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Massive swings in options-overrun stocks leave manager baffled

Bloomberg Nancy Tengler has managed money for 35 years. She’s confident in her positions. When one of her companies reports good earnings, she expects it to go up. But nothing prepared her for what happened on Aug. 26 in Salesforce.com Inc., when its quarterly results ignited a paroxysm of buying that pushed the shares 26% higher in a day. Tengler’s ...

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Canadian stocks post worst week in 3 months

Bloomberg A sell-off of technology shares in the US is reverberating in Canada, even though the sector makes up only a 10th of the nation’s stock market. The small contribution of tech stocks to Canada’s market helped the S&P/TSX Composite Index outperform its US counterpart: Canada was down 1.5%, while the S&P 500 Index plunged 3.5%. But as the rout ...

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UAE cabinet restructures board of Emirates Development Bank

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE cabinet, chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has approved the restructuring of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Development Bank under the chairmanship of Dr Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology. The ...

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