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Buffett Says Berkshire to Name Outside Board Members (Update1)
By Dan Lonkevich and David Plumb
Omaha, Nebraska, May 3 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway Inc. will name new independent directors to comply with corporate governance rules.
``We will add outside directors and it will be done before the deadline,'' said Buffett in a briefing with reporters at Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholders meeting. ``It's just a matter of finding ones that meet our requirements. There aren't that many out there, but we'll find them.''
Berkshire's seven-member board includes Buffett's wife, son and three executives who have business ties to the company. Lawyers and corporate governance experts have said that Buffett will likely have to add at least two outside directors to the company's board to comply with new rules proposed by the New York Stock Exchange.
Buffett has railed for a decade against corporate greed and directors that put their interests ahead of investors. His reputation as an investor and his insistence on cleaning up boardrooms spurred Congress and U.S. stock exchanges to adopt his principles and transform them into regulations policing board practices.
The Sarbanes-Oxley law passed last year set prison terms of up to 25 years for executives who knowingly defraud investors and forced top management to certify their financial statements.
Berkshire's board includes Buffett; his son, Howard, 48; Buffett's wife, Susan, 70; Vice Chairman Charles Munger, 79, the CEO of Berkshire-owned Wesco Financial Corp; Ronald Olson, 61, a senior partner at law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP; Malcolm Chace, 68, chairman of Bancorp Rhode Island Inc.; and Walter Scott Jr., 71, who owns a controlling stake in Berkshire's MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. investment.
`Conflicts of Interest'
The California Public Employees' Retirement System, the largest U.S. pension fund and the owner of 6,000 Berkshire A shares, will vote against the election of Buffett's wife, son, Olson and Scott because of ``conflicts of interest,'' said spokesman Brad Pacheco. These directors have family or business relationships that could impair their objectivity, Calpers said.
A decade ago, Buffett told lawmakers he was concerned that legislation was the wrong approach to police corporate offenders and fix ineffective boards. Media attention, peer pressure and public embarrassment were better tools, he said.
``There are certain areas in which laws don't work,'' Buffett told a House committee. ``I suspect this is one of them.''
Buffett made his remarks before this year's Berkshire meeting at the Omaha Civic Center, where Buffett fans and investors gathered to hear his opinions on corporate governance, investing and the stock market.
$30 Billion Fortune
Buffett, 72, has amassed a fortune of more than $30 billion, making him the world's second richest man, buying stakes in companies such as Coca-Cola Co. and American Express Co. Over 40 years, he has built Omaha, Nebraska-based Berkshire into an insurance and investment conglomerate whose holdings include General Re Corp., Benjamin Moore Paints and Dairy Queen.
The company, with a market value of $108 billion, increased profit five-fold last year to a record $4.29 billion. Berkshire's Class A shares fell 3.8 percent last year compared with a 23 percent drop for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. The stock has risen by more than five fold from $12,650 a decade ago.
Last Updated: May 3, 2003 17:13 EDT
By Dan Lonkevich and David Plumb
Omaha, Nebraska, May 3 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway Inc. will name new independent directors to comply with corporate governance rules.
``We will add outside directors and it will be done before the deadline,'' said Buffett in a briefing with reporters at Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholders meeting. ``It's just a matter of finding ones that meet our requirements. There aren't that many out there, but we'll find them.''
Berkshire's seven-member board includes Buffett's wife, son and three executives who have business ties to the company. Lawyers and corporate governance experts have said that Buffett will likely have to add at least two outside directors to the company's board to comply with new rules proposed by the New York Stock Exchange.
Buffett has railed for a decade against corporate greed and directors that put their interests ahead of investors. His reputation as an investor and his insistence on cleaning up boardrooms spurred Congress and U.S. stock exchanges to adopt his principles and transform them into regulations policing board practices.
The Sarbanes-Oxley law passed last year set prison terms of up to 25 years for executives who knowingly defraud investors and forced top management to certify their financial statements.
Berkshire's board includes Buffett; his son, Howard, 48; Buffett's wife, Susan, 70; Vice Chairman Charles Munger, 79, the CEO of Berkshire-owned Wesco Financial Corp; Ronald Olson, 61, a senior partner at law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP; Malcolm Chace, 68, chairman of Bancorp Rhode Island Inc.; and Walter Scott Jr., 71, who owns a controlling stake in Berkshire's MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. investment.
`Conflicts of Interest'
The California Public Employees' Retirement System, the largest U.S. pension fund and the owner of 6,000 Berkshire A shares, will vote against the election of Buffett's wife, son, Olson and Scott because of ``conflicts of interest,'' said spokesman Brad Pacheco. These directors have family or business relationships that could impair their objectivity, Calpers said.
A decade ago, Buffett told lawmakers he was concerned that legislation was the wrong approach to police corporate offenders and fix ineffective boards. Media attention, peer pressure and public embarrassment were better tools, he said.
``There are certain areas in which laws don't work,'' Buffett told a House committee. ``I suspect this is one of them.''
Buffett made his remarks before this year's Berkshire meeting at the Omaha Civic Center, where Buffett fans and investors gathered to hear his opinions on corporate governance, investing and the stock market.
$30 Billion Fortune
Buffett, 72, has amassed a fortune of more than $30 billion, making him the world's second richest man, buying stakes in companies such as Coca-Cola Co. and American Express Co. Over 40 years, he has built Omaha, Nebraska-based Berkshire into an insurance and investment conglomerate whose holdings include General Re Corp., Benjamin Moore Paints and Dairy Queen.
The company, with a market value of $108 billion, increased profit five-fold last year to a record $4.29 billion. Berkshire's Class A shares fell 3.8 percent last year compared with a 23 percent drop for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. The stock has risen by more than five fold from $12,650 a decade ago.
