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00:44 Facebook | 00:29

Pfizer Ltd. (BSE: 500680, ISIN: INE182A01018) | 23:28

GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (BOVESPA: GOLL4, ISIN: BRGOLLACNOR7) | 21:26

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Recent Global Company News

Date	Company	News	Source
19.05. 00:44	Facebook	Facebook shares rise, then slip, in IPO SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Facebook Inc. saw its shares rise more than 12% in its opening trades on the Nasdaq Friday morning, the slip back quickly in the first few minutes of trading following the social network's $16 billion initial public offering. Facebook shares opened trading…	Marketwatch
19.05. 00:44	Salesforce.com	Salesforce shares climb more than 10% SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Salesforce.com Inc. climbed by $13.50 a share, or more than 10% Friday, to $147.21 on upbeat reaction to the software company's quarterly results. Late Thursday, Salesforce reported first-quarter earnings and sales that beat Wall Street analysts' forecasts and…	Marketwatch
19.05. 00:43	Facebook	SEC to review Nasdaq Facebook IPO trading problems WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The Securities and Exchange Commission staff plans to examine problems at the start of trading of shares of Facebook Inc. on Nasdaq to determine its cause and steps that will be taken to address it, a spokesman for the agency said Friday. Facebook trading was…	Marketwatch
19.05. 00:43	Facebook	Facebook sets IPO price at $38 Facebook on Thursday set the price for its highly-anticipated initial public offering (IPO) at 38 dollars per share, the high end of its expected range of 34 dollars to 38 dollars per share.	China.org.cn
19.05. 00:43	Facebook	Mark Zuckerberg rings NASDAQ opening bell on Facebook debut May 18 – Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder and CEO, rings the NASDAQ opening bell at the company’s Silicon Valley headquarters to kick off trading for the world’s No.1 online social network’s initial public offering. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).	Reuters

Date	Company	News	Source
18.05. 23:39		Pentagon Study Says China Military Getting Stronger WASHINGTON — China is pressing a long-range modernization of its military, part of a strategy aimed at maximizing its leverage over Taiwan, extending its influence farther abroad, but avoiding conflict around its borders or with the United States, the Pentagon said on Friday in an…	WN. Asia
18.05. 20:08	Cummins	Emkay upgrades Cummins India to `Accumulate` Emkay Global Financial Services has upgraded Cummins India to Accumulate with a price target of Rs 460 as against the current market price (CMP) of Rs 430 in its report dated May 17, 2012. Cummins India Q4FY12 performance ahead expectation led by 160 bps y-o-y…	Myiris
18.05. 20:06	State Bank of India	Key Results: SBI, Karnataka Bank, Deepak Fertilizers, Hindustan Media... Following are the key corporate results for the quarter ended March 2012 announced on May 18: India`s largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI) has posted better-than-expected net profit of Rs 40.5 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2012. The market…	Myiris
18.05. 19:57	State Bank of India	SBI Q4 net zooms to Rs.4,050 cr The net profit of State Bank of India zoomed to Rs.4,050.27 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2012, from a meagre Rs.20.88 crore in the year-ago period. Higher provisioning for bad loans and increased tax outgo hit the profit on the last occasion. For the whole of 2011-12,…	WN Business
18.05. 19:47	State Bank of India	Markets piggy-back SBI into green zone Benchmark indices ended positively on Friday with State Bank of India posting a net profit of Rs 4,050 crore for the March quarter. The SBI scrip rose 5.82 per cent over Thursday to close at Rs 1,956 a share on the NSE. Being a heavyweight on the Nifty...	WN Business

Date	Company	News	Source
19.05. 00:44	shenzhen stock	Salesforce shares climb more than 10% SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Salesforce.com Inc. climbed by $13.50 a share, or more than 10% Friday, to $147.21 on upbeat reaction to the software company's quarterly results. Late Thursday, Salesforce reported first-quarter earnings and sales that beat Wall Street analysts' forecasts and…	Marketwatch
19.05. 00:43	bombay share market	Facebook drives up market volume to 2012 high SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- A huge amount of shares traded in Facebook Inc.'s market debut Friday helped drive up U.S. stocks volume to the highest level of the year, according to the Wall Street Journal's data group. Total market volume was 8.79 billion shares, the largest daily volume…	Marketwatch
19.05. 00:36	shenzhen stock	Canada shares gain as gold stocks extend rally SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The Canadian stock market rose as gold company shares extended gains on Friday. Investors also kept an eye on the Nasdaq for the debut of Facebook which priced its initial public offering at $38 a share. The S&P/TSX Composite Index added 68.69 points, or…	Marketwatch
19.05. 00:29	shenzhen stock	U.S. stock indexes try to bounce back at the start NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks opened with limited gains Friday as the market attempted to bounce back from its week of losses, with shares of Facebook Inc. to begin trading on the Nasdaq in about an hour. The Dow industrials rose 7.42 points to 12,449.9. The S&P 500 added 2.06…	Marketwatch
19.05. 00:25	shenzhen stock	U.S. Morning Call: The hype, the hack, the Facebook IPO May 18 - A look at how Facebook employees celebrate becoming rich, and how the stock may fare today.	Reuters

