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U.S. stocks were mixed in midday trading Friday as investors weighed a disappointing profit outlook from Microsoft Corp. against data showing the economy growing at a healthy clip, with inflation contained. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) was off 14 points at 11,368, but off an early low of 11,347. The Nasdaq Composite Index (RIXF) was off 19 points at 2,325 while the S&P 500 Inde ...

U.S. stocks turn mixed Friday as investors weighed a disappointing profit outlook from Microsoft Corp. against data showing the economy growing at a healthy clip, with inflation contained. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) was up 21 points at 11,405, off an early low of 11,347. The Nasdaq Composite Index (RIXF) was off 9 points at 2,336 while the S&P 500 Index (SPX) rose 5 points to ...

BOSTON (Dow Jones) - A highly anticipated silver exchange-traded fund sponsored by Barclays Global Investors that has been in the works for over a year began trading Friday on the American Stock Exchange. The unit of British bank Barclays Plc (BCS) launched the ETF Friday after earlier this week announcing in a filing that 1.5 million ounces of silver had been deposited in the trust, which is s ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland said on Friday its growth in the first months of 2006 was on track with expectations. "The group has continued to perform well in the first few months of this year in line with the comments which we made at the full year results presentation on 28 February," outgoing Chairman George Mathewson will tell shareholders at the group's annual meeting on Friday, according to a statement. Mathewson will be replaced by former AstraZeneca chief Tom McKillop, who ...

U.S. stocks lost ground in early trading Friday as Microsoft Corp. tumbled more than 10% on a disappointing profit outlook, but investors got some positive news on the economy after growth rebounded in the first quarter while inflation remained contained. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) fell 19 points to 11,364. The Nasdaq Composite Index (RIXF) was off 24 points at 2,320 while the S& ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday its growth in the first months of 2006 was on track with expectations. "The group has continued to perform well in the first few months of this year in line with the comments which we made at the full year results presentation on 28 February," outgoing Chairman George Mathewson will tell shareholders at th ...

By Richard Waters in San FranciscoPublished: April 27 2006 22:13 | Last updated: April 27 2006 22:13Microsoft shares slide 11 per cent on Friday after the company revealed earnings that fell short of Wall Street forecasts in the latest quarter. Microsoft said it was hit by higher costs than expected to get its new Xbox 360 games console into consumers’ hands and increased spending in an effort to turn round its struggling MSN online services business. // Microsoft also predicted a big and unexp ...

By Jeffrey Goldfarb LONDON (Reuters) - The Premier League awarded three of six live broadcast packages for its soccer matches to satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB, and will run a second round of bidding for the remaining three. "We will be proceeding to a second round of bidding in due course," a league spokesman said on Friday, adding that there would be no further comment from the league until the conclusion of the second round of bidding. "Bidders are also bound by similar confidentiality,"  ...

By Keiron Henderson LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE 100 share index fell on Friday morning on concerns that China's interest rate hike might crimp demand for commodities, hitting the oils and miners. But a handful of shares moved smartly ahead including GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L: Quote, Profile, Research) , which rose 2 percent after brokers upgraded recommendations following the drug giant's forecast-beating results and upbeat statement on Thursday. Revived bid speculation blew a few other shares h ...

U.S. stock futures are indicating a lower open Friday after a disappointing profit outlook from Microsoft Corp., but data showing the economy growing at a healthy pace in the first quarter, with inflation contained, put a floor on declines. Dow futures were off 7 points at 11,415, Nasdaq 100 futures fell 5.75 points to 1,721.75 while S&P 500 futures dropped 1.10 points to 1,314. "The GDP ...