Stock markets - world

Investor Jim Rogers sees mother of all downturns looming

09 Feb 2018

Veteran investor Jim Rogers, 75, says the next bear market in stocks will be more catastrophic than any other market downturn that he’s lived through – mainly because more debt has accumulated in the global economy since the global financial crisis of 2008

Cryptocurrency a bubble, values could fall to zero: Goldman Sachs

08 Feb 2018

Comparing cryptocurrencies to the internet bubble of the late 1990s, one of Goldman Sachs’ most senior researchers warns that they don't have "intrinsic value" and none of today's digital currencies are likely to survive

Qualcomm shares down 3 per cent over reports of Intel chips in iPhones

06 Feb 2018

Bitcoin slips over 10% as China tightens ban on cryptocurrency trading

06 Feb 2018

Indian bourses continue free fall on Wall St cues, LTCG fears

06 Feb 2018

The Sensex and Nifty felt the ripples of a global rout after Wall Street suffered its biggest decline since 2011 on Monday, adding to the losses triggered by the announcement of the Long Term Capital Gains Tax

Banks in UK, US ban use of credit cards to buy Bitcoin

05 Feb 2018

BigBasket raises $300 mn from investors led by Alibaba

03 Feb 2018

BigBasket, operated by Supermarket Grocery Supplies Pvt Ltd, has raised $300 million in a Series E funding round led by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd with Sands Capital, International Finance Corp and Dubai-based Abraaj Capital

Flipkart’s losses widen to Rs8,771 cr despite 29% rise in revenue

03 Feb 2018

Flipkart Ltd, the Singapore parent of online retailer Flipkart, has reported a loss of Rs8,771 crore ($1.4 billion) for the financial year ending March 2017, even as revenues rose by 29 per cent to Rs19,854 crore

Bitcoin down 15 per cent to lowest for the year

02 Feb 2018

Amazon posts record $2bn profit as Prime membership soars

02 Feb 2018

Growing membership of its Prime fast-shipping and video streaming club and the new US tax laws helped Amazon.com outperform its peers like Alphabet Inc’s Google and Microsoft

Why do investors seek out stock swindles?

30 Jan 2018

Coincheck to return ¥46.3 billion stolen by cyber criminals

29 Jan 2018

Japan's coincheck hacked, loses $530 mn in virtual currency

29 Jan 2018

Theory of 'war-like' business competition in financial markets

29 Jan 2018

Investors lose, insiders win when IPOs involve analysts: study

27 Jan 2018

Netflix adds 2 mn subscribers; market cap reaches $100 bn

23 Jan 2018

China weighs halt to purchases of US debt securities

11 Jan 2018

China, with its huge pile of US treasuries, is unlikely to take any hasty decision that would destabilise the market as it would amount to a monetary 'hara-kiri’