Stock markets - world

Philips lighting to launch IPO

17 May 2016

Warren Buffett reveals more than $1 bn stake in Apple

17 May 2016

Apple’s stock, which has lost about a third of its value over the past year, rose by 4 per cent yesterday after Berkshire Hathaway revealed the stake

Amazon chief, Jeff Bezos sells 1% stake in Amazon for $671 mn

07 May 2016

CME Group to start publishing bitcoin market prices in real time

03 May 2016

AstraZeneca, Reckitt Benckiser face investor ire over fat executive pay

02 May 2016

Reckitt Benckiser was fined the equivalent of £885,000 in Australia for misleading consumers after a court ruled that pills that claimed to target ailments such as migraine or back pain were identical

Apple's little wonder iPhone fails to enthuse customers

27 Apr 2016

Apple announced financial results for its fiscal 2016 second quarter ended 26 March 2016, reporting its first-ever decline in iPhone sales and its first revenue drop in 13 years

BP reports $532-mn Q1 profit despite low oil prices

26 Apr 2016

Toshiba takes $2.3-bn hit from Westinghouse write-down

26 Apr 2016

Phillips prepares IPO for lighting division

25 Apr 2016

Google's parent Alphabet’s Q1 profit fails to impress at $4.21 billion

23 Apr 2016

Google's holding company Alphabet said the costs of traffic acquisition, or what it pays to other web sites for ad space totaled $3.8 billion and accounted for 21 per cent of advertising revenues during the quarter

GE suffers net loss of $98 mn in 1Q

23 Apr 2016

IBM shares down as Q2 earnings fall short of expectations

20 Apr 2016

China launches yuan gold benchmark to gain greater control over gold market

19 Apr 2016

China launches yuan gold benchmark to gain greater control over gold market

19 Apr 2016

Valeant Pharmaceuticals hires investment banks to review strategic options

15 Apr 2016

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc, one of the most aggressive acquirers in the global pharmaceuticals industry, is considering selling "non-core assets" to help trim its $30-billion debt pile

Nestle 3-month sales up at $21.6 bn despite global slowdown

14 Apr 2016

Morgan Stanley cuts outlook for Twitter stock price

08 Apr 2016

BlackBerry 4Q revenue down more than expected

02 Apr 2016

LSE and Deutsche Börse to merge in all-stock deal

16 Mar 2016

Investors in Germany sue Volkswagen over diesel emissions scandal

15 Mar 2016

Valeant Pharmaceuticals cuts revenue forecast by 12%

15 Mar 2016

Nasdaq to buy International Securities Exchange from Deutsche Boerse for $1.1 bn

10 Mar 2016

Nasdaq Inc yesterday struck a deal to buy US options exchange operator International Securities Exchange (ISE) from Deutsche Boerse AG for $1.1 billion

Wall Street bonuses down as profits slide

08 Mar 2016

ICE mulls bidding for London Stock Exchange Group

01 Mar 2016

Global economic shifts shake down HSBC's net

22 Feb 2016

HSBC’s financial results for 2105 come after a turbulent year which saw a market rout in China and commodity prices plunge as well as tightening credit due to a US rates hike