Company	48h	7d
Facebook	332	601
Apple	60	182
Google	44	126
Moody's	31	53
Twitter	30	123
General Motors	21	49
JPMorgan Chase	20	171
JC Penney	19	47
Yahoo	18	113
Hewlett-Packard	15	22
Zynga	14	20
Applied Materials	13	14
Salesforce.com	13	17
Gap	12	18
Target	12	31
Intel	11	44
Legg Mason	11	18
ThyssenKrupp	10	38
BMW	9	24
Bank of America	9	27

Brazil

Date	Company	News	Source
18.05. 23:28	GOL Linhas Aéreas	GOL e Passaredo reforçam parceria em rotas regionais SÃO PAULO, 18 de maio de 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (BM&FBovespa: GOLL4 e NYSE: GOL), (S&P: B+, Fitch: B+, Moody`s: B3), a maior companhia aérea de baixo custo e baixa tarifa da América Latina, anuncia assinatura de um novo…	PR Newswire
18.05. 23:26	GOL Linhas Aéreas	GOL and Passaredo Strengthen Partnership in Regional Routes SAO PAULO, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (BM&FBovespa: GOLL4 e NYSE: GOL), (S&P: B+, Fitch: B+, Moody's: B3), the largest low-fare, low-cost airline in Latin America, announces that it has signed a new long-term Interline agreement with…	PR Newswire
18.05. 12:00	Braskem S.A.	Petrochemicals - Brazil - Braskem, Plantic sign bioplastics deal Brazilian petrochemicals company Braskem (NYSE: BAK) has signed an agreement with Australian bioplastics company Plantic Technologies for the use of polyethylene resin produced by Braskem from sugarca...	Business News
18.05. 11:54	Petroleo Brasileiro	Petrobras Investors: Brace Yourselves For More Pain By Emerging Money: By Joseph Hogue Shares in Brazilian state-owned energy behemoth Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR) fell another 3.3% on Tuesday, adding to the already 40.5% loss in the ADR shares over the last year. The company has had year-on-year sequentially lower earnings for the…	Seeking Alpha
17.05. 22:30	Vale S.A.	Scotiabank, Citi hired to sell Vale energy assets (Updates with Vale spokeswoman declining comment) SAO PAULO -(MarketWatch)- Brazilian mining company Vale SA (VALE, VALE5.BR) has hired Bank of Nova Scotia BNS and Citigroup Inc. C to help sell its oil and gas exploration blocks in Brazil, according to a person familiar with the transaction.…	MarketWatch

Company	48h	Last News
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A.	2	GOL and Passaredo Strengthen Partnership in Regional Routes SAO PAULO, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (BM&FBovespa: GOLL4 e NYSE: GOL), (S&P: B+, Fitch: B+, Moody's: B3), the largest low-fare, low-cost airline in Latin America, announces that it has signed a new long-term Interline agreement with…
Vale S.A.	2	Latin American Markets: Brazil stocks lower as Vale, CSN shares slump Brazilian stocks fall Friday, capping a losing week with a pullback in shares of miner Vale and in shares of CSN following a drop in the steel producer’s quarterly profit.
Braskem S.A.	1	Petrochemicals - Brazil - Braskem, Plantic sign bioplastics deal Brazilian petrochemicals company Braskem (NYSE: BAK) has signed an agreement with Australian bioplastics company Plantic Technologies for the use of polyethylene resin produced by Braskem from sugarca...