Last Updated: May 3, 2003 17:13 EDT
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Rally May Need Economy, Earnings Help: European Stocks Outlook
By Ben Kalman Richardson
London, May 4 (Bloomberg) -- The rally in European stocks that produced the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index's biggest monthly gain this decade may falter in the absence of evidence that economies will expand and profits will rise.
``We will only start buying stocks again when we see more positive signals from both the economy and companies,'' said Simone Chelini, who oversees $7.8 billion of assets as head of European equities at Nextra Investment Management in Milan. He bought stock-index futures in March in anticipation that war in Iraq would end quickly, sparking a rally.
The Stoxx 600 Index climbed 10.5 percent in April, its best month since December 1999. Last week, the index rose 1.8 percent, including a 0.1 percent advance on Friday. The Stoxx 50 also rose 10.5 percent last month to record its largest gain since October. It climbed 1.5 percent last week and added 0.2 percent on Friday.
Investors may look to central banks for perspective on the economy. The European Central Bank and the Bank of England may comment on the outlook for economic growth on Thursday, after they meet separately to set borrowing costs.
Volkswagen AG and Aegon NV are among companies reporting earnings this week. Credit Suisse First Boston on Friday said it expects cuts in European earnings estimates because the consensus analyst forecast for 2003 growth of about 28 percent is too high.
`Low Growth' Seen
Higher profits ``are still based on cutting costs, not on improving'' sales, said Andrew Preston, who helps manage about $20 billion at Aberdeen Asset Management Plc. ``We are still looking at low growth and a modest recovery.''
European manufacturing shrank in April for the seventh time in eight months as production, orders and exports fell, a survey for Reuters Group Plc showed Friday.
German industrial production probably fell 0.6 percent in March from the previous month, according to the median forecast of 23 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The government report is due on Friday.
The German economy, Europe's largest, is struggling as a five- year high in unemployment saps consumer confidence and a stronger euro hurts foreign demand. Last year, the economy expanded at the slowest pace in almost a decade
``The economy is the only motor'' for stocks, said Bruno Catoire, who manages $105 million in European stocks at Cholet- Dupont Gestion in Paris. Catorie said he doesn't expect growth to pick up until the end of this year.
Euro's Rise Hurts
The ECB and Bank of England probably will leave benchmark borrowing costs unchanged on Thursday, according to a Bloomberg survey of 35 economists.
Europe's central bank last cut the benchmark interest rate on March 6, which it dropped by 25 basis points to 2.5 percent. The U.K. central bank trimmed borrowing costs on Feb. 6 by the same amount, to 3.75 percent.
Volkswagen, Europe's largest carmaker, reports results on Wednesday. The company probably will say that first-quarter net income fell 49 percent to 320 million euros ($359.2 million) from a year earlier, according to the median forecast of 11 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News.
Falling demand for older models, slowing sales in Western Europe, declines in the value of investments, and a stronger euro squeezed earnings. The dollar is near a four-year low against the euro, cutting the value of companies' U.S. sales. Volkswagen made about a fifth of its revenue in North America last year.
Aegon, the largest Dutch insurer, is expected to say Tuesday that net income dropped 38 percent to 383 million euros, based on the average estimate of 11 analysts in a Bloomberg survey. Lower stock prices and mounting bond defaults have forced Aegon to set aside more money to increase reserves.
Higher Oil Earnings
Telecom Italia SpA, Italy's biggest telephone company, is among other companies reporting first-quarter results this week. The company will say on Monday that profit fell 22 percent to 563 million euros, according to the average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
Bayer AG, the world's biggest specialty chemical maker, may say Wednesday that first-quarter net income fell 25 percent to 390 million euros, according to a Bloomberg survey. Last year, gains from the sale of real estate lifted profit.
Results from Total Fina Elf SA, Europe's largest oil refiner, are scheduled for Tuesday. Total will probably report that net income before one-time items jumped 45 percent to 2.06 billion euros, based on the average estimate of seven analysts polled by Bloomberg, amid higher oil prices.
ENI SpA, the region's fourth-quarter oil company, also reports results this week. So do BHP Billiton Plc, Commerzbank AG, Deutsche Post AG and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV, among other Europe companies.
`Problems Haven't Gone'
Some investors say they want to see more evidence that sales growth is lifting profit in Europe.
Adidas-Salomon AG, the world's second-largest sporting-goods maker, lost 7.9 percent last week. North American orders fell 22 percent last quarter as the euro gained against the dollar and the war in Iraq crimped demand, the company said on Wednesday. Adidas- Salomon generates a quarter of sales in North America.
Ericsson AB's shares, which have lost about four-fifths of their value since November 2000, surged 30 percent last week. The world's biggest maker of wireless networks said it plans to cut as many as 13,000 jobs, bringing the workforce back to 1968 levels, and reported an eighth quarterly loss on Tuesday.
``We haven't seen anything that would make us change our pessimistic stance,'' said Nextra's Chelini. ``The problems haven't gone away.''
Last Updated: May 4, 2003 03:31 EDT
By Ben Kalman Richardson
London, May 4 (Bloomberg) -- The rally in European stocks that produced the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index's biggest monthly gain this decade may falter in the absence of evidence that economies will expand and profits will rise.
``We will only start buying stocks again when we see more positive signals from both the economy and companies,'' said Simone Chelini, who oversees $7.8 billion of assets as head of European equities at Nextra Investment Management in Milan. He bought stock-index futures in March in anticipation that war in Iraq would end quickly, sparking a rally.
