Stock markets - world

SEC to investigate in-house flaws to nail Madoff

18 Dec 2008

News Corporation to switch listing from NYSE to Nasdaq

17 Dec 2008

HSBC discloses $1billion exposure to Madoff fraud

16 Dec 2008

HSBC yesterday said it had an exposure of around $1billion in US financier Bernard Madoff.'s investment fraud

Madoff fraud losses may be below $50 billion

13 Dec 2008

Resolution raises £600 million war chest for acquisitions

06 Dec 2008

SEC tightens regulations for credit rating agencies

04 Dec 2008

GE stock rises on dividend promise, restructuring of finance arm GE Capital

03 Dec 2008

Mutual funds investors face double blow of low returns and capital gains tax

01 Dec 2008

Warren Buffett buys again, invests $300 million in US building materials supplier USG

22 Nov 2008

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc is expected to have picked up a majority of the $400 million of convertible notes issued by building materials supplier USG Corp.

Internet entrepreneur Mark Cuban counters SEC charges on his web site

19 Nov 2008

G20 puts up a joint front, seeks bigger role for emerging economies

10 Nov 2008

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire reports 77-per cent drop in quarterly profit

08 Nov 2008

Warren Buffett’s flagship investment vehicle Berkshire Hathaway reported a whopping 77-per cent decrease in income due to the vagaries of a market meltdown.

Ford reports $3 billion Q3 loss; plans further cost cuts

07 Nov 2008

UBS makes a turnaround, records profit in third quarter

04 Nov 2008

CBS loses $12.5 billion in third quarter after $14 billion TV, radio station write downs

31 Oct 2008

UK pension funds lose £157 billion in the market meltdown

27 Oct 2008

Nikkei rebounds, S Korea declines despite highest rate cut

27 Oct 2008

SEC chief calls for merger of commodity futures, stock market regulators

25 Oct 2008

Indian stocks buck trend on US bourses, regain $7 billion

20 Oct 2008

Indian stocks listed on the American bourses gained nearly $7 billion, defying the global market gloom, much before domestic markets showed signs of recovery.

Warren Buffett expresses support for American stocks

20 Oct 2008

The Oracle of Oklahama pours billions into Ameerican stocks, demonstrating his belief: Bad news is an investor's best friend, because it enables the purchase of “a slice of America's future at a marked-down price.”