Articles tagged with market
Thu, May 24, 2012
As rivals falter, Lenovo has emerging market edge
By Lee Chyen Yee
HONG KONG (Reuters) - With home turf advantage in the world's biggest computer market and a foothold in major emerging ...
Wed, May 23, 2012
Gabor's Bel-Air palace back on the market
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The actress and her husband Frederic Prinz von Anhalt attempted to offload the seven-bedroom home last year (11) but pulled it ...
Wed, May 23, 2012
Economy trudges along despite Europe turbulence
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits dipped last week and factory activity grew but at ...
Wed, May 23, 2012
Housing market recovery gains traction
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. spring home-selling season got off to a strong start in April with rising sales and prices ...
Tue, May 22, 2012
City approves flea market permit
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau's City Council has approved a permit that will allow a local business owner to run a weekend flea market ...
Tue, May 22, 2012
Nissan aiming for 10 percent of China luxury car market
By Alison Leung
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co Ltd said it aims to triple global sales of its premium Infiniti brand by ...
Tue, May 22, 2012
Flea market proposed for Wausau's west side
WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) The Wausau City Council will consider a permit for a flea market. The proposal is for vendors to use the lot ...
Fri, May 18, 2012
Wall Street Week Ahead: Market is oversold, but major signs say "sell"
By Angela Moon
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Normally a big decline would set up Wall Street for a technical rebound. But that may not be ...
Fri, May 18, 2012
Euro zone market turmoil to last 12-24 months: German finance minister
By Daniel Flynn
PARIS (Reuters) - Market turmoil over the euro zone crisis could last another 12 to 24 months, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble ...
Wed, May 16, 2012
Samsung loses $10 billion market value on Apple order report
SEOUL (Reuters) - Shares in Samsung Electronics Co slumped more than 6 percent on Wednesday, wiping $10 billion off the electronics giant's market value ...
Wed, May 16, 2012
Mobile sales dip as China buyers hold off: Gartner
By Tarmo Virki
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Global sales of mobile phones fell 2 percent in January-March after ten straight quarters of growth, as Chinese buyers ...
Tue, May 15, 2012
Romney campaign defends JPMorgan loss as market risk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign said on Tuesday that JPMorgan Chase & Co's huge trading losses were an unfortunate part of a free market economy.
Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom told NBC that, while Romney supports some financial regulation, the losses at one of the nation's largest banks involved investors, not taxpayers, and that rules for Wall Street should not hamper investments.
"The leadership of that company will be held accountable for this trading loss, but we don't want to punish companies, he told NBC's "Today" program. "There was no taxpayer money at risk. All of the losses went to investors, which is how it works in a public market."
The Romney campaign's comments come the day after President Barack Obama said the huge trading loss highlighted the need for Wall Street reform. Some JPMorgan executives have already left the bank, which could see additional fallout when its shareholders meet later on Tuesday.
Wall Street reform has become a top campaign issue for Obama, a Democrat, and his presumptive Republican rival leading up to the November 6 presidential election.
Obama has faced opposition in implementing new rules for Wall Street, one of his signature domestic policy achievements. Romney has stressed his experience as a business executive.
"Mitt Romney is not advocating that there be no regulation," Fehrnstrom said. "But our regulation should be effective, it should be streamlined. It should not be cumbersome, and it should not act as a wet blanket or a damper on the economy."
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Tuesday that the rules required by the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial oversight law, including new capital requirements, would strengthen the ability of banks to absorb losses like those JPMorgan announced last week.
"The test of reform is not whether you can prevent banks from making mistakes," Geithner said at an event sponsored by the Peterson Foundation. "The test of reform should be, do those mistakes put at risk the broader economy, the financial system or the taxpayer."
(Reporting by Susan Heavey; Additional reporting by Dave Clarke; Editing by ...
Sun, May 13, 2012
Louis Dreyfus set for capital market debut: FT
(Reuters) - Global commodity trading powerhouse Louis Dreyfus is set to issue bonds for the first time and may publicly list a Brazilian subsidiary as ...
Sat, May 12, 2012
Market jitters could slow F1 IPO: source
By Keith Weir
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Renewed turbulence in global markets could put the brake on plans to float the Formula One motor racing business ...
Fri, May 11, 2012
Exclusive: Grocery chain Fairway Market eyes IPO: sources
By Olivia Oran
(Reuters) - Fairway Market, the high-end grocery store chain that traces its origins to a fruit and vegetable stand in New York ...
Thu, May 10, 2012
Mexico's Slim seeks bigger slice of U.S. phone market
By Cyntia Barrera
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - America Movil, the telecommunications company owned by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, intends to boost its presence in the ...
Thu, May 10, 2012
Drop in jobless claims eases labor market fears
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans submitting new applications for jobless benefits edged down last week, easing concerns the labor market ...
Thu, May 10, 2012
Messy Facebook debut marks weak day on Wall Street
By Chuck Mikolajczak
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Friday after a sloppy debut by Facebook Inc
Wed, May 09, 2012
Sage sales growth slows in tough European market
By Paul Sandle
LONDON (Reuters) - British software firm Sage said first-half revenue growth slowed to 2 percent from 5 percent a year earlier, missing ...
