11.23 News that Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov has sold 422,824 shares in Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation has pushed shares in the troubled miner down 4.7pc.

11.23 News that Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov has sold 422,824 shares in Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation has pushed shares in the troubled miner down 4.7pc.

Barry Friedman, owner of the Alamo, 115 N. Fifth St., is reminiscing about conditions in downtown Springfield prior to the 2005 opening of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, situated on Sixth Street near his establishment. �Things are ...

Asian stocks rose, with the regional benchmark index heading for a second day of gains, as advancing Japanese utilities countered a slide in Chinese stocks.

Loeb's Sony Plan Is a Test for Abenomics: With Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promising structural changes to Japan Inc., maybe the time has come to agitate for change. Hedge-fund billionaire Daniel Loeb's call for a breakup of Sony will demand a ... BHP to ...

Mr Matsumura was referring to the economic plan of prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was implemented strict measures designed to get the economy moving, including the weakening of the yen compared with the dollar.

In corporate news, BlackBerry shares fell 3.1%, or 49 cents, to $15.55 after the smartphone maker's chief executive, Thorsten Heins, announced that the company will launch another smartphone with a physical keyboard this summer. Heins also said its BBM ...

GT Capital Holdings Inc. of taipan George Ty climbed 4.2 percent to P860. Alcorn Gold Resources Corp. was up 3.6 percent. Meanwhile, Japan's benchmark stock index surged Friday after the dollar hit a four-year high against the yen.

Prime minister Shinzo Abe is expected to speak today and announce further economic actions to boost Japanese agriculture, so related stocks were also higher today.

�Certainly, this is a significant impact, but at the same time, we're in a position where we can fill that void,� says Bill Harland, VP of marketing for Electronics Research Inc., the No. 2 U.S. TV antenna vendor. �We have the resources and capacity ...