Stock markets - world
Hong Kong Exchanges bids $39 bn for London Stock Exchange
11 Sep 2019
LSE CEO David Schwimmer has said that big bang takeovers in exchanges are difficult due to political concerns and LSE’s move to diversify
IMF researchers suggest an integrated capital market for Europe
11 Sep 2019
Lowering barriers to a European Capital Markets Union offers the prospect of bridging the interest rate differentials and other macroeconomic benefits, say IMF researchers
US labels China `currency manipulator’ as yuan sinks to a decade low
06 Aug 2019
Markets see the yuan’s fall as proof of China's willingness to let the yuan slide after US President Donald Trump vowed last week to impose 10 per cent tariffs on the remaining $300 billion of Chinese imports from 1 September
LSE to buy financial tech firm Refinitiv in $27 bn deal
01 Aug 2019
The deal will see the Blackstone-led consortium doubling the value of its investment in Refinitiv and the consortium of investment funds affiliated with Blackstone and Thomson Reuters ending up with about 37 per cent economic interest in LSEG and less than 30 per cent of the total voting rights of LSEG
Saudi Aramco’s 2018 net income zooms to $111.07 billion
12 Jun 2019
Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest integrated oil and gas company producing one in every eight barrels of crude oil globally, said its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation for the year stood at SAR 839 billion ($224 billion) while its return on average capital employed stood at 41 per cent
Airtel Africa plans London listing to cut $16 billion debt
29 May 2019
With a debt load of more than $16 billion and falling revenue and market share at home Bharti Airtel is looking at its African business to stay put
Microsoft Jan-Mar FY19 net income rises 19% to $8.8 bn
26 Apr 2019
Boosted by cloud business that grew at around 75 per cent and the more than expected earnings growth Microsoft also emerged a trillion dollar company, beating rival Amazon to the third place
Saudi Aramco’s initial bond issue gets $100 billion order
09 Apr 2019
While reports say the bond issue is intended to raise cash for Aramco’s $69.1 billion acquisition of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, the Saudi oil giant with core earnings of $224 billion last year and $86 billion in free cash flow at the end of 2018, does not need to borrow
Euronext hints at sweetening offer for Oslo Bors
06 Feb 2019
SEC sues Elon Musk for fraud, seeks his ouster as Tesla chief
28 Sep 2018
In its lawsuit, the US regulator said Musk calculated the $420 price per share, at a 20 per cent premium over that day’s closing share price and that the number’s slang reference to marijuana and hints in emails and text messages pointed that it was only intended to impress his girlfriend