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Managed pubs better picks in tough 2010

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:20:06 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - Managed pubs and those offering cheap food are set to fare better than tenanted players in a bumpy ride for British pubs next year due to increased taxes, thriftier drinking habits and competition from supermarkets.

Japan automakers feel heat

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:49:32 +0000

TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor has left rivals in the dust with a stunning run this year, and Japanese automakers have even more to worry about now as the yen climbs and South Korea seals more trade pacts to benefit its exporters.

Oil and politics to drive Iraq debt yields

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:25:18 +0000

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's sovereign bond yields are likely to creep up as the world's 11th largest oil producer heads to a January vote, but if the poll goes well, yields will return to tracking oil prices, production and global markets.

Bank bailout channels Irish anger

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:34:53 +0000

DUBLIN (Reuters) - A winter of discontent is in store, as the Irish fume at a bailout plan which could burden a generation, and they say is way too generous to the banks who lent so freely when the "Celtic Tiger" was roaring.

For cashmere capitalist, dignity is bottom line

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:44:19 +0000

SOLOMEO, Italy (Reuters) - Motivated at age 15 by the tears in his father's eyes when the former farmer was forced to accept a factory job, Brunello Cucinelli is anything but an orthodox capitalist.

Jury out on wider appeal for Lloyds' new hybrids

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:06:54 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyds looks set to get investor support for a hybrid bond exchange into 7.5 billion pounds of new enhanced capital notes (ECN) but it is not clear how much wider appeal these new securities will command.

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.

Japan eyes new tech battlefields

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:54:30 +0000

SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has the technology, but South Korea has the product ... and the profits.

Google eyes China as Baidu fumbles

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:58:35 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - In 2005, China administered a spelling test that asked respondents to spell "Google" for a search market report: only 60 percent took the test and more than 20 percent got it wrong.

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.