Lunes25/07/ No hay aumento al limite de la deuda Americana

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Lunes

Eventos economicos

Subasta de bonos

Entre los mas importantes de la semana tenemos el indice de las casas, la confianza del consumidor, las ventas de casas nuevas el Martes, las ordenes de biens duraderos y el Beige Book el Miercoles, las ventas de casas pendientes el Jueves, el GDP (PBI) el PMI de Chicago y el sentimiento del consumidor el Viernes.
4-Week Bill Announcement
11:00 AM ET


3-Month Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET


6-Month Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET


ICSC-Goldman Store Sales
7:45 AM ET


Redbook
8:55 AM ET


S&P Case-Shiller HPI
9:00 AM ET


Consumer Confidence
10:00 AM ET


New Home Sales
10:00 AM ET


State Street Investor Confidence Index
10:00 AM ET


4-Week Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET


52-Week Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET


2-Yr Note Auction
1:00 PM ET


Bank Reserve Settlement


MBA Purchase Applications
7:00 AM ET


Durable Goods Orders
8:30 AM ET


EIA Petroleum Status Report
10:30 AM ET


5-Yr Note Auction
1:00 PM ET


Beige Book
2:00 PM ET

Weekly Bill Settlement

52-Week Bill Settlement


Jobless Claims
8:30 AM ET


Pending Home Sales Index
10:00 AM ET


EIA Natural Gas Report
10:30 AM ET


3-Month Bill Announcement
11:00 AM ET


6-Month Bill Announcement
11:00 AM ET


7-Yr Note Auction
1:00 PM ET


Fed Balance Sheet
4:30 PM ET


Money Supply
4:30 PM ET

10-Yr TIPS Settlement


Employment Cost Index
8:30 AM ET


GDP
9:30 AM ET


Chicago PMI
9:45 AM ET


Consumer Sentiment
9:55 AM ET


Farm Prices
3:00 PM ET

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El Lunes reportan Broadcom, NFLX, Texas Instruments.

Next Week’s Tape: Earnings Galore and More Debt Dickering

By Dave Kansas

Next week includes another batch of crucial earnings. The reporting season has been another strong one, but forward guidance has been a mixed affair. Stocks generally have trended higher, but the debt-ceiling debate will continue to roil.

Monday

Some key earnings coming from Broadcom, Netflix and Texas Instruments. Also, some regional economic news: the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey for July.

Tuesday

S&P/Case-Shiller will tell us that home prices are still lousy. Johnson Redbook’s weekly retail sales also due. And the Richmond Fed tells us what business is like in its area. New home sales and Consumer Confidence data also due out. Cheery and chipper? Maybe not so much. More big earnings from 3M, Amazon, U.S. Steel and Ford. Others reporting include Electronic Arts, Hershey, Occidental Petroleum, Valero, Biogen Idec, Novellus, Fiserv, Juniper, Ford and UPS.

Wednesday

Earnings start to taper a touch, with Akamai, Cabot Oil & Gas, Visa, Aetna, Dow Chemical, Nasdaq, Ryder, Boeing and Southern Co. reporting. Chicago Fed tells us what manufacturing is like in the heartland. The government reports on Durable Goods orders. Energy mandarins tell us how much crude and gasoline we have on hand.

Thursday

Weekly (weakly?) initial jobless claims! July’s jobs report (Aug. 5) will start to come into focus. The pending home sales index and a Kansas City Fed manufacturing survey also on the docket. Earnings? Still some big names in the chute, including Bristol-Myers Squibb, Colgate Palmolive, Automatic Data Proc., CME Group, ExxonMobil, Chesapeake Energy, Met Life, Starbucks, DuPont, Sprint Nextel, Kellogg, Motorola Mobility, KLA-Tencor.

Friday

Get quieter (summer!) on Friday. Chevron, Amgen, Merck, Weyerhaueser, Newmont Mining and Aon report. No major economic news on the docket.

