Firms/companies
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
Suzlon recasts $1.8 billion debt
23 Apr 2013
Schmidt defends Google’s low tax payments
23 Apr 2013
ValueAct acquires $1.9-bn stake in Microsoft
23 Apr 2013
Microsoft Corp, the largest software maker in the world, was up the most in a year after activist investor ValueAct Holdings' acquisition of a $1.9-billion stake in it
ValueAct acquires $1.9-bn stake in Microsoft
23 Apr 2013
Microsoft Corp, the largest software maker in the world, was up the most in a year after activist investor ValueAct Holdings' acquisition of a $1.9-billion stake in it
Facebook Home, tops 500k downloads in a week
23 Apr 2013
German watchdog fines Google €145,000 for Street View privacy breach
23 Apr 2013
The fine slapped by the Hamburg data protection office comes after it was found that Google's Street View cars had taken city snapshots between 2008 – 2010 for its map service, and also illegally collected data from open Wi-Fi networks.
SC reprimands Sahara chief for `manipulating courts’
22 Apr 2013
The Supreme Court today issued notices to Sahara group promoter Subrata Roy and two other directors as to why they should not be detained to recover investors' money
ABB to acquire renewable energy firm Power-One for $1 billion
22 Apr 2013
The acquisition will enable ABB to emerge as a leading global supplier of solar inverters, the growth for which the International Energy Agency projects to grow by more than 10 per cent per year until 2021