Date	News	Source
18.05. 23:41	Brazil Interested to Import Kretek Cigarettes with Conditions Attached , Jakarta:The Brazilian government could consider reimporting of Indonesian kretek or clove-flavored cigarettes on certain conditions. The Brazilian Ambassador to Indonesia Paulo Alberto Soares said that Brazil wanted to negotiate with Indonesia to address the issues that hampers the…	WN. Asia
18.05. 23:30	Key Ingredient to Tech Success in Brazil Is In The Silicon Valley Brazil is being described as the "next hot tech market" and several VCs are getting aggressive in "the country of the future." Recently, The??New York Times??announced that ??Redpoint and BV Capital??have begun a new venture capital firm called Redpoint eVentures based in S??o Paulo, Brazil.…	Forbes
18.05. 21:35	ADR Premium to BRICs Narrows on Europe Concerns: China Overnight - BusinessWeek ADR Premium to BRICs Narrows on Europe Concerns: China OvernightBusinessWeekCompanies in the China-US gauge traded at the smallest premium to the average member of the MSCI BRIC Index of Brazil, Russia, India and China since March 2011, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. “While there…	Google News - Bric
18.05. 21:33	IIM-A to launch exec prog with B-schools of BRIC nations - Business Standard... IIM-A to launch exec prog with B-schools of BRIC nationsBusiness Standard (blog)The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) will shortly launch a programme for senior management executives from India. Its partner institutes from Brazil, Russia and China will get participants from…	Google News - Bric
18.05. 21:30	Global video surveillance market to grow in 2012 - SecurityInfoWatch Global video surveillance market to grow in 2012SecurityInfoWatchWhile the looming Eurozone debt crisis will make Western Europe the biggest “drag factor” on market growth, strong demand from the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) countries is expected to bolster the industry, according…	Google News - Bric

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Russia

Date	Company	News	Source
18.05. 11:59	Sberbank	Ignatyev Tells Duma 2012 Sberbank Sale Still Possible The Central Bank has not ruled out selling a 7.6 percent stake of financial giant Sberbank this year.	The Moscow Times
14.05. 23:58	Yandex	Yandex N.V. (YNDX) upgraded to Neutral with price target $23.60 by HSBC... HSBC Securities rated Neutral Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ: YNDX) on 05/14/2012. Previously HSBC Securities rated Underweight Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ: YNDX) on 02/24/2012., when the stock price was $23.10. Since then, Yandex N.V. has lost 3.85% as of 05/14/2012's recent price of $22.21. If you would have…	GainersToday
14.05. 19:48	Mechel OAO	Mechel Posts Strong Growth in FY11 - Analyst Blog Mechel OAO reports impressive growth in its top and bottom lines.	Zacks
10.05. 22:18	Sberbank	DGAP-UK-Regulatory: Sberbank: Sberbank releases Financial Highlights for 4M... Sberbank / Miscellaneous 10.05.2012 12:13 Dissemination of a UK Regulatory Announcement, transmitted by EquityStory.RS, LLC - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Sberbank releases Financial Highlights for 4M 2012 (under RAS;…	Finanztreff
10.05. 01:56	Rosneft Oil Company	BP Gets Another Shot At Arctic Reserves On Way To $58 The Russian government’s fresh attempts to attract foreign expertise and investments could mean that British major BP can get another chance to explore the country’s Arctic reserves. Last year, BP’s deal with Russian state producer Rosneft was cancelled because of complications regarding the…	Forbes

Company	48h	Last News
Sberbank	1	Ignatyev Tells Duma 2012 Sberbank Sale Still Possible The Central Bank has not ruled out selling a 7.6 percent stake of financial giant Sberbank this year.
Mechel OAO	0	Mechel Posts Strong Growth in FY11 - Analyst Blog Mechel OAO reports impressive growth in its top and bottom lines.
Yandex	0	Yandex N.V. (YNDX) upgraded to Neutral with price target $23.60 by HSBC Securities HSBC Securities rated Neutral Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ: YNDX) on 05/14/2012. Previously HSBC Securities rated Underweight Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ: YNDX) on 02/24/2012., when the stock price was $23.10. Since then, Yandex N.V. has lost 3.85% as of 05/14/2012's recent price of $22.21. If you would have…