The Stoxx 600 Index climbed 10.5 percent in April, its best month since December 1999. Last week, the index rose 1.8 percent, including a 0.1 percent advance on Friday. The Stoxx 50 also rose 10.5 percent last month to record its largest gain since October. It climbed 1.5 percent last week and added 0.2 percent on Friday.
Investors may look to central banks for perspective on the economy. The European Central Bank and the Bank of England may comment on the outlook for economic growth on Thursday, after they meet separately to set borrowing costs.
Volkswagen AG and Aegon NV are among companies reporting earnings this week. Credit Suisse First Boston on Friday said it expects cuts in European earnings estimates because the consensus analyst forecast for 2003 growth of about 28 percent is too high.
`Low Growth' Seen
Higher profits ``are still based on cutting costs, not on improving'' sales, said Andrew Preston, who helps manage about $20 billion at Aberdeen Asset Management Plc. ``We are still looking at low growth and a modest recovery.''
European manufacturing shrank in April for the seventh time in eight months as production, orders and exports fell, a survey for Reuters Group Plc showed Friday.
German industrial production probably fell 0.6 percent in March from the previous month, according to the median forecast of 23 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The government report is due on Friday.
The German economy, Europe's largest, is struggling as a five- year high in unemployment saps consumer confidence and a stronger euro hurts foreign demand. Last year, the economy expanded at the slowest pace in almost a decade
``The economy is the only motor'' for stocks, said Bruno Catoire, who manages $105 million in European stocks at Cholet- Dupont Gestion in Paris. Catorie said he doesn't expect growth to pick up until the end of this year.
Euro's Rise Hurts
The ECB and Bank of England probably will leave benchmark borrowing costs unchanged on Thursday, according to a Bloomberg survey of 35 economists.
Europe's central bank last cut the benchmark interest rate on March 6, which it dropped by 25 basis points to 2.5 percent. The U.K. central bank trimmed borrowing costs on Feb. 6 by the same amount, to 3.75 percent.
Volkswagen, Europe's largest carmaker, reports results on Wednesday. The company probably will say that first-quarter net income fell 49 percent to 320 million euros ($359.2 million) from a year earlier, according to the median forecast of 11 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News.
Falling demand for older models, slowing sales in Western Europe, declines in the value of investments, and a stronger euro squeezed earnings. The dollar is near a four-year low against the euro, cutting the value of companies' U.S. sales. Volkswagen made about a fifth of its revenue in North America last year.
Aegon, the largest Dutch insurer, is expected to say Tuesday that net income dropped 38 percent to 383 million euros, based on the average estimate of 11 analysts in a Bloomberg survey. Lower stock prices and mounting bond defaults have forced Aegon to set aside more money to increase reserves.
Higher Oil Earnings
Telecom Italia SpA, Italy's biggest telephone company, is among other companies reporting first-quarter results this week. The company will say on Monday that profit fell 22 percent to 563 million euros, according to the average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
Bayer AG, the world's biggest specialty chemical maker, may say Wednesday that first-quarter net income fell 25 percent to 390 million euros, according to a Bloomberg survey. Last year, gains from the sale of real estate lifted profit.
Results from Total Fina Elf SA, Europe's largest oil refiner, are scheduled for Tuesday. Total will probably report that net income before one-time items jumped 45 percent to 2.06 billion euros, based on the average estimate of seven analysts polled by Bloomberg, amid higher oil prices.
ENI SpA, the region's fourth-quarter oil company, also reports results this week. So do BHP Billiton Plc, Commerzbank AG, Deutsche Post AG and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV, among other Europe companies.
`Problems Haven't Gone'
Some investors say they want to see more evidence that sales growth is lifting profit in Europe.
Adidas-Salomon AG, the world's second-largest sporting-goods maker, lost 7.9 percent last week. North American orders fell 22 percent last quarter as the euro gained against the dollar and the war in Iraq crimped demand, the company said on Wednesday. Adidas- Salomon generates a quarter of sales in North America.
Ericsson AB's shares, which have lost about four-fifths of their value since November 2000, surged 30 percent last week. The world's biggest maker of wireless networks said it plans to cut as many as 13,000 jobs, bringing the workforce back to 1968 levels, and reported an eighth quarterly loss on Tuesday.
``We haven't seen anything that would make us change our pessimistic stance,'' said Nextra's Chelini. ``The problems haven't gone away.''
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Negócios: Hard Rock Cafe de Lisboa abre a 10 de Junho
2003-05-03 14:25:59
O Hard Rock Cafe de Lisboa deverá abrir no próximo dia 10 de Junho, segundo adiantou o DN deste sábado, citando o director de operações do grupo para o Sul da Europa, Tony Martin. O espaço do antigo cinema Condes - situado nos restauradores - foi o espaço escolhido.
A conhecida cadeia de lojas e bares vai apostar numa decoração arrojada, sendo que um dos atractivos será um Cadillac cor-de-rosa descapotável, que pertenceu ao antigo campeão da Indycar americana, Al Unser. Suspenso do tecto, o carro mostrará os característicos cromados e o estofos de couro.
O espaço vai contar com telas de John Lennon, Madonna, Tina Turner, Jimi Hendrix e Elvis Presley, sendo que as guitarras e o futebol foram eleitos como os símbolos das T-shits Hard Rock Cafe de Lisboa.
O estabelecimento vai funcionar das 12h30 às 2h30 da madrugada, excepto ao domingo, em que fechará à 1h30.
Fonte: Diário Digital
2003-05-03 14:25:59
O Hard Rock Cafe de Lisboa deverá abrir no próximo dia 10 de Junho, segundo adiantou o DN deste sábado, citando o director de operações do grupo para o Sul da Europa, Tony Martin. O espaço do antigo cinema Condes - situado nos restauradores - foi o espaço escolhido.
