Apple officially launched its much anticipated Apple Pay service in China on Thursday, through a partnership with China UnionPay, entering the country’s competitive mobile payment race. Users of the iPhone 6 or more advanced versions, certain iPads and Apple Watches will be able to use their devices to buy items across Apple’s second-largest market by revenue.
Earlier on Sunday the administration had ordered that all meat products supplied by Shanghai Husi Food Co., Ltd should be taken off shelf for safety concerns.
Welcome to Monday’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. futures are suggesting a positive open this morning after Friday’s sharpest one day drop in nearly four months. Market participants will be starting the week off with no economic data releases putting the focus on earnings and U.S. politics. Headlines in the Euro Zone will have a stronger impact on U.S. markets as well.
Welcome to Friday’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S. equity futures are suggesting lower open on final session of the week, weak Google (GOOG, quote) results dampened investor expectations for the remaining earnings season, especially those names in the tech sector.
Welcome to the today’s Afternoon Brief- Four hours into the U.S. session equities continue fall on data showing contracting manufacturing activity in the Chicago area, Chicago’s PMI came in at 49.7.
Welcome to today’s Morning Coffee Break – hold on tight as today is “quadruple witching”. For those unsure of what quarterly “quadruple witching” is, it’s a period of time simultaneous expiration of various options and futures contracts that happens once each quarter. Doing a little digging we found that the last 8 times this has occurred in September, the Dow Jones has traded higher. The Dow Jones also has been
Analysis Upgrades and and Downgrades for the close of June 11, 2012
McDonald’s (MCD, quote) reported Q1 earnings of $1.23 per share on revenue of $6.55 billion. McDonald’s was expected to report earnings, excluding items, of $1.23 a share on revenue of $6.54 billion putting the earnings in line with analysis expectations.
As we start last day of trading for the week the market’s weekly outcome reminds clouded. Both the Dow 30 and S&P 500 remind positive for week, however, the NASDAQ is in negative territory on a two day losing streak for all three indexes.
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