Now playing Next Business Series Monte dei Paschi bank 'about to fall out of top share listing' Italian bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena is reportedly about to be removed from the STOXX Europe 600 index - a listing of the region's top shares. 03/08/2016
Now playing Next Business Series HSBC to buy back shares amid profit slump HSBC.,Europe's biggest bank, just reported a 29 percent drop in pretax profits for the first half of 2016 and will buy back $2.5 billion worth of shares. 03/08/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Qatar Airways becomes biggest shareholder in B.A. and Iberia holding company IAG Qatar Airways has lifted its stake in IAG to 20 percent, following its recent investments in LATAM and Italy's Meridiana. 01/08/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Facebook's revenue soars, monthly users total hits 1.7 billion Facebook's shares have hit a new all time high after it announced a 59.2 percent jump in quarterly revenue. 28/07/2016
Now playing Next Business Series No Pokemon profit boost for Nintendo - yet Despite the popularity of Pokemon GO Nintendo has announced an operating loss for the period from April to June. 27/07/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Pokemon GO Japan launch delay angers gamers, hits Nintendo share price Confusion over the launch of Pokemon GO in Japan has gamers angry and investors selling the shares of Nintendo. 20/07/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Nintendo shares double in price since Pokemon GO release Pokemon GO continues to boost the shares of video game company Nintendo. They are now worth twice what they were when the 'augmented reality' game was released just over a week ago. 19/07/2016
Now playing Next Business Series London Stock Exchange shareholders vote for Deutsche Boerse merger - but problems remain Brexit uncertainties hang over the merger between the London Stock Exchange and Germany's Deutsche Boerse even as LSE shareholders overwhelmingly voted for it. 04/07/2016
Now playing Next Economy Fed due to call on interest rate hike The Federal Reserve is deep in a policy meeting and it is extremely unlikely that an interest rate rise is on the cards. 15/06/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Cost cutting Royal Dutch Shell to halt operations in up to 10 countries Royal Dutch Shell is to end oil and gas operations in up to 10 countries as it further reduces spending after the purchase of BG Group. 07/06/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Bayer 'confident' Monsanto offer will be accepted Germany's Bayer has offered to buy US seeds company Monsanto for $62 billion (55 billion euros) in cash trying to gain the top spot in the fast-consolidating farm supplies industry. 23/05/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Twitter 140 character tweet limit to end - report Twitter won't comment on a Bloomberg report users will soon be able to write longer tweets as it plans to stop including photos and links as part of its 140 character limit. 17/05/2016
Now playing Next Economy Turkish financial markets remain nervous over political turmoil Investors remain nervous about Turkey's political situation, but share prices and the lira regained some of their earlier losses on Thursday. 05/05/2016
Now playing Next Business Series BP considers more spending cuts after 80 percent profit drop BP has said it could reduce its capital spending further after reporting an 80 percent drop in profits in the first three months of the year. 26/04/2016
Now playing Next Economy Alaska Air to buy Virgin America in 2.3 billion euro deal Alaska Air Group says it has agreed to buy Virgin America for almost 2.3 billion euros. It wants to expand its presence on the US West Coast 04/04/2016
Now playing Next Economy Starwood Hotels bidding war hots up as Anbang raises the stakes China's Anbang raises offer for Starwood Hotels & Resorts to almost $14 billion, trying to see off Marriott International's bid. 29/03/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Barclays quits Africa as profit falls Barclays is quitting Africa after almost a century of doing business there. The announcement came as it reported pretax profit last year was 5.4 billion pounds, down 2% on 2014. 01/03/2016
Now playing Next Business Series ArcelorMittal share issue to counter falling profits from cheap Chinese steel ArcelorMittal is to issue 2.7 billion euros of new shares to reduce debt and cut costs with its profits hit by a plunge in steel prices, which the world's largest steelmaker blamed on cheap exports fr 05/02/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Easyjet shares down on security fears profit effects Budget airline easyJet says travel demand was dampened by security fears late in 2015 but a recovery in bookings has put it on track to meet annual profit forecasts. 26/01/2016
Now playing Next Business Series Volkswagen's market share declines for the first time in eight years Another blow for Volkswagen. The German carmaker has seen its market share decline for the first time in eight years. It comes in the wake of the 15/01/2016