A conhecida cadeia de lojas e bares vai apostar numa decoração arrojada, sendo que um dos atractivos será um Cadillac cor-de-rosa descapotável, que pertenceu ao antigo campeão da Indycar americana, Al Unser. Suspenso do tecto, o carro mostrará os característicos cromados e o estofos de couro.
O espaço vai contar com telas de John Lennon, Madonna, Tina Turner, Jimi Hendrix e Elvis Presley, sendo que as guitarras e o futebol foram eleitos como os símbolos das T-shits Hard Rock Cafe de Lisboa.
O estabelecimento vai funcionar das 12h30 às 2h30 da madrugada, excepto ao domingo, em que fechará à 1h30.
Fonte: Diário Digital
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Carmona Rodrigues poedrá suceder a Santana Lopes na Câmara de Lisboa
2003-05-03 17:10:45
O novo ministro das Obras Públicas, Carmona Rodrigues, poderá ser o sucessor de Santana Lopes à frente da Câmara de Lisboa caso o actual presidente do município alfacinha decida avançar com uma candidatura à presidência da República, noticia este sábado o semanário Expresso.
Quando entrou para o Governo, Carmona Rodrigues, que foi o nº2 de Santana Lopes na Câmara de Lisboa, deixou o respectivo mandato apenas suspenso por pressão do presidente da edilidade, afirma o semanário.
Sublinha ainda que são crescentes os sinais de interesse por parte de Santana Lopes na corrida a Belém, nomeadamente ao protagonizar esta semana os «primeiros ataques do PSD a Sampaio pelo discurso no 25 de Abril», numa estratégia que segundo o jornal terá sido concertada com o primeiro-ministro, Durão Barroso.
Fonte: Diário Digital
2003-05-03 17:10:45
O novo ministro das Obras Públicas, Carmona Rodrigues, poderá ser o sucessor de Santana Lopes à frente da Câmara de Lisboa caso o actual presidente do município alfacinha decida avançar com uma candidatura à presidência da República, noticia este sábado o semanário Expresso.
Quando entrou para o Governo, Carmona Rodrigues, que foi o nº2 de Santana Lopes na Câmara de Lisboa, deixou o respectivo mandato apenas suspenso por pressão do presidente da edilidade, afirma o semanário.
Sublinha ainda que são crescentes os sinais de interesse por parte de Santana Lopes na corrida a Belém, nomeadamente ao protagonizar esta semana os «primeiros ataques do PSD a Sampaio pelo discurso no 25 de Abril», numa estratégia que segundo o jornal terá sido concertada com o primeiro-ministro, Durão Barroso.
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Mercados: Brasil vai apostar na exportação de álcool como fonte de energia
2003-05-03 15:25:06
O presidente brasileiro, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, defendeu que o Brasil precisa de estar preparado para aumentar o produção de álcool, de modo a exportar este produto como fonte de energia alternativa para os países desenvolvidos.
De acordo com Lula, as pressões para a diminuição dos problemas ambientais e dos níveis de poluição nos países desenvolvidos fará com que estes tenham de vir a usar o álcool, junto com a gasolina e o gasóleo.
Lula sustenta que a recuperação do álcool como fonte energética alternativa é uma das prioridades do seu governo.
«Temos de estar preparados. Podemos ganhar uma grande fatia desse mercado e, quem sabe, teremos de produzir o dobro, gerando empregos, divisas e qualidade de vida», disse Lula, citado nos principais jornais do seu país.
Fonte: Diário Digital
2003-05-03 15:25:06
O presidente brasileiro, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, defendeu que o Brasil precisa de estar preparado para aumentar o produção de álcool, de modo a exportar este produto como fonte de energia alternativa para os países desenvolvidos.
De acordo com Lula, as pressões para a diminuição dos problemas ambientais e dos níveis de poluição nos países desenvolvidos fará com que estes tenham de vir a usar o álcool, junto com a gasolina e o gasóleo.
Lula sustenta que a recuperação do álcool como fonte energética alternativa é uma das prioridades do seu governo.
«Temos de estar preparados. Podemos ganhar uma grande fatia desse mercado e, quem sabe, teremos de produzir o dobro, gerando empregos, divisas e qualidade de vida», disse Lula, citado nos principais jornais do seu país.
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TMT: Serviço de música da Apple vende 250 mil temas no lançamento
2003-05-03 15:10:59
O novo serviço de venda de música online da Apple vendeu 250 mil canções no primeiro dia de funcionamento.
Lançado segunda-feira pela empresa de Steve Jobs, este serviço vende cada música a 99 cêntimos de dólar e permitiu o encaixe de 250 mil dólares só no primeiro dia de funcionamento. A receita anual encontra-se avaliada em 90 milhões de dólares.
O serviço funciona a partir do site iTunes Music Store e possui 200 mil títulos disponíveis para ser gravados.
Caso seja bem sucedida no curto e médio prazo, a iniciativa pode converter-se numa alternativa aos serviços gratuitos de intercâmbio de música através da rede.
O iTunes pode ser acedido pelo tipo de música, título do álbum e nome do artista, permitindo ainda a escuta de um fragmento de trinta segundos da canção antes do acto de compra.
O lançamento coincide com a apresentação da terceira geração do iPod - o sistema de gravação de MP3 que pode armazenar até 7500 músicas - e constitui um desafio lançado não só aos actuais serviços gratuitos de música online - como o Kazaa e o Grokster - como ainda ao suportados pela indústria da música, como o PressPlay, MusicNet e o Rhapsody.
Fonte: Diário Digital
2003-05-03 15:10:59
O novo serviço de venda de música online da Apple vendeu 250 mil canções no primeiro dia de funcionamento.
