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Apple Inc revenue down sharply in China
25 Jul 2013
Facebook beats second quarter profit expectations, shares up 17%
25 Jul 2013
The results follow weaker-than-expected results from online search leader Google Inc, signalling that Facebook's aggressive push into the mobile advertising market continued to pay off
2Q net income at United Technologies Corp rises
24 Jul 2013
Vodafone sees no easing of pressure in Europe
20 Jul 2013
Bank of America’s quarterly profit vaults 70%
18 Jul 2013
Goldman Sachs second-quarter net income doubles
16 Jul 2013
Citigroup posts 26% rise in adjusted quarterly profit
16 Jul 2013
Buoued by better trading revenue and improving home prices that helped it reduce its mortgage losses, Citigroup reported better-than-expected 26 per cent rise in adjusted quarterly profit
Fed chief Bernanke talks up benchmark indices
12 Jul 2013
Benchmark stock indexes were up at record highs yesterday, a day after Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke promised to keep "easy money" policies in place as long as needed
Tesla Motors headed for Nasdaq 100
10 Jul 2013
NYSE Euronext to administer Libor
09 Jul 2013
The Libor has now been streamlined to only five currencies of seven maturities from 10 currencies of 15 maturities earlier
Japanese advt giant Dentsu plans $1.2-bn share issue to repay debt
04 Jul 2013
Japan’s No.1 advertising group Dentsu Inc, which recently acquired leading British marketing firm Aegis Group Plc, plans to raise approximately ¥120 billion ($1.2 billion) through a public issue to repay its deb
Fed step hits markets across the world
22 Jun 2013
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