BSE nervous as US markets fall like there's no bottom
Panicky investors and stunned analysts searched for words to describe a stock market slaughter that sent major American indices tumbling down on what quickly came to be known as Black Friday, an event that could cast a shadow on Monday elsewhere in the world markets, especially India.
Market realities, the regulator and the FM
When FM Yashwant Sinha rushed to suspend an inquiry into tax claims against Mauritius registered Foreign Institutional Investors after the BSE Sensitive Index (Sensex) had crashed 361 points, it signalled that stock markets now dictate policy decisions.
Intel, Microsoft may be hit by bear market
Leading US technology firms took a double-whammy on Friday. Not only were their market values slashed by the crushing sell-off on Wall Street, but their return on investments in other listed companies, were also put in jeopardy.