ACÇÕES PORTUGAL-PSI20 fecha em queda c/exterior, Brisa tomba


“O sentimento continua a ser de cautela, perante a ausência de acções concretas para resolver a crise de dívida soberana da zona euro, ao que se juntam os últimos dados macro vindos da China, que mostram alguma desaceleração no país, reacendendo receios de um abrandamento económico global”, frisou João de Deus, trader da DifBroker.”A China está a perder gás e consegue-se ouvir o balão a perder o ar. Mas também não há razão para entrar em pânico”, disse Justin Urquhart Stewart, director da Seven Investment Management.* A Carrefour, número 1 do retalho na Europa, emitiu hoje o seu quarto ‘profit warning’, prevendo uma queda do lucro operacional de 20 pct em 2011. As acções da retalhista tombam 5 pct.* Nos EUA, o índice Nasdaq NDc1 desce 0,80 pct e o Dow Jones DJc1 recua 0,50 pct, penalizados pelos dados económicos da China e pelos resultados do banco JP Morgan que, no terceiro trimestre de 2011, tiveram uma queda de 4 pct.As atenções dos investidores voltam-se agora para a Google que apresenta conta após o fecho dos mercados norte-americanos.* O índice PSI20 caiu 1,67 pct para 6.021,44 pontos, com os 14 títulos em queda, cinco subidas e um inalterado, tendo-se negociado 44,2 milhões de acções ou 73,8 ME, na NYSE Euronext Lisbon .Os analistas técnicos do BPI assinalam os 5.944 pontos como próximo nível de suporte e a próxima resistência nos 6.155 pontos. “Embora os sinais de exaustão/sobrecomprado existam, o interesse deverá ser de teste a importantes níveis de resistência”, referiram, frisando: “seja comprador se os valores de suporte apontados não forem postos em causa”.* A Brisa liderou as descidas percentuais do índice, com uma queda de 5,76 pct para 2,501 euros* Na banca nacional também fechou no vermelho, com o Millennium bcp a cair 1,16 pct para 0,17 euros, o Banco BPI a descer 2,93 pct para 0,663 euros, o Banco Espírito Santo (BES) perdeu 2,16 pct para 1,90 euros e o Banif recuou 1,05 pct para 0,377 euros, em sintonia com os pares.O índice europeu DJ Stoxx para o sector perde 3,68 pct.* A Jerónimo Martins , que ontem valorizou mais de 5 pct, cedeu 2,45 pct para 12,565 euros e a Portugal Telecom perdeu 2,49 pct para 5,29 euros.* Entre as energéticas, a Galp Energia caiu 2,70 pct para 14,43 euros, enquanto a EDP-Energias de Portugal acabou por subir 0,37 pct para 2,468 euros e a EDP Renováveis ganhou 1,45 pct para 4,20 euros.* O euro desce 0,36 pct para 1,3731 dólares, após ter tocado em máximos de um mês face à moeda norte-americana.* O contrato do barril de brent para Novembro LCOc1 cai 1 pct para 110,29 dólares e o de crude CLc1 desce 1,81 pct para 84,02 dólares, com sinais de abrandamento na China e de um aumento nos ‘stocks’ de crude nos EUA.(Por Patrícia Vicente Rua)

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UPDATE 1-LVMH, HNA, Middle East fund to bid for India DLF’s Amanresorts-sources


MUMBAI/HONG KONG Oct 13 (Reuters) - LVMH , the world’s biggest luxury goods group, China’s HNA Group and a Middle Eastern fund are expected to submit binding bids for Indian developer DLF’s luxury hotel chain Amanresorts International, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.DLF, India’s largest developer, expects bids in excess of $400 million, a company official had told Reuters on Tuesday. The assets for sale include 22 hotels in 12 countries, but not the Aman resort in New Delhi.The Indian developer has asked for about six final bids in a process managed by Goldman Sachs and Citigroup , which is expected to be completed in a month’s time.DLF and LVMH declined to comment when contacted by Reuters. A spokesperson from HNA was not reachable.LVMH, which owns luxury fashion label Louis Vuitton and Moet & Chandon champagne, entered the hospitality business in 2006 and announced last year it was expanding to manage luxury hotel properties in Egypt and Oman.HNA, with 7 billion euros of revenue in 2010 and assets worth 40 billion euros, owns 11 airlines and invests in airports, hotels and other businesses. It bought a 20 percent stake in Spanish hotel chain NH Hoteles for 431.6 million euros ($616.5 million) in May.The identity of the Middle Eastern fund was not immediately available.DLF, which had net debt of 215.24 billion rupees ($4.4 billion) at the end of June, plans to reduce its debt pile by 25-30 billion rupees in the current fiscal year through sales of non-core assets, it has said.

