Black Monday Echoes as Computers Fail to Restore Confidence

A quarter century after the worst one-day stock crash in history, measures to prevent a repeat are failing to keep investors from losing confidence in the market.

Malaysia's IPO boom is a one-off: analysts

Malaysia is tipped to be Asia's top IPO market for 2012 thanks to two of the world's biggest company listings this year, but analysts say the momentum is likely to fizzle out.

Tipping the scales

AMERICA’S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) prosecuted insider trading for the first time in 1961, after a company employee tipped his broker that the firm would be cutting its dividend.