The mining giant, which announced a 192 per cent increase in its net profit to $5.89 billion for the year ended 30 June and a 24 per cent rise in revenues to $38.29 billion, instead opted to reward investors with a three-fold hike in dividend to 43 cents a share and return $2.5 billion to its bondholders

Bitcoin cash surges 40 per cent in single day

19 Aug 2017

Post Sikka exit, 3 US law firms launch probes into Infosys

19 Aug 2017

The law firms, representing institutional investors, are looking to pin Infosys on securities fraud or other unlawful business practices by its officers or directors, to recover stock market losses

Elevated testosterone causes bull market trading

17 Aug 2017

Digital currency BitCoin crossess record $4,000

14 Aug 2017

Toshiba results get auditor nod, may avert delisting for now

10 Aug 2017

While the 'qualified’ auditor's approval for results may help Toshiba remain listed, the company is yet to see any progress in talks to sell its chips unit, which will give it much-needed cash

Canara Bank hits overseas market with a $ 400-mn bond issue

07 Aug 2017

Bitcoin surges past $3,000

05 Aug 2017

Rio Tinto’s H1 profit more than doubles to $3.94 bn

02 Aug 2017

The Ango-Australian mining giant rewarded shareholders with a bumper dividend totalling $2 billion and an additional share buyback of $500 million, taking total payout to $2.5 billion

Facebook posts $3.89 bn Q2 profit as mobile ad revenues swell

27 Jul 2017

Facebook’s revenue for the second quarter ended 30 June 2017, rose 45 per cent to $9.32 billion, from $6.43 billion in the same period a year earlier

Shell's second quarter net profit rises to $1.9 billion

27 Jul 2017

Shell, Europe's largest oil firm, saw its second quarter net profit (on a current cost of supplies basis) rise 245 per cent to $3.6 billion against $1 billion for the second quarter of 2016

SEC to clamp down on initial coin offerings

26 Jul 2017

Alphabet Q2 net at record $3.5bn despite Google's $2.7bn EU fine

25 Jul 2017

Google's parent Alphabet, which derives most of its revenues from Google ads, saw it rising 18.4 per cent to $22.67 billion during the April-June 2-017 quarter