Wed, May 09, 2012
Analysis: Turning point emerges for Chinese central bank's market operations
By Lu Jianxin and Jason Subler
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's central bank is changing the way it conducts monetary policy as the world's ...
Wed, May 09, 2012
Analysis: European elections signal end to market calm
By Edward Krudy
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Elections in Greece and France over the weekend have ushered in a new period of uncertainty for financial ...
Mon, May 07, 2012
Warren Buffett says buying stocks amid market dip
By Ben Berkowitz
(Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc is adding to its shareholdings of two U.S. companies amid a market dip, billionaire investor Warren ...
Mon, May 07, 2012
Ski's owners eye second store
RIB MOUNTAIN, Wis. (WSAU) – The owners of a Stevens Point meat market are looking at opening a new store in Wausau.
“If it will ...
Sun, May 06, 2012
Pandora, Spotify face off in free online music market
By Kathy Finn
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - It took decades for music delivery to evolve from vinyl records to CDs and years to go from ...
Fri, May 04, 2012
Skis Meat Market, late business champion honored
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – The Portage County Business Council will honor a local meat market and a mentor to new business ventures during its ...
Thu, May 03, 2012
Jobless claims tumble, service sector slows
By Lucia Mutikani and Leah Schnurr
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless aid dropped by the most ...
Wed, May 02, 2012
German court rules against Microsoft in Motorola patent fight
By Harro Ten Wolde
MANNHEIM, Germany (Reuters) - A court in Mannheim ruled on Wednesday that Microsoft infringed Motorola Mobility's patents and ordered Microsoft ...
Mon, April 30, 2012
S&P 500 flirts with two-month low before rebound
By Angela Moon
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell for the fifth day in six on Wednesday as investors kept their focus on the turmoil ...
Fri, April 27, 2012
China auto market laggards chase premium profile
By Laurence Frost
BEIJING (Reuters) - Thousands of Chinese consumers already have the T-shirt. All Fiat-Chrysler boss Sergio Marchionne has to do now is sell ...
Fri, April 27, 2012
Honda: aiming for more than 10 percent U.S. market share
TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co <7267.T> aims to recover a market share of more than 10 percent in the United States as soon possible, Executive ...
Thu, April 26, 2012
Analysis: China's ailing bad debt market cries for change
By Koh Gui Qing
BEIJING (Reuters) - Veteran investor Jack Rodman has had enough. After waiting 11 years for China to sell its rising pile ...
Thu, April 26, 2012
U.S. says market access for China tied to key issues
By Jim Christie
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The United States is willing to open up its markets to China and give it more access to ...
Wed, April 25, 2012
Analysis: China's ailing bad debt market cries for change
By Koh Gui Qing
BEIJING (Reuters) - Veteran investor Jack Rodman has had enough. After waiting 11 years for China to sell its rising pile ...
Wed, April 25, 2012
Ericsson raises hopes mobile gear market stabilized
By Simon Johnson
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - World number one mobile network gear maker Ericsson
Tue, April 24, 2012
USDA holding press briefing as mad cow rumor roils market
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States Department of Agriculture was holding a press conference on Tuesday as rumors that a case of mad cow disease ...
Mon, April 23, 2012
Options market sees big earnings move for Apple
By Angela Moon and Doris Frankel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The wild ride in Apple shares this year could get even more interesting when the ...
Sun, April 22, 2012
Car makers gear up for a tougher China market
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's massive car market may still be young, but the auto industry CEOs descending on Beijing this week will see first ...
Fri, April 20, 2012
Sensient Technologies 1st-quarter beats market expectations
(Reuters) - Sensient Technologies Corp, a maker of flavors, aromas and colors, posted first-quarter results that beat estimates, helped by growth across its segments.
The ...
Thu, April 19, 2012
Instant View: Microsoft hitches ride on resilient PC market
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's quarterly results surpassed Wall Street's targets as computer sales held up better than expected, lifting its shares more than ...
Thu, April 19, 2012
Chipmaker AMD's results point to better PC market
By Noel Randewich
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices
Wed, April 18, 2012
Analysis: Apple results loom large for tech - and the market
By Caroline Valetkevitch
NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Apple's shares fall, is Wall Street's entire performance at risk?
The outsize influence of Apple ...
Tue, April 17, 2012
Supreme Court takes another look at gray market resales
(Reuters) - The Supreme Court has decided to take a second crack at reconciling two apparently contradictory provisions in the Copyright Act: one that permits ...
Tue, April 17, 2012
Stung by gas prices, Obama seeks new oil market crackdown
By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama, whose political fortunes are threatened by rising gasoline prices, proposed new ...
Mon, April 16, 2012
U.S. busts global online drug market, arrests eight
By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Eight men charged with running an elaborate online narcotics market that sold drugs to 3,000 people in ...
Sun, April 15, 2012
Ex-Wall Street bankers bring science to China's rocky stock market
By Samuel Shen and Kazunori Takada
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Ex-Wall Street bankers are betting science can exploit opportunities in China's often rumor-driven stock market ...
