Stock markets - world

19 Jun 2018

Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man with a net wealth of $141.9 billion, is now $49-billion richer than Microsoft founder Bill Gates and $60-billion richer than Warren Buffett, the founder chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

18 Jun 2018

11 Jun 2018

01 Jun 2018

Microsoft Corporation on Wednesday emerged the third-most valuable corporation in the world, with a market cap of $753 billion, surpassing Google parent Alphabet’s market cap of $742 billion

23 May 2018

The NSE is trying to stop its Singapore counterpart from launching derivatives that could replace the Nifty 50 contracts, and the dispute could leave international investors without one of the world’s most widely used offshore futures contracts

22 May 2018

16 May 2018

05 May 2018

Legendary investor Warren Buffet, whose Berkshire Hathway has sold its entire stake in IBM, used the funds from the sale to buy more Apple shares

05 May 2018

Alibaba set a record of $768 billion in gross merchandise value, a measure of sales, in its financial year ended in March

27 Apr 2018

27 Apr 2018

In the mid to long term, Samsung plans to strengthen its business capabilities by delivering differentiated technologies in the component business and solidifying its lead in technologies such as AI and 5G

25 Apr 2018

With all business sectors contributing to the positive results, Bosh said earnings before interest and tax from operations rose 17 per cent over 2016

24 Apr 2018

While Alphabet’s worldwide ad sales increased to $31.1 billion, advertisers are likely to limit ad-buying this year as they start complying with the new European policy, known as General Data Protection Regulation, say analysts

27 Mar 2018

17 Mar 2018

Walmart has vigorously denied allegations by sacked executive Tri Huynh that the retailer boosted results through unethical means to show ‘meteoric results’ in its war with Amazon for market share

08 Mar 2018

05 Mar 2018

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, till recently an advisor to President Donald Trump, sold nearly 1 million shares in a company tied to the steel industry just ahead of Trump's decision to impose costly tariffs on steel and aluminium imports

03 Mar 2018

01 Mar 2018

01 Mar 2018

27 Feb 2018

27 Feb 2018

Germany says it will remain "watchful" of Chinese carmaker Li Shifu-founded Geely after it became the biggest investor in Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler with a $9-bn stake. Geely Holding Group already owns Volvo Cars AB and last year it took an almost $4-billion stake in truckmaker Volvo AB. It also owns London Taxi and controls British sports-car maker Lotus Cars

23 Feb 2018

22 Feb 2018

21 Feb 2018

The Dhaka Stock Exchange has decided to sell a 25-per cent stake to a Chinese consortium, rejecting a rival bid by India’s NSE and Nasdaq of the US – though reports say the deal in not final and India still harbours hopes