Next Week's Tape

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Japón busca emitir deuda por 128.000 mln dlr para reconstrucción
domingo 24 de julio de 2011 06:04 GYT
Imprimir[-] Texto [+] TOKIO (Reuters) - El Gobierno de Japón planea emitir 10 billones de yenes (128.000 millones de dólares) en bonos para la reconstrucción y reducir el gasto en 3 billones de yenes para pagar más proyectos para construir el devastado noreste del país, informó el domingo el diario de negocios Nikkei.
Los inversores cuentan con que el gasto para la reconstrucción ayude a la tercera mayor economía mundial a salir de una recesión provocada por un enorme terremoto y tsunami en marzo, para que recupere un moderado crecimiento en el tercer trimestre.

Una fuente del gobierno dijo a Reuters la semana pasada que planeaban un gasto adicional de 13 billones de yenes (165.000 millones de dólares) para proyectos de reconstrucción, además de un monto de 6 billones de yenes que ya ha sido apartado en dos presupuestos adicionales.

La fuente había dicho que el Gobierno está considerando emitir bonos especiales, reduciendo otros planes de gasto y vendiendo activos nacionales. El ministerio de Hacienda está planificando bonos de cinco años y el Gobierno considera elevar los impuestos para pagar por ellos, según la fuente.

El Nikkei dijo que cerca de 8 a 9 billones de yenes de los 13 billones de yenes se gastarían en mejorar la infraestructura, mientras que 3 billones de yenes serían destinados a construir colegios y crear empleos.

El borrador de los planes del Gobierno para los proyectos de reconstrucción será concluido este mes por una fuerza especial liderada por el primer ministro Naoto Kan, dijo el diario.

(1 dólar = 78,355 yenes japoneses)

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El autor de la masacre de Noruega dice que las muertes eran "necesarias"

Por SVEN GRUNDBERG y VANESSA FURHMANS
OSLO—Anders Behring Breivik, el noruego acusado de cometer una de las mayores masacres en Europa desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial, ha asumido la responsabilidad de la matanza, diciéndole a su abogado que las muertes eran "atroces pero necesarias".

Los ataques del viernes, incluyendo la detonación de una bomba en un edificio gubernamental en Oslo y el tiroteo en un campamento con jóvenes adolescentes simpatizantes del partido laborista, cobraron la vida de 93 personas en lo que las autoridades describen como un trastornado intento de declararles la guerra a las fuerzas del multiculturalismo y el pluralismo por las que se caracteriza este pequeño país escandinavo.

El partido gobernante Laborista de centro-izquierda en Noruega, que siempre ha defendido los beneficios de la inmigración y el multiculturalismo, era el blanco principal del ataque.

Noruega, un país rural de 4,6 millones de habitantes, tiene pocos antecedentes de extremismo política, y aún menos en episodios de violencia. Por esta razón, la masacre está desatando la preocupación en Europa de que un sentimiento cada vez más anti-inmigrante que se está propagando por el continente desde hace varios años podría traducirse en mayor violencia, repentina e inesperada.

A diferencia de otros países escandinavos, incluyendo Suecia y Dinamarca, Noruega no cuenta con un partido general de extrema derecha. Breivik fue en su día miembro del conservador Partido del Progreso, el segundo mayor del país después del Partido Laborista. El Partido del Progreso, que ha insistido en distanciarse de Breivik, adoptó posturas duras contra la inmigración pero es menos extremo que los partidos populista anti-inmigración que han proliferado en otras partes de Escandinavia.

Breivik dijo que cree que su actuación fue "atroz" pero que en su cabeza eran necesarias, dijo su abogado Geir Lippestad a una cadena de televisión noruega.

Un autoproclamado extremista anti-inmigración, Breivik publicó un manifiesto de 1.500 páginas en línea el viernes en el que detallaba los preparativos para sus ataques y sus motivos xenófobos.

"Los musulmanes deben ser considerados como animales salvajes", escribió en el documento, cuya autenticidad fue confirmada por su abogado. "No hay que culpar a los animales salvajes sino a los traidores multiculturales de categoría A y B que permitieron que estos animales entren a nuestros países, y continúan respaldándolos", señaló Breivik. Los traidores de clase A y B incluyen a "políticos y periodistas".

