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Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed raises Twitter stake

Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and his investment company have increased their stake in Twitter to more than five percent

Business Series

A painful Q3: global markets grim after worst quarter in years

In four years the financial markets have not hit seen such lows as they have done in third quarter of 2015. Successive declines hit global stocks

Business Series

Uncertainty over QE perturbs global markets

Global markets endured turbulent times last week amid uncertainty about monetary easing policies in the eurozone and Japan. ECB chief Mario Draghi

Economy

Fonterra profit up 183% despite dairy industry woes

The world’s largest dairy exporter and New Zealand’s largest company, Fonterra, has reported a rise in full-year profit of 183 percent. In the year

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Business Series

Pulling the strings: central banks' impact on global markets

The Federal Reserve, Bank of of England and the People’s Bank of China. three central banks play a hugely influential role in the performances of the

Economy

Federal Reserve holds interest rates over global concerns

The US Federal Reserve has resisted the temptation to raise interest rates from zero percent. According to Fed Chair Janet Yellen recent global

Business Series

Stick or twist: the Fed's interest rate dilemma

The US Federal Reserve is facing different daunting scenarios ahead of its crunch meeting on interest rates. The countdown has begun to one of the

Economy

Japan shares bounce back after Tuesday's fall

Japanese stocks have soared, staging their biggest advance since the aftermath of the Lehman Brothers collapse in 2008. The Nikkei 225 jumped 7.7

Business Series

Impact of EU, US data on shaky global markets

At last week’s interest rate announcement the European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s tone seemed unencouraging, his message hinting at

Economy

Future forecasts vary as oil continues slide

With even fewer signs that market oversupply is coming to an end, the price of oil continued to fall on Wednesday. To add to the furious pumping of

Markets

ECB to prepare fresh hit of QE for Eurozone?

The word is out that bearing in mind the shaky state of the Eurozone economy the ECB may be thinking about opening the money taps wider. Analysts

Markets

Oil price slump resumes as traders see slowdown compound glut

At the moment it seems to make more economic sense to store petrol rather than sell it, hoping for a price rise. But that looks unlikely as it is on

Business Series

Global markets' quest for stability after Black Monday

After global markets recorded sharp losses on the recent Black Monday a wave of cautious recovery saw them regain some of the largest losses since

Economy

Rosneft shares fall on lower profits

Top Russian oli producer Rosneft says profits fell by 22% in Q2 thanks to continued weakness in oil prices, which have almost halved in the reporting

Markets

Stocks end the week relatively stable after roller-coaster ride

It’s been a truly roller-coaster week on the world’s stock markets. The panic selling that took hold in China and elsewhere earlier in the week

Markets

European markets rally

European markets on Thursday continued to rally, reflecting the gains on Wall Street, which saw its biggest single day rise for four years on

Markets

US and European stocks rally after Chinese shares halt their slide

European stock markets on Thursday rallied off the back of gains in the US and a bounce back in China. By lunchtime Frankfurt and Paris were up by

World News

European stocks rise as Chinese concerns ease

European shares rose this morning, lifted by gains on Asian and US markets. Germany’s DAX opened two to 2.8 percent higher while France’s CAC 40 was

Markets

Asian markets steady their nerves.

Stocks in the Asia-Pacific region got off to a solid start on Thursday morning after global markets started to regain their footing. A sharp rebound

Business Line

The Great Fall of China and what it means for the rest of the world

The Great Fall of China Hundreds of billions wiped off the world’s financial markets at the beginning of the week, as a Chinese rout sent shares