world news Markets plunge further on fears COVID-19 will stunt global economy Stocks slumped again on Tuesday, piling on losses a day after the market's biggest drop in two years amid fears COVID-19 will slow global growth. 24/02/2020
Business Oil helps European stocks rise while tobacco goes up in smoke Oil helps European stocks rise while tobacco goes up in smoke 12/11/2018
Business Apple beats Amazon and Microsoft to trillion dollar crown Better than expected sales results have pushed up Apple shares to record highs and the company's valuation to a trillion dollars 03/08/2018
Business Facebook sends Nasdaq tumbling with biggest daily percent slump Facebook sends Nasdaq tumbling with biggest ever daily percent slump. 26/07/2018
Business Ryanair shares drop sharply It comes as the Irish airline has warned its investors of more strikes and weaker ticket prices this summer 23/07/2018
Business Shares across Europe recover after falling in early trading. The losses were triggered by the largest ever one-day points fall in America’s Dow Jones on Monday. 06/02/2018
Business Brazilian shares tumble on fears president could be ousted Brazil's Bovespa index fell 10 percent on a report President Michel Temer condoned an attempt to silence a potential witness in a corruption probe. 18/05/2017
Business Facebook profit surges, closing in on two billion monthly users Facebook has reported surging quarterly profit and revenue but its shares dipped due to nervousness about future earnings. 04/05/2017
Business Could Twitter be enjoying a Trump fuelled turnaround? Twitter - the social media platform beloved by US president Donald Trump - saw its shares surgeafter it added a lot more users that had been expected. 26/04/2017
Business United boss calls passenger dragging incident 'a watershed moment' United Airlines assures investors it will rebound from the PR disaster of a passenger being violently dragged from his seat on an overbooked plane. 18/04/2017
Business Deutsche Bank: share sale details cause price slump Shares of Germany's biggest banks fell sharply in value after it announced details of the sale of new shares needed to increase its capital reserves. 20/03/2017
Business European shares jump on Dutch election result and dovish Fed European shares hit their best level in 15 months on Thursday helped by the Dutch election and the laid back approach by the Federal Reserve. 16/03/2017
Business Lufthansa profit forecast boosts shares Lufthansa says it expects profits to fall only slightly in 2017 despite lower fares and a rising fuel bill. Analysts were predicting a sharp decline. 16/03/2017
Business Statue of girl facing down Wall Street bull highlights inequality International Women's Day marked on Wall Street with a stature of a girl placed in front of the bronze charging bull near the New York Stock Exchange. 08/03/2017
Business Unilever shares drop on Kraft withdrawal Shares in Anglo-Dutch consumer goods group Unilever fell after US rival Kraft Heinz Co abruptly abandoned its surprise takeover proposal. 20/02/2017
Business BT shares plummet on deepening Italian accounting scandal UK telecoms firm BT has cut its revenue, earnings and cash flow forecasts due to a worse than thought accounting scandal at its Italian business. 24/01/2017
Business Softbank shares soar on US $50-bn investment pledge Shares have soared in Softbank, one of Asia’s biggest technology firms, after it pledged to invest $50 billion (€46bn) into the United States. 07/12/2016
World Dow Jones surges to record high The leading US index rallies instead of the expected Trump post-election meltdown. Shares in banks, construction and defence rise, tech shares fall. 10/11/2016
Business Samsung gives latest cost estimates for Note 7 disaster Samsung says will take a hit to its operating profit of about 2.7 billion euros in the next two quarters from scrapping the Note 7 smartphone. 14/10/2016
Business Samsung abandons production of Note 7 In a statement, the company says it has made a "final decision" to stop making its star product. It comes in the wake of reports of devices spontaneously catching fire. 11/10/2016
South Korea Samsung announces total halt in production of Galaxy Note 7 Samsung halts production and sales of the Galaxy Note 7 and urges users to turn off the device amid renewed reports of fires. 10/10/2016
Business No DoJ deal for Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank has failed to secure a speedy deal with the US Department of Justice over the misselling of mortgage-backed securities. 10/10/2016
Business Deutsche Bank boss offers reassurance after shares slump Deutsche Bank shares continued their gyrations - down nearly nine percent at one stage on Friday on fears about its stability. 30/09/2016
Business Monday blues as Deutsche Bank and energy sector pull down European stocks European stock markets are suffering a nervous Monday as investors sold off energy company and bank shares - with Deutsche Bank the biggest loser. 26/09/2016
Business Shares rise, pound drops on UK stimulus measures UK finance minister Philip Hammond has welcomed the stimulus measures announced by the Bank of England; in reaction London's FTSE 100 share index rose and the pound fell in value. 04/08/2016
Business Monte dei Paschi bank 'about to fall out of top share listing' Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena is reportedly about to be removed from the STOXX Europe 600 index - a listing of the region's top shares. 03/08/2016