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UPDATE 1-BlackBerry outage frustrates bankers


* Demand from employees, savings prompt BlackBerry change* Firms like Good Technology offer secure alternativesBy Paritosh Bansal and Leigh JonesOct 12 (Reuters) - A senior investment banker at a major Wall Street firm kept sending out e-mails on his BlackBerry on Wednesday morning. And they kept bouncing back.”It’s one of those things — you don’t realize how important it is to breathe, until you can’t do it,” said the New York-based banker, who declined to be named because he was not authorized to speak about the subject on behalf of his bank.The banker is one of millions of BlackBerry users in various regions around the world who have been plagued by service disruptions over the last three days, with North American users of Research in Motion’s popular handheld device being the latest to get hit on Wednesday.Wall Street honchos and others who tend to spend more time on their BlackBerry than perhaps with their families were left frustrated at the service disruption.The sentiment may prompt more banks and law firms to start using rivals such as Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android-based devices — a move that would not bode well for Research in Motion, which is already losing market share.Law firm DLA Piper, which has 4,200 lawyers worldwide, is accelerating discussions about making a switch to iPhones and Android devices, said Don Jaycox, chief information officer.”This has brought it to the front-burner,” Jaycox said. “It will cause more people to opt for other choices.”It would join several Wall Street banks that already allow employees to use other devices to connect to company networks.Credit Suisse earlier this year started allowing bankers and other employees to use their Apple and Android devices on the company network. Barclays Capital allows some employees to use iPhones and iPads. Standard Chartered switched from BlackBerry to iPhones for many users several months ago.At Sagent Advisors, an independent investment bank in New York, 10 percent to 15 percent of the users have switched to iPhones, while a similar number have taken up Android devices.”It is still mostly BlackBerry but quickly moving away,” said Terrence Barron, Sagent’s head of marketing and communications. “Over time there has been much more of sliding over to Android devices and iPhones for us.”Research in Motion advised clients of the outage in the Americas and said it was working to restore services. The company wasn’t immediately available to comment on this article.The switch away from BlackBerry comes as more employees demand to be allowed to use their iPhones, iPads and other smart phones on company networks. Some do not want to carry two devices, and some prefer tablets such as iPads over laptops.One of BlackBerry’s main selling points — Research in Motion’s top-tier security features — is also no longer unique.Mobile device management companies such as Good Technology and MobileIron are offering alternatives that are making it possible for banks and other firms to make the switch.Banks also have an incentive in allowing employees to use their own devices, as it can save on what the company has to pay for the BlackBerry service plan.Credit Suisse , for instance, has seen about one-third of its 25,000 BlackBerry users switch to Apple or Android devices this year, saving the bank millions of dollars, said Stephen Hilton, the bank’s global head of technology infrastructure services.The bank even offered employees a rebate to pay termination fees on existing BlackBerry contracts to make the switch.”We are seeing very rapid adoption of this ‘consumer technology’ platform,” Hilton said. “I suspect this (outage) would be another reason why people may reconsider at refresh what device they buy.“‘REAL PAIN’The disruption on Wednesday left many bankers at a loss.”I rely on BlackBerry and these outages have been a real pain,” said a senior M&A banker at the London office of an international bank, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.A Houston-based investment banker who focuses on the energy sector deals said he copied himself on an email to make sure it went through.A colleague who was traveling, he said, called from the road in “panic” because he had not received any emails for a couple of hours.But while the disruption was frustrating, the banker said they had not been frequent enough to force a change at his firm. The last big outage in North America happened two years ago.”If BlackBerry were down every other day it would be a pretty big issue,” the banker said. “It just forces you to actually call your assistant. It’s like the old days, when you had to talk to people.”

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Deals of the day — mergers and acquisitions


** 99 Cents Only Stores said it will be acquired by affiliates of Ares Management LLC and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for about $22 per share in cash, or $1.6 billion.** Jones Group Inc , a maker of clothing, shoes and accessories, is in talks to sell its stagnatin jeanswear division as it continues to shift its focus to its more profitable luxury brands for up to $400 million.** Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corp (SIPC), a wholly-owned unit of state-owned Sinopec Group, has completed the purchase of an 18 percent stake in Chevron Corp’s Indonesian deep-water project for $680 million, a Sinopec official told Reuters on Tuesday.** Broadband technology and software provider ARRIS Group Inc said it is to buy BigBand Networks , a video networking service provider, for $2.24 per share in cash — a premium of 76 percent — to strengthen its networked video technology capabilities.** Payment processor Heartland Payment Systems Inc said its unit Heartland School Solutions acquired privately held School-Link Technologies Inc, for an undisclosed amount, to expand its market share in the school services payments industry.** Murata Manufacturing Co said on Tuesday it plans to acquire Finland’s sensor maker VTI Technologies for 20 billion yen ($261 million), including debt, as it seeks to expand in the growing market for smaller and low-energy sensors.** Eurasian Natural Resources Corp said it plans to buy the outstanding 75 percent of Kazakh coal producer Shubarkol Komir for up to $600 million plus assumed debt of about $50 million.** UK based holding company Chime Communications PLC said it will buy Gulliford Consulting Limited for an initial consideration of 2.5 million pounds ($3.9 million) in a cash and stock deal.

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