Stock markets - world
Credit Suisse posts highest loss since 2008 after US tax settlement
23 Jul 2014
Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse Group AG posted its biggest quarterly loss in six years after reaching a $2.5-billion tax settlement with the US
CIT reports Q2-’14 net income of $247 million
22 Jul 2014
Google posts 22% rise in Q2 revenue
18 Jul 2014
IL&FS raises $92 mn from Chinese market through 3-year bonds
12 Jul 2014
IL&FS Transportation has successfully concluded the first unrated bond sale by an Indian issuer in the Chinese debt market
Dow moves above 17,000 as US economy picks up
04 Jul 2014
Rich US stock market investors get richer quicker than modest investors: study
26 Jun 2014
Wealthy individuals in the US can get in relative terms up to 70 per cent of the times, greater returns on their investments than those with modest wealth
Rajat Gupta begins jail term after losing in insider trading appeal
18 Jun 2014
Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta began his prison sentence after fighting a protracted legal battle to clear his name in one of the biggest insider trading cases in US history
US stocks up after first weekly drop in a month
17 Jun 2014
Emirates shocks Airbus, Rolls Royce; cancels $16-bn A350 deal
12 Jun 2014
Rolls Royce and Airbus suffered an unexpected reversal as Dubai’s Emirates cancelled a $16-billion order for the A350
World’s top 1% investors rapidly getting richer: Boston Group study
11 Jun 2014
The world’s richest 1 per cent had one of their finest years in 2013, propelled by robust equities performance in developed economies and healthy GDP growth in emerging markets
S&P up over 1900 for first time
26 May 2014
Lenovo reports 30% higher annual profit
22 May 2014
Though sales in China,its largest market, rose just 1.3 per cent, sales rose 27.1 per cent in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and 31.1 per cent in the Americas
Google overtakes Apple as world’s most valuable technology firm
21 May 2014
Google’s brand value shot up 40 per cent in a year to $158.84 billion while Apple’s brand value fell 20 per cent to $147.88 billion, according to Millward Brown’s ‘2014 100 Top BrandZ’ report
Sony reports $1.26-bn full-year net loss
14 May 2014
Sony President Kazuo Hirai has led a sweeping restructuring, including asset liquidisation that saw the $1.0 billion sale of Sony`s Manhattan headquarters