business - "short"

Fear sent media stocks in opposing directions as the London market bounced from a 2½-year low. The return of takeover activity was enough to trigger short-covering in some, while earnings worries weighed against the rest

Kingsway Financial services Inc. , a Toronto-area based insurer of truckers and high-risk drivers, says it intends to repay $89.8 million outstanding debt under its U$175 million three year revolving credit ...

U.S. regulators target short sellers in move against the intentional spread of misinformation

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Activision Blizzard Inc. said late Monday it sees a higher-than-expected stand-alone fiscal first-quarter profit and revenue than it had estimated before its combination with Vivendi Games. Activision estimates a stand-alone profit of 16 cents to 18 cents a share on revenue of about $650 million for the quarter, up from a previous estimate of 4 cents a share on revenue of $500 million.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.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Undercut by surging energy and distribution costs, Kimberly-Clark Corp. late Monday warned second-quarter earnings will be below its target. The Dallas-based household products maker also cut its 2008 profit forecast. For the quarter ended June 30, Kimberly-Clark said preliminary adjusted earnings were $1.03, compared with its previous outlook for adjusted earnings between $1.08 to $1.11 a share. The company pegged full-year adjusted earnings in the range of $4.20 to $4.30 a share. It had expected between $4.45 and $4.60 a share. In late trading, Kimberly-Clark shares fell 6.5% to $55.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.

China is making progress in a five-year effort launched in 2006 to improve energy efficiency in its fuel-guzzling economy, a state news agency said Tuesday, but the country is still falling short of its annual targets. Energy consumption per unit of economic...

Playing with one of the awesome filters on SchaeffersResearch.com, I decided to check out some uptrending stocks with heavy short interest - a bullish implication from a contrarian standpoint...(Read More)

Sujoy Kumar Das, HeadFixed Income, Bharti AXA Invst Managers said that the company will launch two fixed income funds; one is the Bharti Axa Liquid fund and Bharti Axa Treasury Plus fund. These two funds are positioned on the shorter end of the yield curve, Das said.

These are some stocks that have been tagged by users over at StockTickr: INGN: INTROGEN THERAPEUTICS INC Outlook: Short Industry: Drug Related Products New low on 36.35 times average volume: 2,035,531 vs. 56,000 (tags: short, New Low on Huge Volume) LMNX: LUMINEX CORPORATION Outlook: Long Industry: Medical Instruments Supls New high on 4.68 times average volume: 1,323,724 vs. 283,117 (tags: long, New High on Huge [...]

What began as an effort to build a short pedestrian path in White City has mushroomed into a neighborhood dispute that has pitted friend against friend and made allies of former foes.