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HSBC profits almost double to $8.43 billion
07 May 2013
Linkedin shares down 10% after lacklustre revenue forecast
03 May 2013
Linkedin’s disappointing revenue forecasts come a day after Facebook, the biggest social-networking site, reported revenue that bettered analysts’ predictions
Bharti Airtel to sell 5% stake to Qatar Foundation for $1.26 bn
03 May 2013
The investment comes after Bharti Airtel recently raised $1.5 billion through overseas bonds in order to service its massive $11.7 billion debt
Facebook revenues top estimates on mobile advertising
02 May 2013
Facebook’s first-quarter sales exceeded projections, a sign that chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg was on track to raise revenues from mobile advertising
Apple launches largest US corporate bond issue
30 Apr 2013
Although the total size of the issue is still being worked out, analysts speculate that it would be in the $15 billion to $20 billion range.
Chrysler Group posts profit fall of 65 per cent
30 Apr 2013
Apple announces $60-bn share buyback as profits decline
24 Apr 2013
Although it holds cash reserves of over $140 billion, Apple said it plans to borrow money in order to return cash to shareholders, in the world's largest-ever share buyback
EBay reports Q1 sales of $3.75 bn
18 Apr 2013
SBI raises $1 billion in 5-year bonds
13 Apr 2013
Monkeys can pick stocks better than cap-based tools: study
04 Apr 2013
Research in the US found that equity indices constructed "by monkeys" would have produced higher risk-adjusted returns than an equivalent index weighted by market cap
EBay Inc to see rising revenue and profit
30 Mar 2013
Markets cheer as Cyprus rejects levy on bank deposits
20 Mar 2013
Russians hold €15.4 billion of the total foreign deposits of €26.8 billion in Cyprus in the overall total of €64.8 billion
Markets cheer as Cyprus rejects levy on bank deposits
20 Mar 2013
Russians hold €15.4 billion of the total foreign deposits of €26.8 billion in Cyprus in the overall total of €64.8 billion
Transocean board opposed to Icahn proposals
18 Mar 2013
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