By BRIAN BLACKSTONE The European Central Bank raised interest rates for the first time in nearly three years Thursday, but sought to reassure investors that it won’t embark on a rapid-fire series of increases that could disrupt fragile economies in parts of the euro bloc. Despite those assurances, many analysts […]

  By investadvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Diamond Bank Plc has posted a loss of -29.60 percent (-29.60%) loss in its Unaudited Result for the First Quarter Ended March 31 2011. This was contained in the Result Announcement of the Bank Thursday April 07 2011 to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and made […]

  By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks fell on Thursday shortly after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 hit Japan and a tsunami warning was issued.   The iShares MSCI Japan Index ETF (EWJ.P) dropped 0.6 percent in midday trading while Nikkei futures slid 1.1 percent. […]