El domingo se celebraron numerosas vigilias y servicios religiosos para conmemorar a las víctimas y aliviar a un país sacudido que trata de superar esta tragedia.

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Probablemente el crecimiento de la economia Americana desacelero en el segundo trimestre.

Se piensa que el crecimiento fue de solamente 1.8% despues de haber crecido 1.9% en el primer trimestre.

U.S. Growth Probably Slowed in Second Quarter
QBy Shobhana Chandra - Jul 24, 2011 12:00 AM ET .

Growth Probably Slowed in Second Quarter David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
Americans' purchases last quarter grew at the weakest pace since the recession ended in 2009.

Americans' purchases last quarter grew at the weakest pace since the recession ended in 2009. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
.The U.S. economy probably expanded in the second quarter at the slowest pace in a year as higher fuel costs crimped consumer spending and supply disruptions limited production, economists said before a report this week.

Gross domestic product, the sum of all goods and services produced in the nation, rose at a 1.8 percent annual pace after a 1.9 percent gain in the previous three months, according to the median forecast of 69 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News before the Commerce Department’s July 29 report. Home sales languished and consumer confidence dimmed, other data may show.

Americans’ purchases last quarter grew at the weakest pace since the recession ended in 2009, reflecting limited job growth that may keep holding back the world’s largest economy. That is among reasons Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said this month that the Federal Reserve needs to keep all policy options open.

“The soft patch has hung around a little longer than expected,” said Ryan Sweet, a senior economist at Moody’s Analytics Inc. in West Chester, Pennsylvania. “A lot of the slowdown can be blamed on temporary factors, but not all of it. Consumers faced several headwinds, which caused them to ratchet down their spending.”

The GDP estimate is the first of three for the quarter, with the other releases scheduled for August and September when more information becomes available.

Consumer purchases, which account for about 70 percent of the economy, rose at a 0.8 percent annual pace from April through June, the slowest since the same three months in 2009, following a 2.2 percent gain, according to the survey median.

‘More Uncertainty’
“There’s probably more uncertainty right now in many people’s minds about the economy,” Jim Young, chief executive officer of Omaha, Nebraska-based Union Pacific Corp., said in an interview on July 21.

One area of weakness was auto purchases. Cars and light trucks sold at an average 12.1 annual rate in the quarter, down from a 13 million pace in the first three months of the year, according to industry data.

Higher expenses for necessities like food and energy may have curtailed spending on less essential items. The cost of a gallon of regular gasoline climbed in May to about $4 a gallon, the highest in almost three years, according to AAA, the nation’s biggest auto group.

The absence of faster job growth is also discouraging shoppers. The unemployment rate climbed to 9.2 percent in June while payrolls grew by 18,000, the smallest gain in nine months, Labor Department figures showed on July 8.

Consumer Sentiment
A July 29 report may show the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index of consumer sentiment fell in July to the lowest level since March 2009, when the economy was still in a recession, economists predicted. A similar measure from the New York-based Conference Board dropped this month to the lowest level since October, according to economists surveyed.

The pessimism is consistent with the dim outlook for employment at the start of this quarter. San Jose, California- based Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO), the world’s largest networking- equipment maker, on July 18 said it plans to cut about 6,500 jobs worldwide. Also last week, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) announced it will reduce about 1,000 jobs, and Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) said it’ll offer a voluntary separation plan to 6,500 employees.

“Recent economic data are clear -- the U.S. economy is still struggling to emerge from the Great Recession and unable to move to a path of vibrant and sustainable growth,” Dan DiMicco, chairman and chief executive officer at steelmaker Nucor Corp. (NUE), said on a July 21 teleconference with analysts.

Parts Shortages
A shortage of Japanese-made parts after the earthquake and tsunami in March also caused supply disruptions for U.S. companies, restraining production. In addition, the government’s inability to agree on a budget and debt-limit increase may also be making companies reluctant to order new equipment and hire.

