Complex structured funds under greater pressure after agency puts vast majority on review for cuts ...

BG Group was among the top performers on Wednesday as resources stocks led the FTSE 100’s bounce from a six-year low ...

General Electric, once the biggest company in the world by capitalisation, saw its share price dip to a low not seen since 1991 during an otherwise positive day on Wall Street ...

ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steelmaker, topped the French CAC 40 leaderboard on Wednesday on hopes that a fresh Chinese economic stimulus package would boost global steel demand ...

Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) has reached a definitive agreement to sell HR Textron, an operating unit within its Textron Systems segment to Woodward Governor Company (NASDAQ: WGOV) for $365 million in an all-cash transaction. The deal is expected to be completed early in the second quarter, subject to certain closing conditions and completion of pendi...

UPGRADES: Keefe, Bruyette and Woods upgrades JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) to Outperform. Price target $30. Here is the full report. J.P. Morgan upgrades Kinross Gold (NYSE: KGC) from Neutral to Overweight. ARGUS upgrades Dell Inc. (Nasdaq: DELL) from Hold to Buy. Price target $12.50. Click here to see more color on the upgrade. Goldman Sachs upgrades...

StreetInsider.com Morning Movers:ICT Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ICTG) 89% HIGHER; Aegis Limited made a proposal to the Board of Directors of ICT Group, Inc. to acquire all of the outstanding shares of ICTG common stock for $8.00 per share in cash. MOREHSBC HLDGS PLC ADS (NYSE: HBC) 19% LOWER; will close much of its U.S. consumer lending business, is raisi...

ICT Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ICTG) 63.3% HIGHER; Aegis Limited made a proposal to the Board of Directors of ICT Group, Inc. to acquire all of the outstanding shares of ICTG common stock for $8.00 per share in cash. MORE Conseco, Inc. (NYSE: CNO) 53.7% LOWER; announced today that it plans to delay the filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K until on or ...

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow’s trading session: Before Market Opens: Earnings: AutoZone (NYSE: AZO) - consensus EPS $1.84 Carrizo Oil & Gas (Nasdaq: CRZO) - consensus EPS $0.20 Chico’s FAS (NYSE: CHS) - consensus loss $0.17 Isle of Capri Casinos (Nasdaq: ISLE) - consensus loss $0....

PDL BioPharma (Nasdaq: PDLI) 13.6% HIGHER; reports Q4 EPS of $0.26, versus the analyst estimate of $0.08. Revenues for the quarter were $68.7 million, versus the consensus of $59.76 million. PDL announced that it will pay two dividends to its stockholders in 2009. Each of the dividends will be $0.50 per share the first of which will be paid on Apri...