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Wall Street dips on disappointing results from major companies

Disappointing earnings from several big US companies put Wall Street investors in a selling mood, giving the stock market its first decline in four...

Financial Times owner Pearson ‘thinking of selling the newspaper’

The owners of the Financial Times are considering selling the newspaper, according to reports. Pearson PLC is said to be looking at possible buyers, with...

Mixed day for Asian stocks

Update HONG KONG: the Hang Seng index closed down 65.2 at 25055.8. SINGAPORE: the Straits Times index closed up 22.4 at 3338.9.

‘Fake’ Twitter buyout story sends stock soaring

Twitter's stock briefly shot up on the US markets after an apparently fake story about a potential multibillion-dollar buy-out was posted online. The story said...

FTSE rises on hopes of Greece deal

The London market ended the week in positive territory after growing hopes that last-ditch reform proposals by Greece will lead to a bailout deal...

Greece proposals lift FTSE

Last-ditch proposals by Greece on major reforms to appease its creditors helped lift London’s top-flight today as hopes were raised that the debt-laden country...

New York Stock Exchange denies it was hacked

US stocks closed with sizeable losses after a technical outage forced the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to halt trading for half the day. The...

China stock market rebounds after 30% decline

Chinese shares have rebounded after several days of volatility which have threatened to destabilise the world's second largest economy. The Shanghai Composite in mainland China...

China government’s efforts to halt stock market slide fail

China announced a flurry of new moves to halt a stock market slide, but the measures resulted in another big dive in share prices. The...

Hong Kong shares dive amid China sell-off

Hong Kong’s main stock index dived 8% today as investors were rattled by a sharp sell-off in mainland Chinese shares. Other markets in Asia were...

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