Square Enix's overall sales are down in Q1 of this fiscal year, but that doesn't mean the company is losing money. As a matter of fact, it's gaining more profits compared to the same period last year. Overall revenues fell 9.3 percent to US 275.3 million. Profits, however, jumped up to US 26.7 from the previous fiscal cycle's US 25.3, but the Japanese publisher did not explain why. Regional sales were down in Europe and Asia, but the North American market is still responding well, posting a sl

Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) -- China is restricting approvals for share sales to keep new supply of equities from putting additional pressure on the nation's slumping stock market, two people familiar with the matter said.

Daily Market Commentary for July 31, 2008 Written for day traders, active traders and investors. A review of the market activity for the day, economic data plus, world news from Millennium-Traders.Com

All right folks, it was an intense July for me and I am sure for all the competitors, but we are finally at the end of it. Hopefully it was also a funny experience for everyone involved, include our readers who followed the contest. The Weekly Updates We had weekly updates during the past month, where we discussed the general developments and where competitors shared their strategies, so if you missed any here are the links: Blogging Idol: First Week Update Blogging Idol: Second Week Updat

Dell (DELL) shares are higher today after Cowen analyst Louis Miscioscia raised his rating on the stock to Outperform from Neutral. He also upped his January 2009 FY EPS estimate on the company to $1.70 from $1.56; for FY 2010 he goes to $2.07 from $1.80. Miscioscia says Dell is having success bringing down operating expenses, while also gaining market share and growing revenues in the consumer, small and medium business and emerging markets segments. He says the company’s April announcement o