Lançado segunda-feira pela empresa de Steve Jobs, este serviço vende cada música a 99 cêntimos de dólar e permitiu o encaixe de 250 mil dólares só no primeiro dia de funcionamento. A receita anual encontra-se avaliada em 90 milhões de dólares.
O serviço funciona a partir do site iTunes Music Store e possui 200 mil títulos disponíveis para ser gravados.
Caso seja bem sucedida no curto e médio prazo, a iniciativa pode converter-se numa alternativa aos serviços gratuitos de intercâmbio de música através da rede.
O iTunes pode ser acedido pelo tipo de música, título do álbum e nome do artista, permitindo ainda a escuta de um fragmento de trinta segundos da canção antes do acto de compra.
O lançamento coincide com a apresentação da terceira geração do iPod - o sistema de gravação de MP3 que pode armazenar até 7500 músicas - e constitui um desafio lançado não só aos actuais serviços gratuitos de música online - como o Kazaa e o Grokster - como ainda ao suportados pela indústria da música, como o PressPlay, MusicNet e o Rhapsody.
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Conjuntura: Preço das casas aumenta 0,4% ao ano entre 1988 e 2001
2003-05-03 14:53:01
O preço real das casas em Portugal cresceu a um ritmo anual de 0,4% entre 1988 e 2001. Por outro lado, o preço dos terrenos aumentou 2,8% ao ano. Os dados são do Banco Central Europeu (BCE).
De acordo com o relatório «Factores estruturais no mercado da habitação da União Europeia», «entre o final dos anos 80 e o início da década de 90, os preços reais das habitações cresceram até 30% ou mais», mas depois registou-se um natural abrandamento no ritmo de crescimento.
Descontando a inflação, em Portugal o preço real das casas subiu a uma média anual de 0,4%. Valor relativamente baixo quando comparado com os praticados na União Europeia. A nossa baixa taxa média anual de evolução dos preços da habitação só foi ultrapassada pela Suécia.
Por seu lado, Espanha foi o Estado-membro onde se verificou o maior crescimento anual, com um aumento real 4,2% no preço das casas entre 1988 e 2001. Irlanda, Grécia, Áustria e Reino Unido também registaram aumentos acima de 3%.
Fonte: Diário Digital
2003-05-03 14:53:01
O preço real das casas em Portugal cresceu a um ritmo anual de 0,4% entre 1988 e 2001. Por outro lado, o preço dos terrenos aumentou 2,8% ao ano. Os dados são do Banco Central Europeu (BCE).
De acordo com o relatório «Factores estruturais no mercado da habitação da União Europeia», «entre o final dos anos 80 e o início da década de 90, os preços reais das habitações cresceram até 30% ou mais», mas depois registou-se um natural abrandamento no ritmo de crescimento.
Descontando a inflação, em Portugal o preço real das casas subiu a uma média anual de 0,4%. Valor relativamente baixo quando comparado com os praticados na União Europeia. A nossa baixa taxa média anual de evolução dos preços da habitação só foi ultrapassada pela Suécia.
Por seu lado, Espanha foi o Estado-membro onde se verificou o maior crescimento anual, com um aumento real 4,2% no preço das casas entre 1988 e 2001. Irlanda, Grécia, Áustria e Reino Unido também registaram aumentos acima de 3%.
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Negócios: Anecra aconselha interrupção temportária de actividade no sector automóvel
2003-05-03 14:42:25
A Associação Nacional das Empresas do Comércio e da Reparação Automóvel (Anecra) voltou a reiterar na sexta-feira a posição manifestada há algumas semanas quanto à definição de um período de lay-off no sector automóvel.
A interrupção temporária da actividade e redução da remuneração (o designado lay-off) é tido pela associação como a única forma de assegurar a sobrevivência de empresas do sector automóvel, uma vez que estão em causa mais de 25 mil empregos.
Segundo a Anecra, existem muitas empresas dispostas a avançar com o lay-off, posição que é suportada pela associação.
Esta atitude ocorre depois de terem sido divulgados os resultados do primeiro trimestre, no qual foram ultrapassadas as mais pessimistas expectativas, com cenários negativos indicando que a será difícil a recuperação do sector neste ano.
Fonte: Diário Digital
2003-05-03 14:42:25
A Associação Nacional das Empresas do Comércio e da Reparação Automóvel (Anecra) voltou a reiterar na sexta-feira a posição manifestada há algumas semanas quanto à definição de um período de lay-off no sector automóvel.
A interrupção temporária da actividade e redução da remuneração (o designado lay-off) é tido pela associação como a única forma de assegurar a sobrevivência de empresas do sector automóvel, uma vez que estão em causa mais de 25 mil empregos.
Segundo a Anecra, existem muitas empresas dispostas a avançar com o lay-off, posição que é suportada pela associação.
Esta atitude ocorre depois de terem sido divulgados os resultados do primeiro trimestre, no qual foram ultrapassadas as mais pessimistas expectativas, com cenários negativos indicando que a será difícil a recuperação do sector neste ano.
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Negócios: Talone e Sánchez vão liderar os destinos da EDP
2003-05-03 14:35:40
Segundo avança o DN deste sábado, o Estado já escolheu os próximos directores da EDP - Electricidade de Portugal. Tratam-se de João Talone e o actual presidente Francisco Sánchez.
Talone foi o responsável pelo relatório sobre a reorganização do sector energético encomendado pelo Governoa e deverá ser o futuro CEO -presidente executivo - da EDP.
O mesmo jornal adianta que para a presidência do conselho de administração deverá ser nomeado o actual presidente, Francisco Sánchez.
Além destes dois nomes, o conselho executivo da EDP deverá integrar ainda Jorge Godinho (responsável pela Edinfor) e Rui Horta e Costa (membro da actual administração).
