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 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 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 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
Business HSBC to buy back shares amid profit slump HSBC.,Europe's biggest bank, just reported a 29 percent drop in pretax profits for the first half of 2016 and will buy back $2.5 billion worth of shares. 03/08/2016
Business Qatar Airways becomes biggest shareholder in B.A. and Iberia holding company IAG Qatar Airways has lifted its stake in IAG to 20 percent, following its recent investments in LATAM and Italy's Meridiana. 01/08/2016
Business Facebook's revenue soars, monthly users total hits 1.7 billion Facebook's shares have hit a new all time high after it announced a 59.2 percent jump in quarterly revenue. 28/07/2016
