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Britain’s top 350 companies plan to cut spending and jobs and to dispose of assets as they struggle to cope with the credit crisis, but only a few are considering cutting dividends, according to a survey by Deloitte, the accounting firm.Deloitte interviewed finance directors of British companies with a combined market capitalisation of almost £100 billion and found that credit conditions had worsened in this year’s first quarter, even when compared with the depths of the credit crunch in the second half of last year. About 73 per cent of finance directors said that credit was more expensive, up from 64 per cent last December.Sixty-two per cent said that credit had become more difficult to secure, up from 48 per cent last September.Ian Stewart, associate director of Deloitte Research, said, however, that finance directors continued to prefer bank loans to raising cash via rights issues or bond issues. “Debt markets are, for a lot of companies,

Tuesday, April 22, 2008 By our correspondent LAHORE: The Lahore stock market closed on a negative note on Monday, shedding 36 points at 4,814 amid a low turnover that dropped to 16.4 million sha...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Tuesday's session are AT&T Inc., McDonald's Corp., and Yahoo Inc.

PASSCO directed to stop supply to market Tuesday, April 22, 2008 By Aftab Maken ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday directed the Pakistan Agriculture Storage and Supplies Corporation (PASSCO...

We can simply sum up today as a low volume consolidation day. My outlook is the same as it was over the weekend.Trend TableNo changesTrendNasdaqS&P 500Russell 2000PrimaryDownDownDownIntermediateUpUpUpShort-termUpUpUp(+) Indicates an upward reclassification today(-) Indicates a downward reclassification todayLat Indicates a Lateral trend *** I’m simply using the indices’ relations to their 200, 50 and [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: 'April 21, 2008 Stock market Recap', url: 'http://tradermike.net/2008/04/april_21_2008_stock_market_recap/' } );

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Netflix Inc.'s effort to make movie rentals available for download from the Internet led the company to reduce its earnings-per-share estimate for 2008, the company's chief financial officer told analysts during a conference call on Monday. CFO Barry McCarthy said the company spent more than some analysts had anticipated in the first quarter to facilite its ability to 'deliver movies over the Internet to different devices.' Also on the call, Chief Executive Reed Hastings said it's 'too early' to tell what impact rival Blockbuster Inc.'s attempt to acquire Circuit City will have on Netflix. market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Online DVD rental pioneer Netflix Inc. will charge a 'modest monthly premium' to its normal subscription price on Blu-ray discs later this year, the company's chief executive told analysts during a conference call on Monday. Explaining the decision, CEO Reed Hastings said that 'purchasing Blu-ray DVDs costs more, both at retail and wholesale, than standard definition DVDs. Consumers are used to paying more for high-definition content ...' market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

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