Fed Reserve bond buying rallies markets

Global stocks, bonds and currencies took a wild ride yesterday after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the US central bank’s massive bond-buying programme would remain in place, even as the Fed considers cutting back stimulus in coming months.

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Bogus terror tweet sparks shares blip

News agency’s hacked Twitter account posted a fake tweet about a terrorist attack on the White House

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Irish Stock Exchange asks court whether decisions are subject to judicial review

Stock exchange revoked liquidated Bloxham’s membership last December

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EU stocks fall on Cyprus aid talks

European and US stocks fell with Spanish and Italian bonds as the region's finance ministers prepared to meet to discuss aid …

New research says any monkey can beat the experts at the stock market

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US SEC says companies may announce key data on social media

Disclosure rules follows inquiry into Netflix announcement on Facebook last year

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Trading was ‘light’ on the Dublin market yesterday as it approaches Easter

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Equity markets rise on US housing data

Euro at four-month low as traders assess wider implications of Cypriot bailout

Iseq inches ahead 0.89% as CRH rises on UK budget’s boost for builders

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Bank of Ireland, Glanbia and C&C lead Dublin stocks higher in holiday trading

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Bank of Ireland had a good day yesterday with its pending entry to the Footsie All World Services Index, due to occur at the …

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Nasdaq OMX is joining the race to attract share trading in fast-growing tech companies at an earlier stage in their existence…

Global equity markets fell and the euro slumped to a two-month low yesterday as weak economic data from Europe and China weighed…

Danske Bank rose the most in three weeks in Copenhagen trading after Citigroup said Denmark’s largest lender would offer investors…

Uncertainty generated by Italy’s elections rattled global stock indexes and European bond markets for a second day yesterday, …

Whitbread, Britain’s biggest hotel and coffee shop operator, said it was preparing for more competitive markets in 2013 as two…

Macy’s, the second-largest US department-store chain, rose after forecasting annual profit that was higher than analysts’ estimates…

Royal Dutch Shell bought liquefied natural gas assets for $4

Dublin-based energy and distribution company DCC will cancel its listing on the Irish Stock Exchange in favour of a full listing…

European stock markets closed slightly ahead after a day of tense trading amid Italy’s national elections

Barnes & Noble chairman Leonard Riggio, joining a growing list of executives lining up to buy the fading companies they founded…