Fri, April 13, 2012
Japan market watchdog recommends $2.5 million fine for Olympus
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's market watchdog on Friday recommended the Financial Services Agency (FSA) fine Olympus Corp <7733.T> about 200 million yen ($2.5 million ...
Thu, April 12, 2012
Commercial paper market contracts in week: Fed
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The commercial paper market shrank in the latest week, suggesting businesses either cut back on short-term borrowing or filled their short-term ...
Thu, April 12, 2012
Jobless claims cast cloud on labor market
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing for jobless aid hit a two-month high last week and more applications were received ...
Thu, April 12, 2012
Oil market breaks two-year cycle of tightening supplies: IEA
By Zaida Espana and Alex Lawler
LONDON (Reuters) - The oil market has broken a two-year cycle of tightening supply conditions, the International Energy Agency ...
Wed, April 11, 2012
Targeting the mobile market
By David Randall
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's not often that a two-year-old start-up becomes a $1 billion company.
Yet Instagram, a popular smartphone ...
Wed, April 11, 2012
Jobless claims cast cloud on labor market
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing for jobless aid hit a two-month high last week and more applications were received ...
Tue, April 10, 2012
Best Buy CEO resigns during personal conduct probe
By Dhanya Skariachan
(Reuters) - Best Buy Co Chief Executive Brian Dunn suddenly resigned from the company during an investigation into allegations of personal misconduct ...
Mon, April 09, 2012
Market rally to help assets managers' 1st-quarter - analysts
(Reuters) - The recent rally in the equity market will likely benefit U.S. asset managers, with most expected to exhibit quarter-over-quarter growth, Barclays said ...
Fri, April 06, 2012
Kurdish minister received UK market abuse emails: sources
By Tom Bergin and Steve Slater
LONDON (Reuters) - Ashti Hawrami, oil minister of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq, was the recipient of emails ...
Thu, April 05, 2012
Asian banks warm to bond market innovation
By Rachel Armstrong and Kelvin Soh
SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - A shortage of U.S. dollars, new banking regulations and strong investor demand means ...
Wed, April 04, 2012
One-fifth of U.S. adults read e-books as market booms: survey
By Ian Simpson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One in five American adults read an electronic book in the last year, as gift-giving sped the shift away ...
Tue, April 03, 2012
Top JPMorgan banker quits after market abuse fine
By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Clara Ferreira-Marques
LONDON (Reuters) - One of London's most prominent bankers was fined 450,000 pounds ($720,000) for passing ...
Mon, April 02, 2012
NYSE to open new CFD derivatives market
By John McCrank
(Reuters) - NYSE Euronext
Mon, April 02, 2012
Wall Street ends worst two weeks since November
By Ryan Vlastelica
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed their worst two-week slide since November with a selloff on Friday as disappointing China ...
Thu, March 29, 2012
More U.S. clean tech IPOs come to market, amid skepticism
By Olivia Oran
(Reuters) - Two U.S. clean tech companies plan to go public on Friday, as executives and bankers increasingly bet that high ...
Wed, March 28, 2012
Facebook halts secondary market trading, plans for May IPO
By Alexei Oreskovic and Sarah McBride
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Social-networking site Facebook is halting the sale of its shares on secondary markets effective next ...
Wed, March 28, 2012
Nokia seeks to retake China market share
By Terril Yue Jones and Tarmo Virki
BEIJING/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia will start to sell smartphones using Microsoft software in China from April, seeking ...
Mon, March 26, 2012
Housing market recovery hits pothole in February
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Contracts to purchase previously owned U.S. homes unexpectedly fell in February, suggesting a loss of momentum in the ...
Fri, March 23, 2012
Signs of recovery grow in housing market
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The battered housing market looks to be on the mend as buyers make a tentative return and house prices ...
Thu, March 22, 2012
Wall Street closes stellar quarter on up note
By Rodrigo Campos
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks closed their strongest quarter in more than two years on a positive note on Friday, led by ...
Wed, March 21, 2012
Analysis: Global coffee market tight despite price slump
By Maja Wallengren
GUAXUPE, Brazil (Reuters) - The latest retreat in arabica coffee prices signals the tightly supplied coffee market is not running out of ...
Fri, March 16, 2012
PayPal to tap domestic e-payments market in China, India
HONG KONG (Reuters) - EBay Inc's
Thu, March 15, 2012
Apple iPad investigated for reports of excess heat
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An influential U.S. consumer watchdog is investigating online reports that Apple Inc's new iPad throws off an unusually large ...
Thu, March 15, 2012
Market investors warn "Beware the Ides of March!"
* Banks, energy stocks fall after recent gains
UNDATED (Reuters) - It’s an ominous day in ancient history: The ides of March, or the day ...
Wed, March 14, 2012
Teva gets nod to market Lexapro generic
(Reuters) - Drug regulators gave the nod on Wednesday to Teva Pharmaceuticals to sell a cheaper copycat version of Lexapro antidepressant tablets in the United ...
Wed, March 14, 2012
No rise in heart deaths after 2008 market crash in LA
(Reuters) - The 2008 stock market crash generated a lot of stress, but it did not trigger a spike in heart attack deaths -- at least ...