Demand for durable goods in June increased 0.3 percent, after a 2.1 percent gain, economists forecast Commerce Department figures will show on July 27.

Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), the world’s largest construction and mining-equipment maker, posted lower-than-expected profit for the first time in 10 quarters after the Japanese earthquake reduced sales, demand slowed in China and manufacturing costs rose.

Shares of manufacturers have trailed the broader market since the beginning of the year. The Standard & Poor’s Supercomposite Machinery Index has risen 4.9 percent this year, while the broader S&P gauge is up 6.9 percent.

Housing remains the economy’s weak link as foreclosures mount. The Commerce Department may report on July 26 that sales of new homes ran at a 322,000 annual pace in June, little changed from 319,000 a month earlier, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg.

“In the very near term, the recovery is rather fragile,” Fed Chairman Bernanke told lawmakers on July 14. “We just want to make sure that we have the options when they become necessary” to stimulate the economy.

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Probablemente el crecimiento de la economia Americana desacelero en el segundo trimestre.

Se piensa que el crecimiento fue de solamente 1.8% despues de haber crecido 1.9% en el primer trimestre.

U.S. Growth Probably Slowed in Second Quarter
QBy Shobhana Chandra - Jul 24, 2011 12:00 AM ET .

Growth Probably Slowed in Second Quarter David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
Americans' purchases last quarter grew at the weakest pace since the recession ended in 2009.

Americans' purchases last quarter grew at the weakest pace since the recession ended in 2009. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
.The U.S. economy probably expanded in the second quarter at the slowest pace in a year as higher fuel costs crimped consumer spending and supply disruptions limited production, economists said before a report this week.

Gross domestic product, the sum of all goods and services produced in the nation, rose at a 1.8 percent annual pace after a 1.9 percent gain in the previous three months, according to the median forecast of 69 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News before the Commerce Department’s July 29 report. Home sales languished and consumer confidence dimmed, other data may show.

Americans’ purchases last quarter grew at the weakest pace since the recession ended in 2009, reflecting limited job growth that may keep holding back the world’s largest economy. That is among reasons Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said this month that the Federal Reserve needs to keep all policy options open.

“The soft patch has hung around a little longer than expected,” said Ryan Sweet, a senior economist at Moody’s Analytics Inc. in West Chester, Pennsylvania. “A lot of the slowdown can be blamed on temporary factors, but not all of it. Consumers faced several headwinds, which caused them to ratchet down their spending.”

The GDP estimate is the first of three for the quarter, with the other releases scheduled for August and September when more information becomes available.

Consumer purchases, which account for about 70 percent of the economy, rose at a 0.8 percent annual pace from April through June, the slowest since the same three months in 2009, following a 2.2 percent gain, according to the survey median.

‘More Uncertainty’
“There’s probably more uncertainty right now in many people’s minds about the economy,” Jim Young, chief executive officer of Omaha, Nebraska-based Union Pacific Corp., said in an interview on July 21.

One area of weakness was auto purchases. Cars and light trucks sold at an average 12.1 annual rate in the quarter, down from a 13 million pace in the first three months of the year, according to industry data.

Higher expenses for necessities like food and energy may have curtailed spending on less essential items. The cost of a gallon of regular gasoline climbed in May to about $4 a gallon, the highest in almost three years, according to AAA, the nation’s biggest auto group.

The absence of faster job growth is also discouraging shoppers. The unemployment rate climbed to 9.2 percent in June while payrolls grew by 18,000, the smallest gain in nine months, Labor Department figures showed on July 8.

Consumer Sentiment
A July 29 report may show the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index of consumer sentiment fell in July to the lowest level since March 2009, when the economy was still in a recession, economists predicted. A similar measure from the New York-based Conference Board dropped this month to the lowest level since October, according to economists surveyed.

The pessimism is consistent with the dim outlook for employment at the start of this quarter. San Jose, California- based Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO), the world’s largest networking- equipment maker, on July 18 said it plans to cut about 6,500 jobs worldwide. Also last week, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) announced it will reduce about 1,000 jobs, and Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) said it’ll offer a voluntary separation plan to 6,500 employees.

