Square merchants surveyed by Instinet said they'd be willing to accept payment in the form of bitcoin, prompting Instinet analyst Dan Dolev to say, "Like Amazon in its early days, we believe that little of Square's future revenue streams are curr...Read More

GOLD (in USD) Starting a new leg lower. Gold is declining following recent bounce at 1330. The pair is contained between hourly support and resistance at 1300 (29/12/2017 low) and 1348 (20/02/2018 high). Expected to show further increase. In the long-term, the technical structure suggests that there is a growing upside momentum. A break of 1'392 (17/03/2014) is required to confirm it. A...Read More

CANONSBURG, Pa. (Reuters) - The Democrat candidate claimed a congressional election in a Republican heartland in Pennsylvania, as a vote seen as a referendum on Donald Trump’s performance as president remained officially too close to call early on Wednesday.In an ominous sign for Republicans eight months before national midterm elections, official results with all ballots from voting booths...Read More