Estas mudanças deverão ainda implicar alterações no modelo de gestão da EDP, sendo que o Estado contrariou a posição de outros accionistas (como o BCP e a Brisa) e adoptará uma estrutura semelhante à da Portugal Telecom e da Galp Energia, com um chairman e um conselho de administração executivo chefiado por um CEO.
Fonte: Diário Digital
2003-05-03 14:35:40
Segundo avança o DN deste sábado, o Estado já escolheu os próximos directores da EDP - Electricidade de Portugal. Tratam-se de João Talone e o actual presidente Francisco Sánchez.
Talone foi o responsável pelo relatório sobre a reorganização do sector energético encomendado pelo Governoa e deverá ser o futuro CEO -presidente executivo - da EDP.
O mesmo jornal adianta que para a presidência do conselho de administração deverá ser nomeado o actual presidente, Francisco Sánchez.
Além destes dois nomes, o conselho executivo da EDP deverá integrar ainda Jorge Godinho (responsável pela Edinfor) e Rui Horta e Costa (membro da actual administração).
Estas mudanças deverão ainda implicar alterações no modelo de gestão da EDP, sendo que o Estado contrariou a posição de outros accionistas (como o BCP e a Brisa) e adoptará uma estrutura semelhante à da Portugal Telecom e da Galp Energia, com um chairman e um conselho de administração executivo chefiado por um CEO.
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. Stocks Rise on Jobs Report; Computer, Energy Shares Gain
By Danielle Sessa
New York, May 2 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks gained, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to its third straight weekly advance, after a government report showed the economy lost fewer jobs than expected in April even as the unemployment rate rose.
The report was ``not as bad as people might have feared; the market's looking at the glass half-full rather than half-empty,'' said Peter Coolidge, a money manager for Deltec Asset Management LLC. ``It sort of goes with the postwar trend of people coming back into stocks.''
Computer-related shares including Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. lifted the Nasdaq Composite Index to a 10-month high amid analyst expectations that earnings will accelerate. Energy companies rose after ChevronTexaco Corp. followed Exxon Mobil Corp. in reporting a surge in profit because of higher oil and natural-gas prices.
The S&P 500 rose 13.78, or 1.5 percent, to 930.08, the highest level since Jan. 14. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 128.43, or 1.5 percent, to 8582.68. The Nasdaq climbed 30.32, or 2.1 percent, to 1502.88, its highest since June 18.
Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, which also climbed for a third week, completed their longest weekly winning streaks since November, amid optimism that economic and profit growth will pick up following the end of the war with Iraq. The S&P 500 gained 3.5 percent, the Nasdaq jumped 4.8 percent and the Dow advanced 3.3 percent in the week.
More than three stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange, the broadest rally since Jan. 2. Five stocks gained for every two that dropped on the Nasdaq Stock Market. Some 1.5 billion shares traded on the Big Board, a 12 percent increase over the three-month daily average.
Jobs Report
U.S. businesses cut 48,000 jobs last month as the unemployment rate rose to 6 percent, matching an eight-year high, the Labor Department said. Economists predicted a loss of 60,000 jobs and a jobless rate of 5.9 percent, according to a Bloomberg News survey.
``The market was discounting the worst,'' said David Briggs, head of trading at Federated Investors Inc., which manages $185 billion in Pittsburgh. ``People seem to be willing to wait a little longer to see if things continue to improve.''
Technology shares contributed the most to the S&P 500's gain. Analysts predict profit at these companies will rise 33 percent this quarter and 67 percent next quarter, according to Thomson Financial. The third-quarter figure is the highest among the benchmark's 10 industry groups.
Microsoft, the world's largest software maker, rose 42 cents to $26.13. Intel, the No. 1 semiconductor maker, added 50 cents to $19.05.
Sun Microsystems Jumps
Sun Microsystems Inc., a maker of server computers that run corporate networks, climbed 41 cents to $3.75, and was the most active stock. Speculation that Dell Computer Corp., International Business Machines Corp. or Hewlett-Packard Co. may acquire the company led to the gain, said Giga Information Group analyst Rob Enderle. Sun shares have lost more than 90 percent of their value during the past three years.
Sun and IBM spokespeople declined to comment. Dell and Hewlett-Packard spokespeople didn't return calls.
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. jumped $1.12 to $10.60. The maker of chips used in Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 2 video-game machine said second-quarter sales will fall to $200 million from $202.1 million a year ago. Analysts were expecting a steeper drop, according to Thomson Financial.
BEA Systems Inc., whose software runs Web-based programs, rose $1.09 to $11.87. Lehman Brothers Inc. analyst Neil Herman said the company had a ``very solid'' first quarter and may have beaten his earnings estimate of 7 cents a share by a penny.
ChevronTexaco, Exxon Mobil
ChevronTexaco, the No. 2 U.S. oil company, rose $2.35 to $65.35. Its first-quarter profit excluding certain items more than doubled to $1.99 a share. On that basis, analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial had expected $1.81 on average. Earnings were the highest since Chevron Corp. bought Texaco Inc. in 2001.
Exxon Mobil, the world's biggest publicly traded oil company, gained 56 cents to $36.04. The company yesterday said its profit tripled last quarter as oil prices rose 56 percent on average and gas prices doubled in the period.
Airline stocks surged after Merrill Lynch & Co. analyst Michael Lindenberg said their losses may narrow in 2003 and the threat of bankruptcy for some companies has diminished. He boosted his rating on five carriers, propelling the Amex Airline Index to a 11 percent gain -- its biggest in more than a month.