“Recent economic data are clear -- the U.S. economy is still struggling to emerge from the Great Recession and unable to move to a path of vibrant and sustainable growth,” Dan DiMicco, chairman and chief executive officer at steelmaker Nucor Corp. (NUE), said on a July 21 teleconference with analysts.

Parts Shortages
A shortage of Japanese-made parts after the earthquake and tsunami in March also caused supply disruptions for U.S. companies, restraining production. In addition, the government’s inability to agree on a budget and debt-limit increase may also be making companies reluctant to order new equipment and hire.

Demand for durable goods in June increased 0.3 percent, after a 2.1 percent gain, economists forecast Commerce Department figures will show on July 27.

Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), the world’s largest construction and mining-equipment maker, posted lower-than-expected profit for the first time in 10 quarters after the Japanese earthquake reduced sales, demand slowed in China and manufacturing costs rose.

Shares of manufacturers have trailed the broader market since the beginning of the year. The Standard & Poor’s Supercomposite Machinery Index has risen 4.9 percent this year, while the broader S&P gauge is up 6.9 percent.

Housing remains the economy’s weak link as foreclosures mount. The Commerce Department may report on July 26 that sales of new homes ran at a 322,000 annual pace in June, little changed from 319,000 a month earlier, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg.

“In the very near term, the recovery is rather fragile,” Fed Chairman Bernanke told lawmakers on July 14. “We just want to make sure that we have the options when they become necessary” to stimulate the economy.

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Ese Suarez ya le metio el primer gol a Paraguay, ese fue el que nos metio los goles a nosotros.

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Aldo Mariátegui:
"Seguridad, Humala, seguridad"
La columna del directorLima - Nuestra encuesta nacional de hoy revela claramente cuál es el problema que más desean –y de lejos, con 33%, duplicando a corrupción (declaración que siento lírica. Lamentablemente, el peruano promedio es bastante corrupto en cuanto tiene la oportunidad de serlo) y desempleo- los peruanos que tenga una solución pronta: la seguridad pública. Si bien aún felizmente no estamos a niveles venezolanos, brasileños o salvadoreños, efectivamente sí se percibe un gran aumento de la criminalidad, plaga que en algunas ciudades norteñas –Trujillo en especial- ha alcanzado cotas inadmisibles (allí es el 47% quien reclama esto). La gente no está pidiendo "una revolución" a este gobierno izquierdista, sino algo muy comprensiblemente conservador: tranquilidad para desplazarse por la calle, para que sus niños jueguen en el barrio y para estar en su casa sin que se le metan los ladrones. Por eso va a ser muy importante saber a qué persona se va a colocar en el dificilísimo Ministerio del Interior, la cartera donde García ha experimentado más sinsabores y en donde han fracasado políticos de todas las tendencias –desde Rospigliosi a Cabanillas-, así como uniformados, aunque muchas veces han sido las algaradas sociales los que se los han tumbado. Ojalá que se haga una elección a base de capacidades y no política, aunque insisto en que sería espectacular que designen a Javier Diez Canseco en esa cartera y veamos si ese criticón incendiario realmente vale lo que habla o resulta ser un bocón que no funciona nada a la hora de los loros (ya se "chupó" de aceptar este reto cuando le preguntaron si estaría dispuesto a asumir esa cartera. Así son).

Otro dato que llama la atención en esta encuesta es el rechazo (54%) al naciente cogobierno Gana Perú-Perú Posible, aunque este matrimonio Toledo-Ollanta mantiene un respetable 40% de apoyo. ¿Tenía razón entonces la postura, minoritaria dentro de la chakana, de Bruce de no aliarse? Eso sólo lo sabremos al final de esta administración (si es que dejan el poder en el 2016...), aunque es muy posiblemente que PP termine siendo tan irrelevante como lo es el FIM actualmente, a quien su coalición con Toledo evaporó.

