Stock markets - world
ArcelorMittal gets shareholders' nod for $15-billion share issue
15 May 2008
Steel giant ArcelorMittal's shareholders have approved raising fresh capital by $14.3 billion to finance future acquisitions
Kerkorian raise Ford stake again
09 May 2008
World equity markets bounce back in April: S&P
09 May 2008
Citigroup stake sale fetches $4.5 billion; exceeds target by 50 per cent
01 May 2008
Citigroup raises $4.5 billion by selling stock, 50 per cent more than planned; may increase offer to $4.95 billion
General Electric shock and after
19 Apr 2008
Are the weak quarterly results and current year forecasts by General Electric indicative of a wider decline in global economic growth? By Vivek Sharma
GE downed by credit woes in Q1 2008; reports first decline in profits since 2003
11 Apr 2008
The world's third-largest company by market value, GE, makes its first quarterly loss since 2003, while its stocks fell by 12 per cent, the highest since the October stock market crash of 1987.
World equity markets rebound in February
14 Mar 2008
Value of global financial assets outpaces GDP growth: McKinsey report
28 Jan 2008
The total value of the world's financial assets grew faster in 2006 at 17 per cent to reach $167 trillion from $142 trillion in 2005, says a McKinsey report titled, Mapping Global Capital Markets, Fourth Annual Report
Wall Street off to worst New Year start in 25 years
03 Jan 2008
After data from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) showed that the US factory sector contracted unexpectedly in December, the increased possibility of recession plunged US stocks to unprecedented lows on the first day of trading in 2008
Goldman Sachs beats expectations on Q4 earnings
19 Dec 2007
Comcast lowers its Cable TV revenue growth forecast for 2007
By Our Corporate Bureau | 05 Dec 2007
Nasdaq goes to Beijing to list Chinese companies
03 Dec 2007
Nasdaq Stock Market Inc of the US has opened a Beijing representative office which will permit it to 'openly' pursue Chinese listing.
Fed still divided on cutting interest rates, despite vice chairman Kohn's positive signals
By Ashwin Tombat | 29 Nov 2007
Regional Fed heads strike a radically different note even as Wall Street gives a 300-point rising ovation to Fed vice chairman Kohn's rate-cutting hints.
GM reports record $39 billion loss in third quarter after write-downs
By Our Corporate Bureau | 17 Nov 2007
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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