Jul
31
Credit rating firms could be banned or prosecuted under draft EU law aimed at making them more accountable.
Jul
31
The mobile phone giant surprises investors by increasing its sale of handsets in the second quarter of the year.
Jul
31
Oil giant Exxon Mobil breaks its own record for the highest ever quarterly profit by a US company but its shares fall.
Jul
31
Employers are to be banned from using tips to "top up" pay to minimum wage levels, under government plans.
Jul
31
Motorola, the biggest mobile phone maker in the United States, returned to
profit in the second quarter, selling more handsets than expected and
narrowly retaining its place as the world's third-ranked mobile maker, ahead
of LG Electronics.
Jul
31
US GDP grew at a slower rate than expected in the second quarter as the worst
housing market since the Great Depression, combined with rising
unemployment, undercut the impact of more than $100 billion of government
tax rebates to US consumers.$
Jul
31
BP suffered another blow today in its battle with a quartet of billionaires
for control of the Anglo-Russian oil company TNK-BP when a court in Siberia
ruled that a list of nominees to the board of TNK-BP's main operating unit,
TNK-BP Holding, was illegal.
Jul
31
Starbucks, the global coffee giant, has announced its first loss since 1992
after the cost of closing 600 store closures pushed it $6.7 million ($£3.36
million) into the red during the third quarter.
Jul
31
Deutsche Bank, Germany's biggest lender, today reported a 64 per cent fall in
net profit after writing down €2.3 billion (£1.8 billion) during the second
quarter.
Jul
31
Inflation in the euro area rose to 4.1% in July but rising unemployment may mean interest rates are kept on hold.