Esto último porque creo que las aspiraciones presidenciales de Toledo y la existencia futura de PP como un partido importante se acabaron con la aparición del sano y sagrado en el mitin final de Gana Perú. Ese oportunismo, ese cambio de postura -después que decían que votar por Ollanta era "un salto al vacío" que sólo votando por Toledo se evitaba- los ha herido de muerte políticamente. No creo que Toledo pasaría del 5% de votos si hoy se repitiesen los comicios generales. Por eso si es "Realpolitik" que se alíen con Humala y así gocen por última vez de alguna manera de las mieles del poder. Que sirvan entonces como furgón de cola y para equilibrar a los elementos radicales de Gana Perú. Creo que Toledo y PP desaparecen del todo políticamente en el 2016 y que a lo más serán un zombie pequeño, tipo los actuales Somos Perú y Acción Popular, ganando algunas alcaldías de vez en cuando. Difícil que un partido tan 100% caudillista pueda sobrevivir cuando su caudillo se haya despintado tanto.

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Las ventas de Samsung habrian superado las del AAPL.

Se estima que Samsung haya vendido entre 18 y 21 millones de smartphones en todo el mundo, comparado con 16.7 millones de Nokia y 20.3 millones de iPhones.

Samsung Smartphone Sales May Pass Apple
QBy Jun Yang - Jul 24, 2011 11:01 AM ET .
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest handset maker, may have surpassed Nokia Oyj (NOK1V) and Apple Inc. (AAPL) in smartphone sales in the second quarter, driven by the popularity of Android-based models, according to Boston- based Strategy Analytics.

Samsung is estimated to have sold between 18 million and 21 million smartphones globally in the period, compared with 16.7 million for Nokia and 20.3 million iPhones, Neil Mawston, a London-based analyst at the research company, said in an e- mailed response to questions on July 22.

The maker of Galaxy devices is on track to pass Nokia and Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) in smartphone sales for the first time to become Apple’s closest rival, as consumers flock to devices running Google Inc. (GOOG)’s Android system. Samsung, which aims to more than double smartphone sales this year, and Apple are vying to replace Nokia as the biggest smartphone seller and capitalize on surging demand for computer-like handsets.

“Apple, Samsung and Nokia are in a close three-way battle,” said Mawston. “Samsung’s Android portfolio is selling strongly in most regions. Samsung and Apple will be at similar levels in smartphones by the end of the year.”

Including basic phones, Samsung will probably have a 20 percent share this year, compared with Nokia’s 26 percent, closing the gap to the narrowest ever, he said.

Galaxy S II
Samsung’s smartphone sales, ranked fourth in the first quarter, are accelerating after it began selling the Galaxy S II, a successor to its best-selling Android device introduced last year to counter Apple.

The 4.27-inch model unveiled in February helped Samsung more than double operating profit at its mobile phone business in the second quarter, according to five analysts polled by Bloomberg News.

Apple reported net income that beat estimates on July 19, lifted by record sales of iPhones and iPads. Earnings for the three-month period ended June 25 was followed by Nokia’s first quarterly loss since 2009 as the Finish company struggles to sell handsets based on its 10-year-old Symbian software.

Android’s share will rise to 44 percent by 2015 from 39 percent this year, according to a forecast by International Data Corp. Global sales of smartphones will soar 55 percent to 472 million units this year, according to the researcher.

Samsung is also tapping consumers looking for lower-priced models with devices using its own Bada software. It plans to introduce a new model based on the system in the second half, J.K. Shin, head of Samsung’s mobile-phone division, said July 20.

To contact the reporter on this story: Jun Yang in Seoul at jyang180@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Young-

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Las ventas de Samsung podrian haber superado las de AAPL.

Se estima que Samsung haya vendido entre 18 y 21 millones de smartphones en todo el mundo, comparado con 16.7 millones de Nokia y 20.3 millones de iPhones.

Samsung Smartphone Sales May Pass Apple
QBy Jun Yang - Jul 24, 2011 11:01 AM ET .
Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest handset maker, may have surpassed Nokia Oyj (NOK1V) and Apple Inc. (AAPL) in smartphone sales in the second quarter, driven by the popularity of Android-based models, according to Boston- based Strategy Analytics.