Tue, March 13, 2012
No rise in LA heart deaths after 2008 market crash
By Amy Norton
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The 2008 stock market crash generated a lot of stress, but it did not trigger a spike ...
Tue, March 13, 2012
Japan may open $96 billion drugs market further
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government might allow seriously ill patients to use medical treatments not yet approved in Japan under a compassionate use" system ...
Tue, March 13, 2012
Fed nods to better economy, mum on next move
By Mark Felsenthal and Pedro da Costa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Tuesday provided few clues on the prospects for further monetary easing ...
Mon, March 12, 2012
Dendreon CEO: rival prostate drugs to boost market
By Deena Beasley
(Reuters) - Dendreon Corp expects the entry of rival prostate cancer drugs from Johnson & Johnson and Medivation Inc to boost demand for ...
Mon, March 12, 2012
Farrell loses millions in property market crash
The Phone Booth star, who divides his time between homes in Los Angeles and Dublin, Ireland, reportedly invested more than $10.4 million (£6 ...
Fri, March 09, 2012
Apple's new iPad making waves in video game market
By Liana B. Baker
(Reuters) - Apple Inc's
Wed, March 07, 2012
Toyota recalls over 681,000 vehicles in U.S. market
DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> said on Wednesday it is recalling more than 681,000 cars and trucks in the U.S. market to ...
Tue, March 06, 2012
Google recasts Android Market with new name
By Alexei Oreskovic
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is renaming its online storefront for music, books and digital goods, its latest move to raise ...
Sun, March 04, 2012
Historic plantations hit the market in South Carolina
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The privately owned historic plantations that dot South Carolina's low country don't switch hands often ...
Sat, March 03, 2012
Historic plantations hit the market in South Carolina
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The privately owned historic plantations that dot South Carolina's low country don't switch hands often ...
Fri, March 02, 2012
U.S. risks persist, China in good stead so far: IMF
By Hilary Burke and Malena Castaldi
PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay (Reuters) - A renewed drop in housing prices could thwart the U.S. economic recovery ...
Fri, March 02, 2012
Analysis: Facebook seeks breakthrough in mobile ad market
By Georgina Prodhan
BARCELONA (Reuters) - For Facebook it must look like a no-brainer -- exploit its huge consumer loyalty and half a billion mobile phone ...
Fri, March 02, 2012
Starbucks targets Nestle market share: report
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - U.S.-based Starbucks Corp
Thu, March 01, 2012
Yelp soars in market debut on Facebook optimism
By Nicola Leske
(Reuters) - Consumer review website Yelp Inc made a sparkling market debut on Friday, buoyed by optimism ahead of Facebook's public ...
Thu, March 01, 2012
Market recognizing BofA's progress, says CEO Moynihan
By Rick Rothacker
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Investors are starting to recognize Bank of America Corp's
Wed, February 29, 2012
Bernanke warns of slow progress ahead on jobs
By Mark Felsenthal and Pedro da Costa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday offered a tempered view of the U.S ...
Mon, February 27, 2012
Bloomberg gives market data service a facelift
By Liana B. Baker and Nicola Leske
(Reuters) - Bloomberg LP revamped its market data service on Monday in an effort to make its flagship ...
Sun, February 26, 2012
HSBC counts cost of emerging market success
By Steve Slater and Sarah White
LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings Plc
Sun, February 26, 2012
HTC bets on cameras, music to recover smartphone mojo
By Tarmo Virki and Clare Jim
BARCELONA/TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's HTC Corp has turned to advanced cameras and music functions for a new ...
Fri, February 24, 2012
Wal-Mart inks deal for first L.A. Neighborhood Market
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc has signed a deal for its first Neighborhood Market grocery store in Los Angeles, the world's biggest ...
Fri, February 24, 2012
U.S., Saudi maneuver to contain Iran oil market threat
By Jeff Mason and Matthew Robinson
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has raised oil exports and the United States is considering releasing crude ...
Mon, February 20, 2012
Japanese firms seek Europe phone market share
By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent
(Reuters) - Japanese companies Fujitsu and Panasonic plan to enter the European smartphone market as rivals Apple and Samsung ...
Thu, February 16, 2012
Apple's legal woes in China offer hope to rivals
By Lee Chyen Yee and Huang Yuntao
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Apple Inc's legal row over its iPad trademark in China creates a window ...
Wed, February 15, 2012
2012 Olympics give Samsung a window on European market
By Avril Ormsby
LONDON (Reuters) - The view from Samsung's office in east London spans the 2012 Olympic Park, but the head of sports ...
Wed, February 15, 2012
Apple iPhone market share to slip from Q1: Gartner
(Reuters) - Apple, which became the world's largest smartphone vendor in the fourth quarter, will see its iPhone market share slipping for a couple ...
Sun, February 12, 2012
Analysis:China offshore yuan market booms even as yuan bets fade
By Saikat Chatterjee
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Three years after China launched its most ambitious experiment yet to give its currency more global clout, some ...
