Stock markets - world

Facebook's $190-bn market cap brings it in IBM's league

25 Jul 2014

Facebook's market cap now ranks it as the 14th most valuable company in the S&P 500

Ford reports $1.3 billion net profit for April-June quarter

25 Jul 2014

Facebook earnings beat Wall Street expectations

24 Jul 2014

Asian stocks rise on China's manufacturing growth

24 Jul 2014

Apple books $7.7 bn quarterly profit as India sales zoom 45%

24 Jul 2014

Apple has posted a net profit of $7.7 billion on revenue of $37.4 billion in the three months ended 30 June 2014

Lockheed Martin shares gain on higher EPS

23 Jul 2014

Profit at McDonald’s Corp dips, US sales decline

23 Jul 2014

Credit Suisse posts highest loss since 2008 after US tax settlement

23 Jul 2014

Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse Group AG posted its biggest quarterly loss in six years after reaching a $2.5-billion tax settlement with the US

Singapore Exchange opens liaison office in India to attract listings

22 Jul 2014

CIT reports Q2-’14 net income of $247 million

22 Jul 2014

Google posts 22% rise in Q2 revenue

18 Jul 2014

IL&FS raises $92 mn from Chinese market through 3-year bonds

12 Jul 2014

IL&FS Transportation has successfully concluded the first unrated bond sale by an Indian  issuer in the Chinese debt market

Company with no useful product worth $6 billion baffles experts

11 Jul 2014

Dow moves above 17,000 as US economy picks up

04 Jul 2014

Monsanto fast-tracks $6 billion share buy-back from JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs

02 Jul 2014

Tata Communications moves to delist ADRs from US bourses

27 Jun 2014

LSE group acquires US stock market indices provider Frank Russell

26 Jun 2014

Rich US stock market investors get richer quicker than modest investors: study

26 Jun 2014

Wealthy individuals in the US can get in relative terms up to 70 per cent of the times, greater returns on their investments than those with modest wealth

Asian stocks, currencies rise despite Iraq turmoil on back of China stats

23 Jun 2014

Shares in Rolls-Royce rise 7 per cent on buyback announcement

20 Jun 2014

Property website Zoopla float to value site at £919 million

19 Jun 2014

Rajat Gupta begins jail term after losing in insider trading appeal

18 Jun 2014

Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta began his prison sentence after fighting a protracted legal battle to clear his name in one of the biggest insider trading cases in US history

US stocks up after first weekly drop in a month

17 Jun 2014

Emirates shocks Airbus, Rolls Royce; cancels $16-bn A350 deal

12 Jun 2014

Rolls Royce and Airbus suffered an unexpected reversal as Dubai’s Emirates cancelled a $16-billion order for the A350

World’s top 1% investors rapidly getting richer: Boston Group study

11 Jun 2014

The world’s richest 1 per cent had one of their finest years in 2013, propelled by robust equities performance in developed economies and healthy GDP growth in emerging markets