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By John Kozey May 17 (Reuters) - (The author is a writer for Alpha Now, Thomson Reuters' online home for investment insight. The views expressed are his own. Visitfor more.) Investors are pushing sector rotation toward more cyclical sectors and the...

Buoyed by the billion-dollar box-office blockbusters “Skyfall” and “The Hobbit:  An Unexpected Journey,” MGM Holdings Inc., the parent of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., posted first-quarter net income of $57.4 million. That was more...

* FTSEurofirst 300 down 0.1 percent * Zurich Insurance falls 1.2 percent after Q1 miss * Richemont surges after proposing dividend hike By David Brett LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - Weak earnings from Zurich Insurance Group kept a lid on European shares...

SINGAPORE, May 16 (Reuters) - Singapore Airlines Ltd , which is expanding in the low-cost segment, reported a weaker-than-expected rise of nearly 13 percent in full-year net income and said it was cutting capacity between April and June in a sluggish...

By Sujata Rao LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - A broad collapse of company profits in the developing world shows no sign of abating, forcing investors to tilt portfolios towards sectors such as healthcare or consumer goods where margins are more robust....

* Correlations falling across equities * Gap between cheap and expensive is narrower * Long-short hedge funds, earnings momentum to benefit By Simon Jessop LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - Company earnings should become a more useful guide to European share...

* Novartis' one-third stake in Roche built up under Vasella * Vasella exit, retirement of Roche chairman could thaw relations * Roche seen as most likely buyer for the stake * Could make offer in second half of this year - analyst By Caroline...

* Firms have yet to demonstrate full asset sale cycle * Complex financials, insider ownership weigh on stocks By Greg Roumeliotis NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - Alternative asset managers such as Blackstone Group LP and KKR & Co LP have for decades...

The highest-paid athletes list has some familar Floridians near the top. Sports Illustrated's Fortunate 50 list totals the salaries and the endorsement deals for the top athletes in America in 2012. Coming in No. 1 on the list is boxer Floyd...

May 15 (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc : * Says total U.S. public sector revenue grew 5 percent in Q3, including U.S. federal spending down 3 percent * Sees Q4 revenue growth in 4-7pct range on y/y basis * Sees Q4 non-GAAP gross margins to be approximately...

* Investors pause with S&P up more than 14 percent this year * Tesla Motors jumps in premarket, extending recent gains * U.S. shares of Nokia drop after unveiling new phone * Indexes down: Dow 27 pts, S&P 1.9 pt, Nasdaq 2.75 pts By Ryan Vlastelica...

(Corrects price moves for ANTA and Li & Fung) HONG KONG, May 15 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares rebounded from a one-week low on Wednesday but investors were mainly focused on a handful of stocks on hopes of an earnings turnaround. The Hang Seng Index...