Thu, February 09, 2012
PepsiCo's plan leaves some investors thirsting for more
By Martinne Geller
(Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc
Thu, February 09, 2012
Lenovo beats Q3 net forecasts by raising market share
By Lee Chyen Yee and Huang Yuntao
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Lenovo Group Ltd beat market forecasts on Thursday with its third-quarter net ...
Wed, February 08, 2012
World beer market 2011 growth picks up to 2.7 percent: report
LONDON (Reuters) - Growth in the world beer market picked up to reach 2.7 percent in 2011 as growth continued to strengthen driven by ...
Wed, February 08, 2012
Senator urges lobbying against money market reform
By Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Pat Toomey is urging businesses to push back against efforts by U.S. securities regulators to impose ...
Wed, February 08, 2012
Analysis: Don't chase market stampedes as risks run amok
By Mike Dolan
LONDON (Reuters) - If both the perma-bears and perma-bulls are wrong in their immovable convictions about the long-term global investment outlook, then ...
Mon, February 06, 2012
SEC weighs two money market fund proposals
By Sarah N. Lynch
(Reuters) - The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission is eyeing two potential plans to bolster the stability of money ...
Mon, February 06, 2012
Top auction houses to put art market rally to test
By Mike Collett-White
LONDON (Reuters) - Auction houses pinching themselves after bumper 2011 sales are now turning their attention to 2012, amid cautious optimism that ...
Sun, February 05, 2012
Local firms vie for Yum's slice of China market
By Terril Yue Jones
BEIJING (Reuters) - Four floors up overlooking the bustle of the cavernous Joy City Mall in Beijing, diners take a break ...
Thu, February 02, 2012
Local firms vie for Yum's slice of the China market
By Terril Yue Jones
BEIJING (Reuters) - Four floors up overlooking the bustle of the cavernous Joy City Mall in Beijing, diners take a break ...
Thu, February 02, 2012
Europe gets bond market respite, real economy pain
By Nigel Davies and Jan Strupczewski
MADRID/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Spain and France gained respite at bond auctions on Thursday highlighting a rally in euro ...
Thu, February 02, 2012
Euro, shares gain on Greek deal hopes
By Richard Hubbard
LONDON (Reuters) - European stock markets and the euro extended two months of gains on Thursday as Greece edged closer to a ...
Tue, January 31, 2012
Corrected: Logitech warns again as weak market and euro hit Q3
ZURICH (Reuters) - Logitech, the world's largest computer mouse maker, cut its full-year outlook for the third time after third quarter sales and profit ...
Mon, January 30, 2012
Wall Street ends week higher before Greece decision
By Chuck Mikolajczak
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks edged higher on Friday, but investors stayed cautious before a long holiday weekend when hopes ...
Mon, January 30, 2012
Honda out to shake up market with first jet next year
By Chang-Ran Kim
TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co <7267.T> expects to grab at least a quarter of the world market for small business jets soon ...
Thu, January 26, 2012
McAfee rejects Symantec claim about market share
BOSTON (Reuters) - Security software maker McAfee rejected a claim that several large corporate customers had recently switched over to using products from rival Symantec ...
Thu, January 26, 2012
Durable goods data points to economic momentum
By Jason Lange
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders for manufactured goods rose in December and a gauge of future business investment rebounded, showing the economy ...
Thu, January 26, 2012
Logitech warns again as weak market and euro hit Q3
ZURICH (Reuters) - Logitech, the world's largest computer mouse maker, cut its full-year outlook for the third time after third quarter sales and profit ...
Wed, January 25, 2012
Einhorn, Greenlight fined for UK market abuse
By Tommy Wilkes and Katya Wachtel
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - David Einhorn's reputation as one of the hedge fund industry's most respected ...
Wed, January 25, 2012
Analysis: Shipping signal gnaws at market optimism
By Mike Dolan
LONDON (Reuters) - A nightmare on world freight markets, where shipping prices have been decimated over the past four years, is gnawing ...
Tue, January 24, 2012
Chipmaker AMD expects lower revenue in weak PC market
By Noel Randewich
(Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc forecast lower quarterly revenue as a shortage of hard drives and a shaky economy hurt PC ...
Mon, January 23, 2012
Job market hurt teens most: study
By Andrew Stern
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. workers suffered many more job losses during the 2007-2009 Great Recession than in downturns over the past ...
Mon, January 23, 2012
Wall Street cuts losses on late buying
By Angela Moon
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks trimmed losses to end little changed on Friday, as investors saw dips in the market as an ...
Sun, January 22, 2012
Foreign firms eye China's crowded express delivery market
BEIJING (Reuters) - When 70-year-old Qian Yongfang of Nanjing in eastern China opened a package of mooncakes her daughter had sent by express delivery, two ...
Wed, January 18, 2012
China opposed to U.S. listing Taobao as market for piracy
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is "greatly concerned and strongly opposed" to the United States' listing of Taobao, the country's largest consumer e-commerce website, as ...
Wed, January 11, 2012
Chicago Fed's Evans: Need to see better housing market
By Andrew Stern
LAKE FOREST, Illinois (Reuters) - The president of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank said on Wednesday that a more vibrant housing market ...
Tue, January 10, 2012
In South Carolina, Romney defends record at equity firm Bain
By Steve Holland
GREER, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican front-runner Mitt Romney defended his leadership on Thursday of a private equity firm at the center ...
