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M&S clothing division boss quits

The head of Marks & Spencer’s beleaguered clothing division has quit after nearly three decades at the retailer. Shares fell today after John Dixon said...

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...

Five-fold increase in number of bankruptcies last year

The number of bankruptcies increased by almost 570% last year - with 448 people being declared bankrupt. An increase in bankruptcies was widely expected following...

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...

IMF cuts world economic growth forecast

A slowdown in the output of advanced economies in the first three months of the year will peg back global growth in 2015, the...

China: The silent helper of nations

In today's economy, China has risen up to becoming one of the world's fastest growing economies. In the past 20 years China's GDP increased...

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...

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