Reuters: Breakingviews

Breakingviews: Dimon shines on

Reuters — 16 May 2012 15:26:17 +0000

May 16 - Jeffrey Goldfarb talks to Antony Currie about the mild shareholder rebuke of the JPMorgan boss at the bank’s annual meeting.

Breakingviews: Greek banks' rickety crutches

Reuters — 16 May 2012 09:30:00 +0000

May 16 - Greek banks are leaning on twin crutches - recapitalisation from bailout funds and emergency liquidity - that could easily be kicked away, says Reuters Breakingviews.

Breakingviews: Facebook's analytical gymnastics

Reuters — 15 May 2012 16:56:39 +0000

May 15 - Rob Cox and Breakingviews columnists discuss how investors are rationalizing the hype over Facebook's IPO.

Breakingviews: Germany's 'free lunch' economics

Reuters — 15 May 2012 09:30:00 +0000

May 15 - Strong technology and labour reforms keep making Germany richer but trade surpluses bring credit losses and political spats, says Breakingviews.

Breakingviews: JPMorgan's #whalefail

Reuters — 14 May 2012 16:30:28 +0000

May 14 - Rob Cox and Breakingviews editors discuss why Jamie Dimon should take an aggressive stance on pay with JPMorgan execs responsible for the bank's trading losses.

Breakingviews: Europe could save itself from a Greek exit

Reuters — 14 May 2012 10:45:00 +0000

May 14 - The euro zone needs a plan B for a Greek exit, but that may be too much for its leaders to stomach, says Breakingviews Hugo Dixon.

Breakingviews: JPMorgan hammers another nail in VaR coffin

Reuters — 14 May 2012 09:30:00 +0000

May 14 - JPMorgan's $2 billion loss may have dealt a fatal blow to Value-at-Risk. Breakingviews' Robert Cole assesses whether the alternatives are any better.

Breakingviews: Deciphering Dimon’s troublesome trades

Reuters — 11 May 2012 16:01:00 +0000

Richard Beales and Breakingviews columnists discuss the fallout from JPMorgan’s $2 bln trading loss.

Breakingviews: Dimonfreude is irresistible

Reuters — 11 May 2012 09:30:00 +0000

May 11 - If JPMorgan is proven fallible, confidence in the system itself will be shaken, argues Breakingviews.

Breakingviews: JPMorgan's CEO Dimon "eats crow" after $2 billion loss

Reuters — 11 May 2012 00:16:50 +0000

May 10 - As JPMorgan admits a shock $2 bln trading loss, Reuters Breakingviews' Agnes Crane says the reputation of the financial titan is severely damaged and regulators should take a look at what happened.

Breakingviews: Coty’s beautified bid for Avon

Reuters — 10 May 2012 16:30:00 +0000

Antony Currie and Breakingviews columnists mull whether the fragrance maker’s higher offer and Berkshire Hathaway’s support are enough to turn Avon’s head.

Breakingviews: Markets unsure over Bankia deal

Reuters — 10 May 2012 09:50:00 +0000

May 10 - Madrid has consistently been too slow and too cautious in dealing with Spanish banks, but the govt is now starting to show ambition, says Reuters Breakingviews.

Breakingviews: Green Mountain’s roasted directors

Reuters — 9 May 2012 15:53:17 +0000

May 9 - Rob Cox and Breakingviews columnists discuss the share-sale fiasco brewing at the embattled coffee maker.

Breakingviews: what happens if Greece runs out of money?

Reuters — 9 May 2012 09:30:00 +0000

May 9 - Without a stable government, Greece won't get more bailout funds, says Reuters Breakingviews.

Breakingviews: Writing the book on Facebook

Reuters — 8 May 2012 15:46:39 +0000

May 8 - Jeffrey Goldfarb and Breakingviews columnists talk about the new Breakingviews ebook: “Facebook: A Like Story” and why investors shouldn’t blindly fall in love with the company.

Breakingviews: Spain finally faces banking mess

Reuters — 8 May 2012 09:30:00 +0000

May 8 - Madrid has dropped its resistance to bailouts as it prepares to inject €7-10 billion into Bankia, says Reuters Breakingviews.

Breakingviews: Spinning M&A deals

Reuters — 7 May 2012 15:41:22 +0000

May 7 - Breakingviews columnists review Judge Leo Strine’s criticism of PR firms in a ruling on a merger of two “rock stars.”

Breakingviews: Hollande won't have long to learn

Reuters — 7 May 2012 09:45:00 +0000

May 7 - Francois Hollande faces a short honeymoon after his election as France's president, says Reuters Breakingviews.

Breakingviews: Berkshire shareholders react to 'Buffett Rule'

Reuters — 7 May 2012 05:02:00 +0000

Breakingviews columnist Agnes Crane discusses how Berkshire Hathaway shareholders expressed concern at the annual meeting over Warren Buffett's move into the political arena with the 'Buffett Rule'.

Breakingviews: Oil foils

Reuters — 4 May 2012 16:23:00 +0000

May 4 - Jeffrey Goldfarb and Breakingviews columnists discuss the contrasting fortunes of Colombia’s Ecopetrol and Mexico’s Pemex.

Breakingviews: CV lies come back to bite

Reuters — 4 May 2012 09:30:00 +0000

May 4 - Tempting as it is to polish up one's geek credentials, resumé fibs have a longer shelf life than degrees.

Breakingviews: Apple won’t rot

Reuters — 3 May 2012 15:53:00 +0000

May 3 - Jeffrey Goldfarb and Breakingviews columnists explain how even a skeptical view of Apple’s growth prospects should leave the iPhone maker worth considerably more by 2016.

Breakingviews: Murdoch's great escape; banking's new normal

Reuters — 2 May 2012 09:30:00 +0000

May 2 - The UBS earnings offer a glimpse of a stabler, but duller, future for banks, and the British lawmakers' report on phone actually marks a deft escape for the Murdochs, says Reuters Breakingviews.

Breakingviews: Munch's Scream is symbol of easy money

Reuters — 3 May 2012 09:30:00 +0000

May 3 - The auction of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" was thick with irony as the hyper-rich bid $120mln for an image of "abject misery", says Reuters Breakingviews

Breakingviews: Ominous signs say "sell China"

Reuters — 3 May 2012 05:30:00 +0000

May 3 - Rising tension between the U.S. and China is creating an atmosphere of instability that is bad for investment, says Reuters Breakingviews' Wayne Arnold.