Mon, January 09, 2012
GM sees 2012 market share gains in China, Korea
By Ben Klayman
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co
Mon, January 09, 2012
Alcoa gives positive aluminum outlook
By Steve James and Ernest Scheyder
(Reuters) - Alcoa Inc
Mon, January 09, 2012
GM focusing on profits, not U.S. market share: CEO
By Ben Klayman
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co
Mon, January 09, 2012
Netflix sparks price war with UK launch
By Georgina Prodhan and Matt Cowan
LONDON (Reuters) - Netflix launched in Britain and Ireland on Monday, taking on BSkyB's premium drama and movies ...
Sun, January 08, 2012
Toshiba to enter U.S. smart home energy market
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Japan's Toshiba Corp said on Monday it plans to enter the smart home energy market in the United States at ...
Sun, January 08, 2012
U.S. auto market now industry bedrock
By Laurence Frost
DETROIT (Reuters) - Welcome to an unlikely beacon of hope for the global auto industry -- Detroit.
Executives arriving this week for the ...
Fri, January 06, 2012
Best Buy impresses with market share, profit view
By Dhanya Skariachan
(Reuters) - Best Buy Co
Wed, January 04, 2012
Gross predicts "paranormal" market activity in 2012
By Katya Wachtel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bill Gross, the manager of the world's largest bond fund, is sounding like a Wall Street ghost-hunter ...
Tue, January 03, 2012
National Instruments sees Q4 rev below market view
(Reuters) - National Instruments forecast fourth-quarter revenue below analysts' estimates hurt by a slowdown in the European industrial sector, sending its shares down 5 percent ...
Tue, January 03, 2012
BMW sees 2012 premium market growth above 8 percent
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - BMW
Mon, January 02, 2012
Samsung seeks to re-enter Japan TV market: report
(Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is planning to re-enter the Japanese flat-panel television market next year, the Nikkei business daily reported on Tuesday, without ...
Thu, December 29, 2011
Financial market credit tightened at year end: Fed
By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Banks tightened the screws on lending to major financial market participants in recent months, the U.S ...
Thu, December 29, 2011
Tough India IPO market drives deals between private equity funds
By Indulal PM
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Thu, December 22, 2011
Import prices rise in February on higher oil
By Lucia Mutikani
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Thu, December 22, 2011
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Thu, December 22, 2011
New iPhone? No thanks, say cash-conscious Europeans
By Tarmo Virki
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Wed, December 21, 2011
Banks gorge on ECB loans, market cheer short-lived
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Wed, December 21, 2011
Hong Kong culls chickens at market, bans trade, as H5N1 found
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Mon, December 19, 2011
U.S. market to list futures on next president
By Ann Saphir
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Thu, December 15, 2011
Zynga shares fall in second trading session
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Thu, December 15, 2011
Economy gaining momentum, housing shows a pulse
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Wed, December 14, 2011
Even market rocket scientists find euro crisis a challenge
By Nia Williams
LONDON (Reuters) - Political turmoil in the euro zone is undermining the ability of computer-driven trading systems to cope with volatile market ...
Tue, December 13, 2011
Jive Software shares surge in market debut
By Siddharth Cavale and Jochelle Mendonca
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Tue, December 13, 2011
Belgian gunman killed cleaning woman before attack
By Robert-Jan Bartunek
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Mon, December 12, 2011
Fed stimulus pledge buoys stocks, Greece talks eyed
By Richard Hubbard
LONDON (Reuters) - The euro held firm against the dollar, while European shares and gold moved higher on Thursday, after the U ...
Fri, December 09, 2011
Panasonic eyes fresh tilt at global phone market
By Isabel Reynolds
TOKYO (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp, which has warned it will post a $5.5 billion annual loss, will launch a smartphone in ...
Fri, December 02, 2011
Analysis: Cisco set on proving it can succeed in tablet market
By Nicola Leske
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Fri, December 02, 2011
Western Digital could regain market share quickly
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Thu, December 01, 2011
Zynga seeks lower IPO value in tough market
By Liana B. Baker and Brenton Cordeiro
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Thu, December 01, 2011
EU Commission extends bank aid rules, cites market tensions
By Foo Yun Chee and John O'Donnell
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Wed, November 30, 2011
Getco to buy BofA's NYSE market-making business
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Wed, November 30, 2011
How a Chinese cave got listed on the U.S. stock market
By Melanie Lee
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Mon, November 28, 2011
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By Steven C. Johnson
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Mon, November 28, 2011
Apple beats Android in British market in October
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Sun, November 27, 2011
IMF denies in Italy aid talks
By James Mackenzie and Francesca Landini
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Fri, November 25, 2011
Dow and S&P 500 post best week since Christmas
By Caroline Valetkevitch
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks posted their best week since Christmas, even with a mixed finish on Friday after strong earnings from ...
Wed, November 23, 2011
IPOs stoke San Francisco housing market
By Sarah McBride
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Wed, November 23, 2011
Bond market hammers Italy, Spain ponders outside help
By Barry Moody and Elisabeth O'Leary
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Tue, November 22, 2011
Insight:Funds battle banks over $300 trillion derivatives market
By Karen Brettell
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some of the world's biggest financial firms are locked in a battle over the control of large ...
