Reuters: Stocks & Shares News

Mobile handset sales to recover in fourth quarter

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:09:27 +0000

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Global sales of mobile handsets will snap a four-quarter losing streak in the last three months of the year as the industry is bouyed by a burgeoning economic recovery, a Reuters poll of analysts showed on Tuesday.

A year on, China's stimulus postpones its problems

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:52:19 +0000

BEIJING (Reuters) - Exactly a year since it unveiled a 4 trillion yuan (350 billion pound) stimulus package and switched to an easy monetary policy, China is basking in the success of its aggressive response to the global financial crisis.

Can Apple take Microsoft's perch atop tech pile?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:49:18 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple's phoenix-like rise from the ashes has propelled its market value to $180 billion (108 billion pounds), raising the possibility that it could challenge Microsoft for the technology crown.

G20 leaves door open for fresh pressure on dollar

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:27:36 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar may come under renewed pressure from emerging market currencies and the euro after a meeting of the world's top finance officials failed to take concrete action on rebalancing global money flows.

Insider sales in U.S. not a sell signal this time

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:31:08 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. corporate bosses are likely to sell more of their companies' stock through the end of the year, but that does not mean stock prices have topped.

Skype to get independence -- for better or worse

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:36:47 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Now that eBay has vaulted a major hurdle in its efforts to sell Skype, the Web telephony service must prove it can make it on its own.

Ahold set to benefit whether predator or prey

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:14:43 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - With a big cash pile and plans to step up cost savings, Dutch supermarket group Ahold has plenty of firepower to boost its lowly valued shares.

Oil futures market opens up to black box trade

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:20:52 +0000

LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Black boxes control only a small share of oil futures, but their reach is growing, driven by an influx of cross-asset dealers.

Dollar losing its lustre but still reigns globally

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:22:39 +0000

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Until a few years ago, most Brazilians able to hoard cash would rush to buy U.S. dollars to prevent runaway inflation or another economic meltdown from wiping out their hard-earned savings.

Earnings may boost China stocks 15 percent

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:37:11 +0000

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Unexpectedly strong earnings at listed Chinese companies have spurred analysts to raise their profit forecasts, creating room for about a 15 percent rise in Shanghai's benchmark stock index over the next three months.