Alaska Air Group Inc. gained $2.06 to $19.77, Continental Airlines Inc. surged $1.94 to $11.80, Delta Air Lines Inc. climbed $1.75 to $14.75, Frontier Airlines Inc. added $1.36 to $7.62 and Northwest Airlines Corp. rallied $1.30 to $9.85. Lindenberg upgraded them to ``buy'' from ``neutral.''
United Technologies Corp., the maker of Pratt & Whitney jet engines, added $1.74 to $63.40. Boeing Co., the world's largest planemaker, rose $1.51 to $28.62. The two stocks, along with IBM, accounted for a quarter of the Dow average's advance.
Cigna Drops
Cigna Corp., the third-largest U.S. health insurer, dropped $2.87 to $50.78. It said profit declined 14 percent last quarter as premiums rose less than medical costs. The company also lost customers.
Unilever NV's U.S. shares tumbled $6.22 to $57.07. The world's biggest maker of household products said first-quarter sales of its top brands, such as Knorr soups, grew less than it had forecast.
S&P 500 futures expiring in June gained 12.40 to 927.40 on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. June futures on the Nasdaq-100 Index jumped 25.50 to 1139.00. The index, a benchmark for Nasdaq's largest companies, rose 23.30 to 1136.51.
Nasdaq-100 tracking shares, known by their QQQ ticker, gained 59 cents to $28.28. The S&P 500 shares known as Spiders added $1.31 to $93.21.
The Russell 2000 Index of smaller stocks rose 8.84, or 2.2 percent, to 407.67. The Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index, the broadest measure of U.S. shares, gained 135.66, or 1.6 percent, to 8834.06. Based on changes in the Wilshire, the total value of U.S. stocks increased by $162.8 billion.
By Danielle Sessa
New York, May 2 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks gained, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to its third straight weekly advance, after a government report showed the economy lost fewer jobs than expected in April even as the unemployment rate rose.
The report was ``not as bad as people might have feared; the market's looking at the glass half-full rather than half-empty,'' said Peter Coolidge, a money manager for Deltec Asset Management LLC. ``It sort of goes with the postwar trend of people coming back into stocks.''
Computer-related shares including Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. lifted the Nasdaq Composite Index to a 10-month high amid analyst expectations that earnings will accelerate. Energy companies rose after ChevronTexaco Corp. followed Exxon Mobil Corp. in reporting a surge in profit because of higher oil and natural-gas prices.
The S&P 500 rose 13.78, or 1.5 percent, to 930.08, the highest level since Jan. 14. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 128.43, or 1.5 percent, to 8582.68. The Nasdaq climbed 30.32, or 2.1 percent, to 1502.88, its highest since June 18.
Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, which also climbed for a third week, completed their longest weekly winning streaks since November, amid optimism that economic and profit growth will pick up following the end of the war with Iraq. The S&P 500 gained 3.5 percent, the Nasdaq jumped 4.8 percent and the Dow advanced 3.3 percent in the week.
More than three stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange, the broadest rally since Jan. 2. Five stocks gained for every two that dropped on the Nasdaq Stock Market. Some 1.5 billion shares traded on the Big Board, a 12 percent increase over the three-month daily average.
Jobs Report
U.S. businesses cut 48,000 jobs last month as the unemployment rate rose to 6 percent, matching an eight-year high, the Labor Department said. Economists predicted a loss of 60,000 jobs and a jobless rate of 5.9 percent, according to a Bloomberg News survey.
``The market was discounting the worst,'' said David Briggs, head of trading at Federated Investors Inc., which manages $185 billion in Pittsburgh. ``People seem to be willing to wait a little longer to see if things continue to improve.''
Technology shares contributed the most to the S&P 500's gain. Analysts predict profit at these companies will rise 33 percent this quarter and 67 percent next quarter, according to Thomson Financial. The third-quarter figure is the highest among the benchmark's 10 industry groups.
Microsoft, the world's largest software maker, rose 42 cents to $26.13. Intel, the No. 1 semiconductor maker, added 50 cents to $19.05.
Sun Microsystems Jumps
Sun Microsystems Inc., a maker of server computers that run corporate networks, climbed 41 cents to $3.75, and was the most active stock. Speculation that Dell Computer Corp., International Business Machines Corp. or Hewlett-Packard Co. may acquire the company led to the gain, said Giga Information Group analyst Rob Enderle. Sun shares have lost more than 90 percent of their value during the past three years.
Sun and IBM spokespeople declined to comment. Dell and Hewlett-Packard spokespeople didn't return calls.
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. jumped $1.12 to $10.60. The maker of chips used in Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 2 video-game machine said second-quarter sales will fall to $200 million from $202.1 million a year ago. Analysts were expecting a steeper drop, according to Thomson Financial.
BEA Systems Inc., whose software runs Web-based programs, rose $1.09 to $11.87. Lehman Brothers Inc. analyst Neil Herman said the company had a ``very solid'' first quarter and may have beaten his earnings estimate of 7 cents a share by a penny.
ChevronTexaco, Exxon Mobil
ChevronTexaco, the No. 2 U.S. oil company, rose $2.35 to $65.35. Its first-quarter profit excluding certain items more than doubled to $1.99 a share. On that basis, analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial had expected $1.81 on average. Earnings were the highest since Chevron Corp. bought Texaco Inc. in 2001.
Exxon Mobil, the world's biggest publicly traded oil company, gained 56 cents to $36.04. The company yesterday said its profit tripled last quarter as oil prices rose 56 percent on average and gas prices doubled in the period.
Airline stocks surged after Merrill Lynch & Co. analyst Michael Lindenberg said their losses may narrow in 2003 and the threat of bankruptcy for some companies has diminished. He boosted his rating on five carriers, propelling the Amex Airline Index to a 11 percent gain -- its biggest in more than a month.