Tue, November 22, 2011
Consumer sentiment up, trade gap narrows
By Richard Leong
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Sun, November 20, 2011
Analysis: Mexico sees life beyond U.S. export market
By Dave Graham and Michael O'Boyle
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Thu, November 17, 2011
Branson's Virgin eyes Mexican phone market
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Thu, November 17, 2011
Delphi Automotive eyes acquisitions: report
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Thu, November 17, 2011
Asia's mobile tech-driven healthcare market seen at $7 billion
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Wed, November 16, 2011
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Wed, November 16, 2011
BHP Billiton turns more cautious on market outlook
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Wed, November 16, 2011
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Tue, November 15, 2011
Cellphone market growth dives in third quarter: Gartner
By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent
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Mon, November 14, 2011
Wall Street falls for sixth day
By Angela Moon
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Tue, October 11, 2011
Analysis - Bank of America's mortgage market share plunges
By Rick Rothacker
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Tue, October 11, 2011
Google jumps as investors cheer mobile growth
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Mon, October 10, 2011
Daily Deal frenzy jolts local online ad market
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Fri, October 07, 2011
Low mortgage rates can't spark housing market
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Tue, October 04, 2011
Instant view: S&P 500 enters bear market territory
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 entered bear market territory after the open on Tuesday, down over 20 percent from its 2011 high, as European officials considered making banks take bigger losses on Greek debt and fears of contagion in the world's financial system grew.
COMMENTS:
GREG FLEMING, HEAD OF THE MORGAN STANLEY WEALTH MANAGEMENT AND MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT DIVISIONS
"The level of volatility and instability in the market is challenging for institutional and retail investors and their psyches. We have seen retail investors stay stable in this situation. Our financial advisers are talking to their clients and talking about where they are from a personal standpoint. Our financial advisers are probably doing it more than usual. Anybody who is watching the markets every day would be more nervous."
GREG SALVAGGIO, VICE PRESIDENT, CURRENCY TRADING, TEMPUS CONSULTING, WASHINGTON
"The market is very uncertain about direction. I think fundamentals have gone out of the door because if you look at U.S. economic data as of late, the data has been showing signs of U.S. recovery and equities should be moving higher. However, there's significant concern about contagion within the euro zone, Greek default and really what effect a Greek default is going to have on the financial sector. We have already seen the pressure that Morgan Stanley has come under. What you're seeing on the back of that is investors are striving for safety and the only investment that's now viewed safe -- because gold is no longer viewed as safety -- is cash and U.S. bonds.
"I think you have to take a wait and see approach. There is not as much selling as I thought there would be this morning. If it was bear market territory, you would expect everyone to be selling this morning, but we're not seeing that.
"Friday's job report is going to be of paramount importance. That's much more important looking out the next couple of days than this bear market territory, technical indicator stuff."
GEORGE GONCALVES, HEAD OF U.S. INTEREST RATE STRATEGY, NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, NEW YORK
"The Treasuries market has priced this in already. The stock market is only catching up now. It is only now realizing that the illusion of growth we have had was all based on stimulus and it needs more stimulus. There'll be more pain and the pain is the destruction of wealth.
"The chipping away at the wealth created by QE2 is almost complete. This has to make the Fed nervous.
"'Twist' is not an effective tool. The Fed should be creating more reserves, not changing the composition of its Treasuries holding. I think the Fed miscalculated and it should be providing additional cash."
GARY THAYER, CHIEF MACRO STRATEGIST, WELLS FARGO ADVISORS, ST.LOUIS, MISSOURI
"We're getting close to a technical definition of a bear market. We still see our economy doing okay and normally in a bear market, you're in a recession. The stock market declines show increased worry about recession, but we still see some signs that the economy is growing and not contracting. Car sales look good. People may not be feeling good, but they're buying cars. I'd be more concerned if we were seeing consumer spending drop along with sentiment, but that does not seem to be happening.
"The markets are worried. Investors are uncertain about what's happening in Europe and until we see some of that uncertainty cleared up, we are likely to have highly volatile markets. You find when the markets go down investors get very concerned, rightfully so. But there's an old saying that the stock market has predicted nine of the last five recessions.
"The stock market is not a perfect predictor of the economy though it's an excellent reflection of sentiment. With all this uncertainty, investors look for safety and right now the Treasury market is attracting those investors. U.S. markets are doing better than overseas markets, helping the dollar."
WILLIAM LARKIN, FIXED INCOME PORTFOLIO MANAGER, CABOT MONEY MANAGEMENT, SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS:
"My take on it is that Europe, from a leadership standpoint, is looking a little more unstable, so you've got that feeding in, and we are also coming into earnings season. There are a lot of excuses to disappoint, and guidance going forward is going to be very challenging, which means that a lot of the valuations are likely to get dinged in here. From that standpoint, why not raise some cash, be more defensive going into that. It is too much of a headwind.