Samsung is estimated to have sold between 18 million and 21 million smartphones globally in the period, compared with 16.7 million for Nokia and 20.3 million iPhones, Neil Mawston, a London-based analyst at the research company, said in an e- mailed response to questions on July 22.

The maker of Galaxy devices is on track to pass Nokia and Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) in smartphone sales for the first time to become Apple’s closest rival, as consumers flock to devices running Google Inc. (GOOG)’s Android system. Samsung, which aims to more than double smartphone sales this year, and Apple are vying to replace Nokia as the biggest smartphone seller and capitalize on surging demand for computer-like handsets.

“Apple, Samsung and Nokia are in a close three-way battle,” said Mawston. “Samsung’s Android portfolio is selling strongly in most regions. Samsung and Apple will be at similar levels in smartphones by the end of the year.”

Including basic phones, Samsung will probably have a 20 percent share this year, compared with Nokia’s 26 percent, closing the gap to the narrowest ever, he said.

Galaxy S II
Samsung’s smartphone sales, ranked fourth in the first quarter, are accelerating after it began selling the Galaxy S II, a successor to its best-selling Android device introduced last year to counter Apple.

The 4.27-inch model unveiled in February helped Samsung more than double operating profit at its mobile phone business in the second quarter, according to five analysts polled by Bloomberg News.

Apple reported net income that beat estimates on July 19, lifted by record sales of iPhones and iPads. Earnings for the three-month period ended June 25 was followed by Nokia’s first quarterly loss since 2009 as the Finish company struggles to sell handsets based on its 10-year-old Symbian software.

Android’s share will rise to 44 percent by 2015 from 39 percent this year, according to a forecast by International Data Corp. Global sales of smartphones will soar 55 percent to 472 million units this year, according to the researcher.

Samsung is also tapping consumers looking for lower-priced models with devices using its own Bada software. It plans to introduce a new model based on the system in the second half, J.K. Shin, head of Samsung’s mobile-phone division, said July 20.

To contact the reporter on this story: Jun Yang in Seoul at jyang180@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Young-

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Los futures del Dow Jones mas de 100 puntos a la baja, el oro se dispara, el yen y euro a la baja.

No hay acuerdo para elevar el limte de la deuda Americana.


5:25 p.m. EDT 07/22/11Treasurys
    Price Chg Yield %
2-Year Note*   1/32 0.400
10-Year Note*   14/32 2.968
* at close
8:04 p.m. EDT 07/24/11Futures
  Last Change Settle
Crude Oil 99.23 -0.64 99.87
Gold 1615.2 13.7 1601.5
E-mini Dow 12516 -105 12690
E-mini S&P 500 1330.00 -12.50 1342.50
8:15 p.m. EDT 07/24/11Currencies
  Last (bid) Prior Day †
Japanese Yen (USD/JPY) 78.47 78.55
Euro (EUR/USD) 1.4360 1.4358
† Late Friday in New York.

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Korea -1.02%, Australia -0.54%, el Nikkei -0.76%

Euro down 1.4359

Au ip 1,612.10

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US no caera en default.

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Oil down 99.05

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Copper July 24,20:18
Bid/Ask 4.3774 - 4.3801
Change -0.0078 -0.18%
Low/High 4.3727 - 4.3886
Charts

Nickel July 22,14:00
Bid/Ask 10.8109 - 10.8336
Change +0.0000 +0.00%
Low/High 10.8109 - 10.8336
Charts

Aluminum July 24,20:19
Bid/Ask 1.1495 - 1.1508
Change -0.0015 -0.13%
Low/High 1.1486 - 1.1545
Charts

Zinc July 24,20:08
Bid/Ask 1.1114 - 1.1136
Change -0.0020 -0.18%
Low/High 1.1106 - 1.1153
Charts

Lead July 22,14:01
Bid/Ask 1.2110 - 1.2174
Change -0.0006 -0.05%
Low/High 1.2110 - 1.2174