Stock markets - world

Bosch Oct-Dec sales rise 6.2% to $55.5 billion; margins up at 6.1%

30 Jan 2015

Shell announces $15-bn spending cuts as low oil prices bite

30 Jan 2015

The company said that it would defer spending in many areas, exit selective growth positions, and drive costs down in the supply chain

Boeing reports Q4 net profit of $1.47 billion

29 Jan 2015

Samsung sales, profits plummet; may lose smart phone lead

29 Jan 2015

Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest smart phone maker, looked closer to losing its crown as global smart phone leader after a plunge in its quarterly and annual profits

Alibaba spin-off may extend Marissa Mayer’s term as Yahoo chief

28 Jan 2015

Apple's sales in China jump 70% on changed strategy

28 Jan 2015

Its success in China helped Apple emerge at the top in the first quarter, increasing overall profit to $18 billion on revenues of $74.6 billion

Microsoft second-quarter sales beat analysts’ forecast

27 Jan 2015

Growth in cloud services and improved Xbox Onesales helped microsoft beat analysts' forecasts

American Express to cut 4,000 jobs this year

22 Jan 2015

Reliance’s $1 billion bond issue subscribed over 4.5 times

22 Jan 2015

Netflix subscriber base up 4.3 mn at 57.4 mn end 2014

21 Jan 2015

Hindustan Unilever Q3 net hardly moved at Rs955 crore

19 Jan 2015

AT&T to take $10-bn hit in Q4

19 Jan 2015

US telecommunications giant AT&T Inc says it expects to record a pre-tax loss of $10 billion, though the loss will not affect the company’s operating results

Goldman commodities gambit pays off

17 Jan 2015

London Stock Exchange teams up with Turkey’s Borsa Istanbul

15 Jan 2015

India could match China’s growth within two years: World Bank

14 Jan 2015

World Bank lowers global forecast; US and UK to lead growth

14 Jan 2015

Despite the lowest oil prices in decades, the global economy has been more sluggish than expected since the 2007-2009 global financial crisis

Huawei revenue rises 20% with rising sales of higher-end smartphones

14 Jan 2015

Increasing demand revives Alcoa's fortunes

13 Jan 2015

Banco Santander to raise €7.5 bn to boost capital

09 Jan 2015

Madrid-based Banco Santander, the euro zone’s biggest bank with a market capitalisation close to $95 billion, is set to raise nearly 10 per cent of its current market value through a share issue

Samsung estimates fourth-quarter profit decline of 37.4 per cent

08 Jan 2015

Nasdaq to acquire smart beta index provider Dorsey, Wright & Associates LLC

06 Jan 2015

Saudi Arabia set to open stock market to foreigners in April

29 Dec 2014

The Saudi stock exchange, with a market capitalisation of around $509 billion, is the biggest bourse in the Middle East

German utility giant E.ON to split into two in major restructuring

01 Dec 2014

In response to rapid changes in the global energy markets, Germany’s largest utility E.ON SE plans to split its $122-billion business into two, with one focusing on renewable energy and the other on conventional energy