Stock markets - world
US approves SGX as Asia’s first derivatives clearing house
31 Dec 2013
SGX offers its clients the world's biggest offshore market for Asian equity index futures, centred on Asia's three largest economies - China, India and Japan
Facebook and banks to face lawsuit over IPO
20 Dec 2013
Social networking site Facebook and dozens of banks must face a lawsuit for misleading investors at the time of its IPO, a US judge has ruled
Hilton serves up a surprise in market debut
14 Dec 2013
Hilton IPO raises $2.34 bn
12 Dec 2013
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc, the luxury hotels chain bought by private equity firm Blackstone Group LP in 2007, yesterday raised $2.34 billion in its initial public offering, making it the biggest floatation by a hotel company
Hilton Worldwide to raise $2.4 bn in biggest hotels IPO
03 Dec 2013
The luxury chain's public offering is the biggest floatation by a hotel company
Chrysler IPO delayed to 2014: Fiat
27 Nov 2013
Nasdaq briefly tops 4000 after 13 years
26 Nov 2013
UBS tells investors to sell Royal Mail shares
21 Nov 2013
Yahoo to boost stock-buyback plan by $5 bn
20 Nov 2013
Vedanta core earnings down 14% at $2.21 bn
16 Nov 2013
Twitter IPO brings India-born Rizvi a $3.8-bn windfall
09 Nov 2013
47-year-old Suhail Rizvi is a publicity-shy investment manager with clients that include Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia
Twitter soars to $45.1 on NYSE debut
08 Nov 2013
Twitter’s market value soared to $24.5 billion, up around 73 per cent from the $14.2 billion price tag the company had worked out on Wednesday evening
Twitter raises IPO price range to $23 to $25
07 Nov 2013
As it prepares to debut on the market week, Twitter has raised the price range for its IPO to $23 to $25 per share
Toyota profit up 70% despite sales slide
06 Nov 2013
Hilton Worldwide close to launching IPO
04 Nov 2013
US private equity firm Blackstone Group-owned Hilton Worldwide Inc is close to launching an IPO, which analysts say could value the world’s second-largest hotel chain at around $30 billion.
Facebook shares surge 15.5% after results
31 Oct 2013
According to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, 49 per cent of Facebook revenue came from mobile.
LyondellBasell reports $854-mn Q3 earnings
29 Oct 2013
Apple’s profits down despite rising iPhone sales
29 Oct 2013
Commentators say rivals are catching up fast with Apple in most areas