COMPANIES

Stronger balance sheet will help BoC meet tough Basel III norms.

Indian budget carrier IndiGo has ordered 250 single-aisle A320neo jets from Airbus.

Apple's App Store generates 60% more revenues than Google Play store, despite lower downloads.

Netflix shares fell by 26% in after hours trading.

The number of potential new buyers registering with Knight Frank is 25% higher year-on-year

Man Group has seen a 25% increase in FUM thanks to two US acquisitions.

Legendary investor and Berkshire Hathaway leader reduced his holding again

Nestle's sales for the nine months to September were 66.2bn Swiss francs.

IPA Bellwether report: 25% of companies increased their marketing spend in the third quarter

Operating profit reached £316m for the quarter.

eBay's net income for the third-quarter falls 2.3% to $673m.

Huawei has been banned by US from bidding for government contracts on suspicions of industrial espionage.

Britain's opposition is expected to ban buy to let investors snapping up new builds in certain areas.

Accord on Fire and Building Safety inspected more than 1,100 factories in Bangladesh.

AbbVie calling off Shire deal in response to new tax rules in US.

Banks to give $85bn for creating telecom service provider Ooredoo Myanmar's infrastructure.

Coca-Cola has been touted as the next sponsor of the Boris Bikes

BlackRock has seen strong cash inflows for the third quarter driven by its equities and fixed income ETFs.

CareerBuilder UK says the data is interesting for people looking to get onto the career ladder.

More than 100 Colombian farmers sue oil giant BP for £18m.

Wall Street giant agreed to stump up $16.65bn in August to settle a US toxic mortgage probe.

The European Banking Authority is clamping down on 'fixed pay' awards.

The PCS union says it is 'unacceptable' that people's pay has fallen since the government came in.

EE and Three are disputing with regulator Ofcom over the wholesale price charged by BT to connect 03 numbers.

AbbVie said it would reconsider its takeover offer for UK drugmaker.

It has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Klesch Group

Provisional IndiGo deal extends Airbus's lead over rival Boeing in the Indian market.

The challenger bank was founded in 2009 to take on incumbent lenders like Barclays and RBS

E-commerce analysts discuss some of the practical and cultural differences facing western vendors joining Alibaba.