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China to ban trading of bitcoin
11 Sep 2017
China bans ICOs in crackdown on cryptocurrency
05 Sep 2017
BHP Billiton to exit loss-making US shale business
22 Aug 2017
The mining giant, which announced a 192 per cent increase in its net profit to $5.89 billion for the year ended 30 June and a 24 per cent rise in revenues to $38.29 billion, instead opted to reward investors with a three-fold hike in dividend to 43 cents a share and return $2.5 billion to its bondholders
Bitcoin cash surges 40 per cent in single day
19 Aug 2017
Post Sikka exit, 3 US law firms launch probes into Infosys
19 Aug 2017
The law firms, representing institutional investors, are looking to pin Infosys on securities fraud or other unlawful business practices by its officers or directors, to recover stock market losses
Elevated testosterone causes bull market trading
17 Aug 2017
Digital currency BitCoin crossess record $4,000
14 Aug 2017
Toshiba results get auditor nod, may avert delisting for now
10 Aug 2017
While the 'qualified’ auditor's approval for results may help Toshiba remain listed, the company is yet to see any progress in talks to sell its chips unit, which will give it much-needed cash
Bitcoin surges past $3,000
05 Aug 2017
Rio Tinto’s H1 profit more than doubles to $3.94 bn
02 Aug 2017
The Ango-Australian mining giant rewarded shareholders with a bumper dividend totalling $2 billion and an additional share buyback of $500 million, taking total payout to $2.5 billion
Facebook posts $3.89 bn Q2 profit as mobile ad revenues swell
27 Jul 2017
Facebook’s revenue for the second quarter ended 30 June 2017, rose 45 per cent to $9.32 billion, from $6.43 billion in the same period a year earlier
Shell's second quarter net profit rises to $1.9 billion
27 Jul 2017
Shell, Europe's largest oil firm, saw its second quarter net profit (on a current cost of supplies basis) rise 245 per cent to $3.6 billion against $1 billion for the second quarter of 2016
SEC to clamp down on initial coin offerings
26 Jul 2017
Alphabet Q2 net at record $3.5bn despite Google's $2.7bn EU fine
25 Jul 2017
Google's parent Alphabet, which derives most of its revenues from Google ads, saw it rising 18.4 per cent to $22.67 billion during the April-June 2-017 quarter
Nike to launch pilot programme with Amazon
30 Jun 2017
Infosys reaches $1-mn settlement with New York in visa case
24 Jun 2017
Infosys has reached a settlement for $1 million with the state of New York in a visa-related case, even though the company maintained it committed no wrongdoing and the probe was centred on alleged paperwork errors
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