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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
Facebook earnings beat Wall Street expectations
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
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
Dow moves above 17,000 as US economy picks up
04 Jul 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
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
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