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Chinese stock markets slide as investors panic (again) – The Guardian

An investor looks at falling stock prices in Hangzhou, eastern China as markets slumped. Photograph: AP
Turmoil has returned to the Chinese stock market as shares suffered their worst fall in eight years, knocking commodity prices and fuelling jitters among investors in London.Following three weeks of relative calm, the Shanghai Composite Index plummeted on Monday, ending down 8.5% at 3725.56 – […]

The Stock Market Will Start To Fall In July? The Dow Plummeted …

The Stock Market Will Start To Fall In July? The Dow Plummeted More Than 500 Points Last Week
By Michael Snyder, on July 26th, 2015Was last week a preview of things to come? There are quite a few people out there that believe that the stock market would begin to decline in July, and that appears to be precisely what […]

Square exploring stock market debut: reports – Business Insider

© AFP/File Justin TallisSquare, the mobile payments and financial services startup launched by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, pictured, has informed US regulators privately that it is exploring going public with a stock market debut, according to reportsSan Francisco (AFP) – Payments company Square has informed US regulators privately that it is exploring going public with a stock market debut, according […]

Wall Street slides to end rough week

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted their largest weekly drops since March on Friday. Photo: APThe S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted their largest weekly drops since March on Friday as slowing global growth dragged commodity-related stocks lower while an earnings-fueled drop in Biogen took down the biotech sector.Biogen more than halved its revenue growth forecast for 2015 and its stock […]

US Stocks: Wall St slides to end rough week on macro, earnings concerns

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted their largest weekly drops since March on Friday as slowing global growth dragged commodity-related stocks lower while an earnings-fueled drop in Biogen took down the biotech sector.Biogen more than halved its revenue growth forecast for 2015 and its stock lost 22 percent to close just above $300.Stocks in the energy and materials sectors weighed […]

Wall Street slides to end rough week on macro, earnings concerns

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, July 23, 2015.Reuters/Lucas Jackson n”>The S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted their largest weekly drops since March on Friday as slowing global growth dragged commodity-related stocks lower while an earnings-fueled drop in Biogen took down the biotech sector.Biogen (BIIB.O) more than halved […]

Beijing says it will intervene 'when necessary' to stabilize China's …

Jason Lee / REUTERSSee AlsoChina pays a price to avert stock market crashChina’s small investors are looking for a way out of stocksInvestors aren’t convinced by China’s efforts to stop the $2.8 trillion market routA commentary in the Communist Party’s flagship publication yesterday suggests the mainland government is prepared to intervene in the stock market again if turbulence returns.The article […]

Stock market investors lose N1.032trn in 2 months – Vanguard News

By PETER EGWUATUNearly two months after President Muhammadu Buhari took over the administration of Nigeria, investors in the nation’s stock market have lost over N1.032 trillion. Stakeholders have attributed the development to slow pace of governance, lack of policy direction,   high political risk, feud in the federal   legislature, no ministerial appointment, amongst others.MUHAMMADU BUHARIThe recent drop in the Nigerian stock market indicators […]

China's stock market turbulence is over? Don't count on it | Business …

One investor shows the strain in a stock exchange hall in Nantong, Jiangsu province, during the recent week of turbulence. Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty
The numbers are mind-boggling. Ten days of falls on the Shanghai stock exchange resulted in losses that exceeded the GDP of Mexico. And 12 million Chinese citizens who opened share-trading accounts in May were nursing potentially ruinous losses. Margin […]

China stock market crisis: no one can yet say if Beijing's action has …

Investors look through stock information at a securities firm in Haikou, Hainan province, on Friday. Photograph: Zhao Yingquan/Xinhua Press/Corbis
As the east coast of China was put on high alert for the approach of super-typhoon Chan-hom, it was not clear whether the financial storm that has rocked the country’s stock markets had blown itself out.Share prices rebounded to record their best […]