Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s late on Monday declared Greece in “selective default” following its private sector involvement deal which will see bondholders ta...
Indian refiner and power generator Essar Energy on Monday said core earnings had fallen by 10 percent in 2011 due to weaker refining margins and the depreciation of the Rupee in th...
Spain’s largest phone company, Telefonica, announced on Friday that its full year operating profit had decreased to €20.2bn from €25.8bn year-on-year. Net profits were down...
A Chicago court found on Wednesday that BP and its minority partner Anadarko Petroleum will be liable under federal pollution laws for civil damages and their roles in the Macondo ...
Mexico’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart de Mexico or Walmex, late on Monday announced a 26 percent rise in fourth quarter profits to MXN$8.23bn compared to MEX$6.54bn during the fina...
US buyout firm Vista Equity Partners announced late on Monday that it has made an approach to buy British banking software company Misys. Although no price was mentioned analysts v...
Oil prices on Monday climbed to a nine month high, close to $105 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, after Iran’s oil ministry said late on Sunday that it had halted cr...
Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto said on Thursday that its top executives will not take a bonus this year following an $8.8bn hit on its aluminium business Alcan. The mining giant ...
Switzerland’s biggest lender by assets, UBS AG, announced on Tuesday a 76 percent fall year-on-year in net profits for the fourth quarter of 2011 in the wake of its $2bn rogue tr...
The Chinese government on Monday announced it has prohibited state-owned airlines from paying EU-imposed charges on carbon emissions. The move by the Civil Aviation Administration ...