Date	News	Source
19.05. 00:31	Russia successfully launches military satellite Russia successfully sent a Cosmos-series military satellite into orbit on Thursday, spokesman of the Aerospace Defense Forces Col. Alexei Zolotukhin said.	China.org.cn
19.05. 00:29	Russia Needs Early Duma Elections - Ex-Finance Minister Former finance minister Alexei Kudrin, who currently chairs the Civil Initiatives Committee, said on Friday that early parliamentary elections in Russia would improve the situation in the country.	RIA Novosti
19.05. 00:21	Belarus-Style Repressions Unlikely in Russia – Experts The Kremlin is unlikely to mount a full-scale violent crackdown on the resilient opposition like in Belarus despite mounting tensions in Moscow between protesters and police, Russian political analysts said.	RIA Novosti
18.05. 21:35	ADR Premium to BRICs Narrows on Europe Concerns: China Overnight - BusinessWeek ADR Premium to BRICs Narrows on Europe Concerns: China OvernightBusinessWeekCompanies in the China-US gauge traded at the smallest premium to the average member of the MSCI BRIC Index of Brazil, Russia, India and China since March 2011, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. “While there…	Google News - Bric
18.05. 21:33	IIM-A to launch exec prog with B-schools of BRIC nations - Business Standard... IIM-A to launch exec prog with B-schools of BRIC nationsBusiness Standard (blog)The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) will shortly launch a programme for senior management executives from India. Its partner institutes from Brazil, Russia and China will get participants from…	Google News - Bric

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India

Date	Company	News	Source
19.05. 00:29	Pfizer Ltd.	Pfizer recalls Advil bottles from distributors BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Pfizer Inc. has recalled about 650,000 bottles of its popular Advil Liqui-Gel pain reliever from its retail-distribution centers over concerns that they carry an unusual odor, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. None of the bottles had yet been made available to…	Marketwatch
19.05. 00:18	ITC Ltd.	Senate Democrats: Exclude Chinese Solar Panels From ITC Two high-profile Senate Democrats introduced a proposal Tuesday that if passed would set domestic requirements on solar installations looking to qualify for the 30 percent Investment Tax Credit.	RenewableEnergyWorl
18.05. 23:32	Atlanta Ltd.	Cox Tops J.D. Power Ranking for Business Data Services in... ATLANTA, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, Cox Communications ranked highest in customer satisfaction among data service providers for small and midsize businesses (20 to 499 employees) and second among data service providers for very small businesses (1 to…	PR Newswire
18.05. 21:47	Dr. Reddy's	Dr. Reddy's Launches Plavix' Generic - Analyst Blog Dr. Reddy's Laboratories recently announced the U.S. launch of a generic version of Bristol-Myers Squibb & Co.'s blood thinner, Plavix.	Zacks
18.05. 21:45	Dr. Reddy's	Dr. Reddy's Launches Plavix' Generic - Analyst Blog Dr. Reddy's Laboratories recently announced the U.S. launch of a generic version of Bristol-Myers Squibb & Co.'s blood thinner, Plavix.	Zacks

Company	48h	Last News
Emkay Global Financial Services Ltd.	5	Emkay upgrades Cipla to `Hold` Emkay Global Financial Services has upgraded Cipla to `Hold` with a price target of Rs 340 as against the current market price (CMP) of Rs 326 in its report dated May 10, 2012. Cipla`s Q4FY12 results a) Revenues up 12% to Rs 18.1 billion) EBITDA up 32% to…
Bajaj Auto Ltd.	5	Sensex, Nifty show weekly loss over 3% Only three -- Bajaj Auto, BHEL and DLF -- out of the 30 Sensex-based components closed with gains.
Pfizer Ltd.	5	Pfizer Could Plummet Without Lipitor Replacement

Date	News	Source
19.05. 00:43	Indien: Inflationsrate steigt im April an Neu-Delhi (BoerseGo.de) – In Indien ist die Inflationsrate im April gestiegen. Die annualisierte Inflationsrate ist basierend auf dem Consumer Price Index (CPI) von 9,47 Prozent im März auf 10,46 Pro..	Börsego
18.05. 23:45	India charges Italian marines with murder Indian police on Friday formally charged two Italian marines with murder after...	WN. Asia
18.05. 23:29	Cricketer Luke Pomersbach charged with assault in India An Australian cricketer has been charged with molesting a woman and assaulting her fiance at a hotel in India's capital, Delhi. Luke Pomersbach, who plays for Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL), was arrested on Friday morning. He denied all charges in court and was…	WN. Asia
18.05. 23:21	London 2012: Mary Kom qualifies for the Olympics Five-time world champion MC Mary Kom's Olympic dream is one step closer. India's boxing mother-of-two has qualified for the Olympics by finishing as one of the top two Asian boxers at the Women's World Boxing Championships. After losing in the quarter-finals of the…	WN. Asia
18.05. 23:20	India probes Dalit leader Mayawati's palm tree imports Police in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh are investigating reports that former chief minister Mayawati used millions of dollars in state funds to import thousands of palm trees. The trees, bought from the Middle East, were used to decorate public...	WN. Asia

