Trending: Tech stocks fight Trump, with an olive branch
After a week of haemorrhaging, the tech sector looks like it might be turning a corner – but only as it offers an olive branch to the US President-elect Donald Trump
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Trending: What will it take for Apple shares to rise?
Apple shares closed up 0.9% at $107.73 on Friday, but the share price has, all told, been jobbing a range of $110 to $90 since December 2015. That has had some pundits thinking
Google launches Duo, video chat app for iOS and Android
Easy-to-use video chat app aims to provide reliable connection inside or outside of WiFi says Google
GlaxosmithKline teams up with Google sister firm in bioelectronics venture
Drug giant is setting up a new company, Galvani Bioelectronics, with Verily Life Sciences
US stocks eke out gains thanks to tech stocks
US stocks eked out gains on Thursday, propelled by tech stocks to counterweigh negative news about oil prices, Ford Motors and Atlanta Fed's growth forecast ahead of GDP numbers
US shares struggle as oil, Ford and Atlanta Fed deliver bad news
US shares stretched over the line to post a modest gain in afternoon trading on Thursday, despite weaker oil prices, a downbeat motor outlook from industry behemoth Ford and depressed growth forecasts from the Atlanta Fed
Open: Wall St mulls Fed announcement
The Dow Jones Industrial Average opens sixty points lower
NetSuite advances over takeover rumours
Shares in NetSuite Inc were up on Tuesday as rumours continued to swirl that the cloud computing company could be a takeover target
Could Netsuite and Sage link up in the next big tech deal?
Speculation has emerged that Microsoft’s LinkedIn tie-up could spark more tech-sector takeovers, with Sage Group a potential winner or loser in any deal. The next big merger could be a takeover of US groups NetSuite Inc or Ultimate Software
Trending: Google Home is set to advance Smart things cheaply
While companies like IBM and Korea's Samsung have led the crusade to make us control our domestic boiler using a smartphone app, it was never going to take an eternity for Google to get in on the act
Papers - Ashley faces new hurdle after sport double-whammy
Sports Direct owner has agreed to face MPs over employment practices
Papers - O2 bosses explore £8.5bn management buyout
A round-up of some of the main themes in the UK papers
S&P 500 weighed down by Microsoft and Google
Tech titans Microsoft and Google both got it in the neck in after-hours trading
Google owner Alphabet shares drop after disappointing earnings
Alphabet, the second largest company in the world by market capitalisation, lost more than around $32bn from its market value.
European competition watchdogs accuse Google of breaking law
Brussels claims Google imposed anti-competitive conditions on customers
European competition watchdogs accuse Google of breaking law
Brussels claims Google imposed anti-competitive conditions on customers
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Small caps dip but FTSE100 drops 1.78%; Gulfsands big gainer
Small caps really didn't move much on a day which saw explosive action from the ECB and some fiery responses in the global market.
Blue chips dip after Draghi decision but AIM stays steady
The FTSE AIM 100 Index rose 3.04 points to 3272 by mid-afternoon
Most followed, including Proxama PlC, Solo Oil and UK Oil & Gas Inv PLC
A selection of some of the most followed companies on the day...
Google faces parliamentary onslaught over UK tax deal
Lawmakers urged HMRC to reopen the Google deal if new evidence against it became available
Hardware & electrical equipment
Trending: Apple, Microsoft shares hit after Gates on the fence
Bill Gates has opined on the FBI-Apple legal wrangle but has staying on the fence made matters worse for phone makers Apple and Microsoft?
Google Ideas becomes Jigsaw
Google's new holding company Alphabet has announced that its thinking hub, until now called Google Ideas, is getting a makeover
Google in crosshairs again after CEO share pay-out
Search engine giant Google is back in the cross hairs again - as it emerged it paid its boss more than the UK taxman.
Exxon Mobil, BP and oil below US$30 weigh on US markets
Wall Street shares burrowed a trough on Tuesday as crude oil prices briefly pipped below $30 a barrel....
Oil weakness hits US markets
Shares fell fell back on Tuesday as oil prices continued to sag
Investments and investor services
US markets slump as oil drop takes its toll
The West Texas Intermediate price spilled 5.3% to US$30.01 while a barrel of Brent crude lost 5.6% to US$32.41.
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Trending - Data transfer pact, big oil and low crude prices
Away from the chatter of the Iowa election, big cap global oilers are in focus today with some of the biggest names reporting as the turmoil in crude markets continues unabated.....
Wall Street seen opening lower as oil weighs again
Wall Street shares are set to sink at the open as global indices fall and oil prices slide again.
Google parent overtakes Apple as world's most valuable
The search engine's holding company Alphabet is now worth about US$568bn
Wall Street stocks set to recoup some losses; earnings again in focus
US shares are set to recoup losses from yesterday ahead of more quarterly results...
Stocks take fright at manufacturing data
Stocks briefly opened higher but quickly backtracked after a disappointing manufacturing PMI reading for September.
Stocks to enjoy China boost
Stocks are set to rise for the second day in a row; it's almost like the good old days ...
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Google - It's as simple as ABC, or is that XYZ?
Okay, the name change to Alphabet has stolen the headlines. But the shares are primed and ready for a transformation too, according to our charts guru Alistair Strang.
Google creates parent company called Alphabet
Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced a new operating structure that will see a new parent company named Alphabet, with Google as one of its operating units. Shares jumped in morning trades. Google said late yesterday that it would