The New York Attorney General is launching a probe into high frequency trading practices after concerns that traders are gaining unfair advantages and threatening public confidence in the markets

US computing giant sees five percent fall in share price after disappointing earnings announcement, but could the company’s cloud operations help it turn things around?

A number of regulatory frameworks have been put in place to curb banker trading and bring a new level of transparency to the industry. Martin Morris analyses the most significant changes

World Finance interviews Zoltán Áldott, President of the Management Board of INA, on how the oil company is contributing to economic development in Croatia

Telecom giant continues European expansion push with acquisition of Spanish firm after selling stake in US giant Verizon

The Chinese internet giant looks set to boost its international presence and bolster its reputation on home soil

Adapted correctly, social media can be used to bring online trading platforms right to a customers’ finger tips

Strikes in China: gross inconvenience or golden opportunity for labour reform?

It’s “simply not worked out”, said Shell’s CEO of the oil giant’s endeavour to profit from North America’s booming shale industry. The company is set to cut a fifth of spending in the region

There is plenty of potential for growth in the business aviation industry. World Finance spoke to Steve Cass, Vice President of Communications at Gulfstream Aerospace, about the company’s new products and future aspirations

Lloyd’s of London built a reputation as the place to insure practically anything, but a scandal in the 1980s severely damaged its reputation. Now may be the time for investors to give it a second chance

Aggressive fiscal policies helped Indonesia recover after a difficult 2013, argues Deputy Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro

Infrastructural insufficiencies and extreme weather conditions have so far proven too big an obstacle for energy companies attempting to tap into the Arctic’s vast hydrocarbon reserves. But that may be about to change

Qatar Islamic Bank – the first Islamic bank in Qatar – is constantly focused on developing new and innovative Islamic banking products and services

The newly appointed Acting CEO of Qatar First Bank, Ahmad Meshari, is one of the most influential names in Islamic finance, and looks set to lead the firm on to unprecedented success