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Euro twilight zone beckons for Greece

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:44:51 +0100

LONDON (Reuters) - Speculation about an endgame in Greece's protracted crisis has flooded markets with euro exit scenarios this week, but investors reckon there's still every chance that uncertainty will simply drag on for months.

Key to Universal-EMI decision: Has music business lost control?

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:07:46 +0100

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the face of it, Universal Music Group's bid to buy a big chunk of EMI stands to make the world's leading music company an even more formidable force, combining Universal's star lineup of Lady Gaga and Rihanna with the British company's deep library of The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Katy Perry.

As funds flee, India's pain is Southeast Asia's gain

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:07:04 +0100

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Southeast Asian nations are swallowing an outflow of money from India, as foreign investors lose patience with its policy paralysis and slowing growth and aim instead for more promising emerging markets such as Indonesia.

Spain faces corrosion not collapse from euro crisis

Mon, 14 May 2012 10:54:00 +0100

BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Students are protesting on Barcelona's elegant boulevards, public-sector wages are being cut for the second time in three years and resentment is growing against the central government and beneficiaries of bank bailouts.

The core problems with JPMorgan's failed trades

Mon, 14 May 2012 10:55:44 +0100

(Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co lost at least $2 billion in its failed hedging strategy not only because it was sloppy, but because it grew too big in a rarified market of complex financial instruments that it had created.

Over-complex Europe keeps making same mistakes

Mon, 14 May 2012 10:57:09 +0100

PARIS (Reuters) - Americans call it a Rube Goldberg machine, Britons a Heath Robinson contraption and the Danes a Storm P machine.

Euro growth tilt not enough to lure back investors

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:41:34 +0100

LONDON (Reuters) - The euro zone's policy tilt towards growth from pure austerity may be necessary to retain confidence in the shared currency but what is on the table looks too puny to shift the dire investor mood.

Poland's price-busting stand bucks emerging trend

Fri, 11 May 2012 13:42:50 +0100

LONDON (Reuters) - Working out whether central banks will deliver on publicly-stated mandates has become a lottery for investors, especially in emerging economies, as the global credit crisis grinds into its fifth year.

Greek euro exit seen manageable, not catastrophic

Wed, 09 May 2012 08:31:20 +0100

LONDON (Reuters) - Greek voters' rejection of pro-bailout political parties in Sunday's election has raised the chances of Greece leaving the euro but this unprecedented step is seen as manageable rather than catastrophic for the currency bloc.

China gas reforms spark investment boom

Wed, 09 May 2012 08:29:00 +0100

HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's big state companies, confident on the outlook for domestic natural gas reforms, are buying up local distributors and raising fresh capital - and making gas the hottest prospect for energy investment in the world's top energy consumer.