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Google briefly overtakes ExxonMobil as world's 2nd most valuable company
08 Feb 2014
Internet giant Google yesterday briefly overtook energy giant ExxonMobil to become the world’s second most valuable company after iPhone maker Apple.
Google briefly overtakes ExxonMobil as world's 2nd most valuable company
08 Feb 2014
Internet giant Google yesterday briefly overtook energy giant ExxonMobil to become the world’s second most valuable company after iPhone maker Apple.
Apple buys back $14 bn stock in two weeks after weak results
07 Feb 2014
Including the latest share buyback, Apple had bought back share worth more than $40 billion over the past 12 months, which was a record for any company over a similar time period
Twitter value down $8 bn on slowing growth
07 Feb 2014
Twitter, which went public last November, disappointed investors with its first set of results that revealed a dramatic slowdown in growth
ARM revenues take a hit on slow smartphone sales
06 Feb 2014
Google Q4-2013 net up 17% at $3.38 bn
31 Jan 2014
Google said the results were boosted by rising advertisement revenues and play store sales, which were consistent with sales, on a gross basis
Facebook shares rise 17% to record $62.50 on increasing ad revenue
31 Jan 2014
Facebook Inc reached a key milestone last quarter with over half of its advertising revenue coming from mobile devices
Samsung posts first profit decline in two years
24 Jan 2014
Microsoft posts better-than-expected results for fiscal 2Q
24 Jan 2014
The software giant’s quarterly profit was boosted by strong sales of its software and services for businesses
Carl Icahn raises stake in Apple to $3 bn
23 Jan 2014
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has increased his stake in US technology giant Apple Inc by $500 million to $3 billion pressurising the company to return more wealth to its shareholders
Unilever full-year turnover falls
21 Jan 2014
Hedge funds manipulate stock prices: research
17 Jan 2014
Some hedge funds manipulate stock prices at the end of the month to improve the returns that they report to their investors, suggest a new study by Itzhak Ben-David, an author of the study and assistant professor of finance at Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business
Bank of America’s profits rise five-fold
16 Jan 2014
Bank of America , the second-largest US lender, posted net income of $3.4 billion in the fourth quarter, up from $732 million a year earlier
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