Stock markets - world

European markets edgy as Spanish yields rise to 6.53 per cent

29 May 2012

Ex-Galleon portfolio manager testifies against Rajat Gupta

Ex-Galleon portfolio manager testifies against Rajat Gupta

26 May 2012

Michael Cardillo, a former fund manager at Gallion, said he had learned from Raj Rajaratnam’s brother R K Rajaratnam  that the P&G stock was all hype without much substance

Zuckerberg, others sold off millions of shares before crash: report

Zuckerberg, others sold off millions of shares before crash: report

25 May 2012

Mark Zuckerberg and prominent Facebook investors sold millions of shares before the Facebook share price crashed following its maiden public issue, company filings show

Shareholders sue Facebook, banks for hiding facts

23 May 2012

Facebook shares down nearly 18 per cent below IPO price

23 May 2012

India Inc rallies behind Rajat Gupta as trial begins in the US

23 May 2012

Facebook shares fall further on floatation concerns

23 May 2012

Nasdaq takes hit with Facebook IPO

22 May 2012

Facebook stock down 13.7 per cent on Day 2

Facebook stock down 13.7 per cent on Day 2

21 May 2012

Facebook, which started trading on the second day after its listing on Friday, lost around $4 billion of its $104 billion market cap

Facebook IPO fails to live up to hype

Facebook IPO fails to live up to hype

19 May 2012

The company's stock rose just a few pennies during its market debut and closed at $38.23, barely above the $38 IPO price

Bankers to split $176 million Facebook fee

18 May 2012

Facebook to open trading today on Nasdaq

Facebook to open trading today on Nasdaq

18 May 2012

Facebook Inc will start trading today following a record initial public offering that valued the social network higher than almost every company in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.

Bharat Petroleum Asia’s best-performing energy stock

Bharat Petroleum Asia’s best-performing energy stock

18 May 2012

State-owned Bharat Petroleum has been rated as the best- performing energy stock in the Asia Pacific region this year, and its entry into exploration in Africa implies there’s more growth to come

Bankia denies deposit pullout as shares plunge

17 May 2012

Fake Sumitomo Mitsui Financial representatives hit New Zealand investors

Fake Sumitomo Mitsui Financial representatives hit New Zealand investors

16 May 2012

Posing as representatives of Japanese firm Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Corporation, scamsters have been making lucrative share offers to investors

Half of Americans polled see Facebook as a fad: report

15 May 2012

SEC halts trading in 379 shell companies

15 May 2012

Global stocks plunge over possible Greece exit from eurozone

Global stocks plunge over possible Greece exit from eurozone

15 May 2012

Global stocks plunged over the possible exit of Greece from the euro zone and concerns over China’s move to prop up lending to combat eon omic slowdown

Facebook offering seeing lower than expected demand: reports

Facebook offering seeing lower than expected demand: reports

14 May 2012

Analysts say expectations on Facebook are way too high and given its fundamentals, the company does not look anywhere cheap in valuation

Sony posts $5.6 billion annual loss

11 May 2012

British greeting card retail chain Clinton Cards goes into administration

10 May 2012

LyondellBasell to hike dividend payout by 60 per cent

09 May 2012

Facebook IPO road show today but Buffett is not buying

Facebook IPO road show today but Buffett is not buying

07 May 2012

Facebook kicks off its highly anticipated IPO road show today, but two men who wont be buying into the social network are Warren Buffett and his 88-year old Berkshire Hathway vice chairman Charlie Munger

Facebook prices shares in $28-$35 band

05 May 2012

China sales, Singulair drive Merck’s Q1-2012 net to $3 bn

China sales, Singulair drive Merck’s Q1-2012 net to $3 bn

28 Apr 2012

Merck's worldwide sales for the first quarter of 2012 rose just one per cent to $11.7 billion due to the unfavorable impact from the arbitration settlement agreement with Johnson & Johnson