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China

Date	Company	News	Source
18.05. 21:26	Cosco Pacific Ltd.	Expansion at Greek container terminal Cosco Pacific, the marine terminals subsidiary of China's largest shipping company, is going ahead with a €120 million (HK$1.18 billion) expansion of Piraeus Container Terminal in Greece months earlier than planned.	South China Morning
18.05. 20:00	Trinity Limited	National Water Quality Initiative To Encourage Conservation In Texas' Trinity... CORSICANA, Texas (AP) — A national water quality initiative will provide $2.8 million in funding to farmers, ranchers and timberland owners along a major watershed of the Trinity River Basin to encourage conservation practices that will have a positive impact on Texas' rivers,…	The Huffington Post
18.05. 18:45	M Dream Inworld Ltd.	M Dream Inworld (HKG:8100): ED, CEO Takashi Togo retires M Dream Inworld Limited (HKG:8100) announced that Takashi Togo has retired as the executive director of the company at the conclusion of the AGM held today and he has resigned as the chief executive officer of the company with effect from today. The executive director of the company, Kenneth…	Chinese Stock
18.05. 18:45	AVIC International	Liu Yang cuts 4.938M shares of AVIC (HKG:0232) Liu Yang reduced her long position in AVIC International Holding (HK) (HKG:0232) from 8.02% to 7.91% on May 17 by selling 4.93 million shares at HK$0.214 per share on average on the Stock Exchange, according to the Stock Exchange's Disclosure of Interests information....	Chinese Stock
18.05. 18:44	GCL-Poly Energy	GCL-Poly Energy (HKG:3800) sees 2H polysilicon, wafer prc stable GCL-Poly Energy Holdings (HKG:3800) announces business performance for first quarter of 2012. The group sold 3,041 metric ton (MT) of polysilicon during the first quarter of 2012, compared with 914 MT and 945 MT of polysilicon sold during the first and fourth quarter of 2011, respectively.…	Chinese Stock

Company	48h	Last News
Bank of China	7	U.S Fed Board approve ICBC’s 80% stake in US-based BEA Industrial and Commercial Bank of China or ICBC, the world's biggest lender by market value, announced it had received approval from The Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System to acquire a 80% stake in East Asia Holding Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of East Asia…
CDC Corp.	5	Transformation of an industry Liao Hong, president and editor-in-chief of People.cn, is confident of future success. JIANG DONG / CHINA DAILY For Liao Hong, who is in charge of the website of State-owned Party newspaper People's Daily, the last 10 days have been all about being in the spotlight and working under…
China Mobile Limited	5	Welcome to the US Dollhouse, China Mobile

Date	News	Source
19.05. 00:41	China on high alert over Huangyan Island China will remain on high alert over Huangyan Island after a group of Filipinos reportedly planned to sail to the island in the South China Sea, a spokesman said on Friday.	China.org.cn
19.05. 00:39	DPRK urged to guarantee rights of fishermen China on Thursday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to guarantee the legitimate rights of Chinese crewmen of fishing ships which was hijacked by a DPRK gunboat.	China.org.cn
19.05. 00:33	China grants extra quotas for rare earth exports The Ministry of Commerce announced Thursday additional export quotas for rare earth minerals totaling 10,680 tons. China supplies 90 percent of the world's rare earth metals, but its reserves only account for one-third of the world's total. • China's foreign trade to be more balanced	China.org.cn
19.05. 00:33	31 Percent Anti-Dumping Tariffs Announced for Chinese Solar Panels The U.S. Department of Commerce on Thursday announced stiff anti-dumping tariffs of around 31 percent on crystalline silicon solar panels imported from China, leading to a new round of concerns on how the duties will impact the growing American solar industry.	RenewableEnergyWorl
19.05. 00:32	DPRK urged to guarantee rights of fishermen China on Thursday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to guarantee the legitimate rights of Chinese crewmen of fishing ships which was hijacked by a DPRK gunboat.	China.org.cn