Stock markets - world
Facebook defies odds for robust growth, but warns of tapering
03 Nov 2016
Facebook Inc, now on pace to reach $27 billion in revenue this year, is defying the slowdown in growth that usually comes with increasing size
UK’s sterling hammered by freak algorithm?
08 Oct 2016
Pound skids to 31-year low in delayed Brexit reaction
07 Oct 2016
The Sterling fell off a cliff of $1.2609 to hit $1.1841 - its lowest level since mid-1985 – in the morning Asian trade, before immediately rebounding to around $1.2450
Microsoft to buy back another $40 bn shares
21 Sep 2016
The announcement of the $40-billion stock buyback comes on top of an existing $40-billion repurchase programme that will also be completed by year's end
Tim Cook sells $36 mn worth of Apple stock
29 Aug 2016
Singtel to invest $657 mn in Bharti Telecom, raise stake to 30.69%
19 Aug 2016
Singtel is investing a total of S$2.47 billion ($1.8 billion), including S$1.59 billion ($1.18 billion) to acquire a 21 per cent stake in Thailand’s top telecom company Intouch Holdings
Amazon now fifth largest company by market value
30 Jul 2016
iPhone sales continue to slide, but Apple beats expectations
27 Jul 2016
‘India is now one of our fastest growing markets ... we're looking forward to opening more retail stores in India down the road, and we see huge potential," Apple chief executive Tim Cook told analysts in a third-quarter earnings call