Business Series Pokemon GO Japan launch delay angers gamers, hits Nintendo share price Confusion over the launch of Pokemon GO in Japan has gamers angry and investors selling the shares of Nintendo. 20/07/2016
Business Series Nintendo shares double in price since Pokemon GO release Pokemon GO continues to boost the shares of video game company Nintendo. They are now worth twice what they were when the 'augmented reality' game was released just over a week ago. 19/07/2016
Business Series London Stock Exchange shareholders vote for Deutsche Boerse merger - but problems remain Brexit uncertainties hang over the merger between the London Stock Exchange and Germany's Deutsche Boerse even as LSE shareholders overwhelmingly voted for it. 04/07/2016
Economy Fed due to call on interest rate hike The Federal Reserve is deep in a policy meeting and it is extremely unlikely that an interest rate rise is on the cards. 15/06/2016
Business Series Cost cutting Royal Dutch Shell to halt operations in up to 10 countries Royal Dutch Shell is to end oil and gas operations in up to 10 countries as it further reduces spending after the purchase of BG Group. 07/06/2016
Business Series Bayer 'confident' Monsanto offer will be accepted Germany's Bayer has offered to buy US seeds company Monsanto for $62 billion (55 billion euros) in cash trying to gain the top spot in the fast-consolidating farm supplies industry. 23/05/2016
Business Series Twitter 140 character tweet limit to end - report Twitter won't comment on a Bloomberg report users will soon be able to write longer tweets as it plans to stop including photos and links as part of its 140 character limit. 17/05/2016
Economy Turkish financial markets remain nervous over political turmoil Investors remain nervous about Turkey's political situation, but share prices and the lira regained some of their earlier losses on Thursday. 05/05/2016
Business Series BP considers more spending cuts after 80 percent profit drop BP has said it could reduce its capital spending further after reporting an 80 percent drop in profits in the first three months of the year. 26/04/2016
Economy Alaska Air to buy Virgin America in 2.3 billion euro deal Alaska Air Group says it has agreed to buy Virgin America for almost 2.3 billion euros. It wants to expand its presence on the US West Coast 04/04/2016
Economy Starwood Hotels bidding war hots up as Anbang raises the stakes China's Anbang raises offer for Starwood Hotels & Resorts to almost $14 billion, trying to see off Marriott International's bid. 29/03/2016
Business Series Barclays quits Africa as profit falls Barclays is quitting Africa after almost a century of doing business there. The announcement came as it reported pretax profit last year was 5.4 billion pounds, down 2% on 2014. 01/03/2016
Business Series ArcelorMittal share issue to counter falling profits from cheap Chinese steel ArcelorMittal is to issue 2.7 billion euros of new shares to reduce debt and cut costs with its profits hit by a plunge in steel prices, which the world's largest steelmaker blamed on cheap exports fr 05/02/2016
Business Series Easyjet shares down on security fears profit effects Budget airline easyJet says travel demand was dampened by security fears late in 2015 but a recovery in bookings has put it on track to meet annual profit forecasts. 26/01/2016
Business Series Volkswagen's market share declines for the first time in eight years Another blow for Volkswagen. The German carmaker has seen its market share decline for the first time in eight years. It comes in the wake of the 15/01/2016
Economy European shares fell sharply but came off lows after China suspends its circuit breaker mechanism European markets fell sharply on Thursday after China accelerated the depreciation of the yuan, but came off lows after the Shanghai and Shenzen 07/01/2016
Economy CMA CGM bids 3bn euros for Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines The world’s third-largest shipping firm, CMA CGM of France, has bid of $3.4 billion (3.13 billion euros) to buy Singapore’s Neptune Orient Lines. It 07/12/2015
Economy UniCredit to offload 18,200 posts in latest European bank overhaul UniCredit has become the latest major European bank to announce a major overhaul as part of its strategic plan – involving some fairly major lob 12/11/2015
Economy Market flight continues as left-wing Portuguese government become more possible Portugal's electorate sees the markets make their minds up about their votes, and money flees a possible Socialist-led left coalition coming into office 09/11/2015
Business Series UK holiday company shares hit by Egypt travel restrictions Holiday company shares have been hit by Britain’s move to suspend flights to and from the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh – a decision criticised 05/11/2015