Google (OK, Alphabet) passes Apple, becomes world’s most valuable company
Alphabet, the holding company for Google, looks set to become the world’s most valuable company when stock market trading begins on Tuesday.
All the latest product and investment news about the world’s biggest companies, including Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Vodafone, Barclays, Deutshe Bank, Goldman Sachs, Tesla, and Netflix.
Alphabet, the holding company for Google, looks set to become the world’s most valuable company when stock market trading begins on Tuesday.
The UK is Europe’s second biggest economy and projected to overtake Germany by the 2040s. Keeping it in the EU is as much a priority for Brussels as it must be for London.
Meet Donald Trump the man very possibly the next Commander in Chief of the largest military and economic power on earth.
Amazon share price plummeted as much as 13 percent after the Web retailer reported disappointing results for the busy holiday quarter.
Troubles in Brazil and Russia have killed the concept of Brics – with Taiwan and South Korea replacing them as global economic drivers. Once again, no mention of SA in the new Ticks anagram.
Samsung warned of slowing demand and economic turbulence after its quarterly earnings missed analysts’ estimates, joining Apple in foretelling a downbeat 2016 for the technology sector.
Apple is forecasting a sales decline for the first time in more than a decade, adding to evidence that the market for smartphones is becoming saturated.
The plunge in oil prices is proving a boon for consumers and airlines, but is a bust for energy companies and producing nations.
China showing growth of 6.9 percent in 2015, many commentators fear what the ‘perceived’ slowdown might bring to markets around the world.
Goldman Sachs have taken a stance to look at the world economy in this infographic, how prices and things have changed from 2010 to the end of 2015.