Stock markets - world
HSBC net profits jump in Q3 on accounting gain
10 Nov 2011
Buffett acquires stock worth $20 bn as markets tumble
08 Nov 2011
In a quarter that is believed to have been the worst for US stocks after the financial crisis, billionaire investor Warren Buffett went on a $20-bn shopping binge
WPP projects improved full year margin forecast
28 Oct 2011
Groupon revises IPO, to raise $540 million
22 Oct 2011
US launches accounting fraud probe on US-listed Chinese firms
30 Sep 2011
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has launched criminal investigations into accounting irregularities of Chinese firms listed on US stock exchanges, sending Chinese internet stocks tumbling.
LCH.Clearnet board backs LSE takeover offer
28 Sep 2011
Alibaba to offer shares of HiChina group
26 Sep 2011
Fed warning pushes Asian stocks down
22 Sep 2011
Asian markets recovering after plunge
29 Aug 2011
Asian stocks rose for the third day today after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben S Bernanke said economic recovery will accelerate and the central bank has more means to prop up the country’s growth if appropriate
Manchester United looks East for $1-bn IPO
23 Aug 2011
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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