Alaska Air Group Inc. gained $2.06 to $19.77, Continental Airlines Inc. surged $1.94 to $11.80, Delta Air Lines Inc. climbed $1.75 to $14.75, Frontier Airlines Inc. added $1.36 to $7.62 and Northwest Airlines Corp. rallied $1.30 to $9.85. Lindenberg upgraded them to ``buy'' from ``neutral.''
United Technologies Corp., the maker of Pratt & Whitney jet engines, added $1.74 to $63.40. Boeing Co., the world's largest planemaker, rose $1.51 to $28.62. The two stocks, along with IBM, accounted for a quarter of the Dow average's advance.
Cigna Drops
Cigna Corp., the third-largest U.S. health insurer, dropped $2.87 to $50.78. It said profit declined 14 percent last quarter as premiums rose less than medical costs. The company also lost customers.
Unilever NV's U.S. shares tumbled $6.22 to $57.07. The world's biggest maker of household products said first-quarter sales of its top brands, such as Knorr soups, grew less than it had forecast.
S&P 500 futures expiring in June gained 12.40 to 927.40 on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. June futures on the Nasdaq-100 Index jumped 25.50 to 1139.00. The index, a benchmark for Nasdaq's largest companies, rose 23.30 to 1136.51.
Nasdaq-100 tracking shares, known by their QQQ ticker, gained 59 cents to $28.28. The S&P 500 shares known as Spiders added $1.31 to $93.21.
The Russell 2000 Index of smaller stocks rose 8.84, or 2.2 percent, to 407.67. The Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index, the broadest measure of U.S. shares, gained 135.66, or 1.6 percent, to 8834.06. Based on changes in the Wilshire, the total value of U.S. stocks increased by $162.8 billion.
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Notícias de Fim de Semana - 3 e 4 de Maio de 2003
Acções EUA sobem com optimismo na recuperação da economia; Nasdaq acima dos 1.500 pontos
Sexta, 2 Mai 2003 21:08
As acções norte-americanas fecharam a subir, registando a terceira semana consecutiva de ganhos, com os investidores confiantes numa recuperação da economia no segundo semestre. O Nasdaq cresceu 2,06%, superando os 1.500 pontos pela primeira vez este ano e o Dow Jones subiu 1,52%.
O Nasdaq fechou a valer 1.502,88 pontos e o Dow Jones terminou nos 8.581,42 pontos, na terceira semana de ganhos para os índices americanos, sinalizando o optimismo com uma recuperação da economia depois de finda a guerra do Iraque, tal com o previu esta semana Alan Greenspan.
Hoje os Estados Unidos anunciaram que a taxa de desemprego subiu em Abril para os 6%, mas a economia perdeu menos postos de trabalho que o previsto, indiciando que a recuperação poderá estar para breve. As encomendas às fábricas norte-americanas subiram 2,2% em Março, superando as previsões dos analistas.
Os ganhos foram generalizados em todos os sectores, desde as tecnológicas até às financeiras, com as empresas de aviação a liderar após um estudo positivo da Merrill Lynch.
A líder mundial na produção de «chips» Intel cresceu 2,75%, enquanto a Microsoft aumentou 1,91%. A fabricante de aviões Boeing valorizou 4,83% e a maior instituição financeira do mundo, o Citigroup, aumentou 1,56%.
O american depositary receipt (ADR) da Portugal Telecom (PT) subiu 1,27% para os 7,18 dólares (6,40 euros), enquanto em Lisboa a empresa fechou nos 6,40 euros.
O ADR da Electricidade de Portugal (EDP) ganhou 0,55% até aos 18,30 dólares (16,30 euros), enquanto em Lisboa a empresa fechou nos 1,65 euros. Cada ADR equivale a 10 acções da eléctrica nacional.
por Nuno Carregueiro
Sexta, 2 Mai 2003 21:08
As acções norte-americanas fecharam a subir, registando a terceira semana consecutiva de ganhos, com os investidores confiantes numa recuperação da economia no segundo semestre. O Nasdaq cresceu 2,06%, superando os 1.500 pontos pela primeira vez este ano e o Dow Jones subiu 1,52%.
O Nasdaq fechou a valer 1.502,88 pontos e o Dow Jones terminou nos 8.581,42 pontos, na terceira semana de ganhos para os índices americanos, sinalizando o optimismo com uma recuperação da economia depois de finda a guerra do Iraque, tal com o previu esta semana Alan Greenspan.
Hoje os Estados Unidos anunciaram que a taxa de desemprego subiu em Abril para os 6%, mas a economia perdeu menos postos de trabalho que o previsto, indiciando que a recuperação poderá estar para breve. As encomendas às fábricas norte-americanas subiram 2,2% em Março, superando as previsões dos analistas.
Os ganhos foram generalizados em todos os sectores, desde as tecnológicas até às financeiras, com as empresas de aviação a liderar após um estudo positivo da Merrill Lynch.
A líder mundial na produção de «chips» Intel cresceu 2,75%, enquanto a Microsoft aumentou 1,91%. A fabricante de aviões Boeing valorizou 4,83% e a maior instituição financeira do mundo, o Citigroup, aumentou 1,56%.
O american depositary receipt (ADR) da Portugal Telecom (PT) subiu 1,27% para os 7,18 dólares (6,40 euros), enquanto em Lisboa a empresa fechou nos 6,40 euros.
O ADR da Electricidade de Portugal (EDP) ganhou 0,55% até aos 18,30 dólares (16,30 euros), enquanto em Lisboa a empresa fechou nos 1,65 euros. Cada ADR equivale a 10 acções da eléctrica nacional.
por Nuno Carregueiro
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