Markets Apple surpasses $4tn market capitalisation after latest iPhone success Apple's share prices rose on Tuesday, making the iPhone maker the third public company in history to reach the $4tn milestone, following the lead of Nvidia and Microsoft. 28/10/2025
Business Alphabet hits $3 trillion market cap with shares on record The Google parent company has attracted strong investor interest following a favourable antitrust ruling which stopped a forced sale of its Chrome browser. 15/09/2025
Business Nvidia hits $4 trillion making it world’s most valuable company Chipmaker Nvidia became the first public company to top $4 trillion in value on Wednesday after a two-year investor frenzy. 09/07/2025
Business SAP overtook Novo Nordisk to become Europe's most valuable company The German software company's share price gained 40% in the past year, while Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk has gradually lost almost half of its own since last summer. 24/03/2025
Markets Trump unveiled his own cryptocurrency and cashed in billions in days Riding the waves of the crypto markets, and leading up to his inauguration, the incoming US President Donald Trump last week unveiled his own cryptocurrency, which sold for billions of dollars. 20/01/2025
Business BT market value takes a tumble as Sky signs deal with rival The emergence of alternative networks such as CityFibre is increasingly giving Sky and other companies the opportunity to renegotiate better contracts and lower fees. 21/08/2024
Business AstraZeneca leads in valuation as it bets on cancer drugs portfolio The company has tied up with Eccogene, a Chinese biotech firm, for a new experimental weight loss drug. The weight loss market is currently dominated by Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk. 14/08/2024
Markets Huge sell off at Google: Tech giant loses value of Disney overnight Shares in Google's parent company Alphabet lost almost 10% after the company published its earnings report. 26/10/2023
Markets Chip designer Arm secures almost $5 billion in mammoth IPO British chip designer Arm Holdings' shares debut on the Nasdaq on Thursday, in what is the largest initial public offering in nearly two years. 14/09/2023
Germany Former executives on trial in Germany's biggest post-war fraud scandal The financial scandal cost German banks an estimated €3.1 billion in loans and writedowns. 08/12/2022