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Saudi Telecom Company becomes Spanish Telefónica's top shareholder

Saudi Arabia's STC Group has amassed a 9.9% stake worth €2.1 billion in the Spanish multinational telecommunications company

06/09/2023

Italy

Shares in Italian banks recover after windfall tax is capped

The surprise announcement of a new tax had sent share prices plunging.

09/08/2023

Tech News

Elon Musk sells almost $4 billion worth of Tesla stock

Analysts expected the world's richest man to have to sell more Tesla shares to finance his Twitter buyout - even as he said he would not.

09/11/2022

Green News

Billionaire Patagonia boss gives company away to fight climate crisis

The outdoor fashion brand predicts it will give €100 million away a year to environmental causes under the new ownership structure.

15/09/2022

Tech News

Twitter-Musk trial on $44 billion takeover deal to start in October

Elon Musk wanted a trial to commence next year but Twitter won its motion for an expedited trial over its lawsuit against the Tesla boss.

20/07/2022

Culture news

Twitter shareholders sue Elon Musk for manipulating stock market

Top investors claim the prospective buyer has allegedly used his social media platform to alter share prices.

27/05/2022

Tech News

Twitter shares soar by 25% after Elon Musk becomes largest stakeholder

Elon Musk has become the single largest stakeholder in Twitter, sending its shares soaring on Monday.

04/04/2022

No Comment

Empty streets in Sudan ahead of planned protest

The streets of the Sudanese capital were deserted early on Saturday morning ahead of a planned anti-coup protest.

30/10/2021

World News

Coronavirus: Global markets fall amid pessimism over response measures

World shares dropped on Friday after a sharp fall on Wall Street, as doubts over action to counter COVID-19 came to the fore.

06/03/2020

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

Markets

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

Markets

Asian shares inch up, investors brace for U.S. elections

Asian shares inch up, investors brace for U.S. elections

06/11/2018

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

Economy

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

Markets

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 Series

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 Series

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 Series

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