We are going to see lower (Treasuries) yields if it is possible. If you had asked me a year ago that yields would get this low I would say that you are crazy. 2.72 percent on the 30-year? That is beyond my comprehension.
Cash looks great. Right now you have to be very careful."
MICHAEL WOOLFOLK, SENIOR CURRENCY STRATEGIST, BNY MELLON, NEW YORK
"There are two separate issues here. Are financial markets pricing in more risk and uncertainty? Yes, no question. Will things get worse before they get better? Yes. The same pattern we've been seeing of people allocating away from stocks and toward cash and bonds should continue until a Greek resolution is in place. That's the most important issue. But this does not imply a double-dip recession in the United States. There is stimulus in the pipeline here that should help maintain growth in the future despite all these ongoing debt difficulties. A double-dip scenario in Europe is also unlikely given continued export-led growth in Germany."
JOSEPH TREVISANI, CHIEF MARKET ANALYST, FX SOLUTIONS, SADDLE RIVER, NEW JERSEY
"The dollar gets stronger, there are more safe haven flows. Nobody is going to dollar assets for return, just for safety."
LINDSAY PIEGZA, ECONOMIST, FTN FINANCIAL, NEW YORK
"We saw a lot of back and forth between the U.S. and China about this impending trade war. Just the fact that we're going back and forth over raising further barriers to growth is causing anxiety.
"Another factor is Dexia -- the Belgian bank coming under structural problems and needing to get bailed out. The European banking community is continuing to hold this unsavory debt on their balance sheets and they continue to try to work through that.
"More and more analysts in the U.S. are suggesting that there is no solution to the European problem and they're just pushing the problem down the road.
"If we do see a European recession that would be very very bad for the equity markets. That will dampen global growth prospects."
ERIC GREEN, SENIOR PORTFOLIO MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AT PENN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT IN PHILADELPHIA, WHICH OVERSEES $6.5 BILLION
"The bear market is just a number that the media likes to use; I don't see people changing strategies because of it. It feels like we're getting oversold, but the ...
Tue, October 04, 2011
Ubiquiti shrugs off weak market, prices IPO
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Mon, October 03, 2011
Rhapsody snaps up Napster to build market share
By Yinka Adegoke
(Reuters) - Two of the longest-running names in digital music, Rhapsody and Napster, are combining in a bid to grow market share ...
Sun, October 02, 2011
Analysis: Indonesia's cup of cocoa woes could cheer world market
By Lewa Pardomuan and Michael Taylor
SINGAPORE/JAKARTA (Reuters) - A plunge in Indonesia's cocoa exports spotlights a flagging battle against disease and adverse ...
Sat, October 01, 2011
Small market Brewers chase big dreams
By Steve Keating
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - For years, the only September race that held any interest for Milwaukee Brewers fans was a sprint between the ...
Fri, September 30, 2011
Insight: Asia reshapes cocoa market
By Sarah McFarlane
LONDON (Reuters) - To get an idea how emerging markets are reshaping global consumption patterns, look no further than the cocoa bean ...
Thu, September 29, 2011
Analysis: Stagnant U.S. jobs market bodes ill for world economy
By Alan Wheatley, Global Economics Correspondent
LONDON (Reuters) - Record-high long-term unemployment is testing politicians and central bankers to the utmost as the impact of ...
Thu, September 29, 2011
China's runaway bosses spotlight underground loan market
By Zhao Hongmei and Koh Gui Qing
BEIJING (Reuters) - A string of Chinese entrepreneurs have gone into hiding to avoid repaying loans, according to ...
Wed, September 28, 2011
Analysis: Looming changes roil municipal bond market
By Karen Pierog
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Change is coming to the U.S. municipal bond market, and issuers, bankers and others are worried that ...
Mon, September 26, 2011
EU opens antitrust probe into e-payment market
By Foo Yun Chee
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators are investigating whether a group of banks, including Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Spain's BBVA ...
Wed, September 21, 2011
Heartland Payment sees growth in market share, margins
By Brenton Cordeiro
(Reuters) - Payment processor Heartland Payment Systems Inc
Wed, September 21, 2011
Wyse PocketCloud hits emerging mobile cloud market
(Reuters) - U.S.-based Wyse Technology has rolled out a new version of its PocketCloud application, enabling free sharing of music and videos between ...
Mon, September 19, 2011
NSN to push cloud computing to telco gear market
By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) unveiled on Tuesday its new Liquid technology which promises to ease telecom ...
Mon, September 19, 2011
Analysis: New drugs drive prostate cancer market
By Deena Beasley
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Options for treating prostate cancer are expanding with the advent of novel, and more expensive, medicines, with key ...
Mon, September 19, 2011
Start-up SpiderCloud targets emerging corporate mobile market
By Tarmo Virki, European technology correspondent
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Venture capital-backed telecom gear startup SpiderCloud Wireless aims to tap into the emerging market of small ...
Thu, September 15, 2011
RIM will struggle to restore credibility: analyst
(Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion must launch innovative devices on schedule and offer credible earnings forecasts to win back the trust of investors ...
Thu, September 15, 2011
Global regulators deepen anti-market abuse ties
By Huw Jones
LONDON (Reuters) - Global regulators have revised their rules so they can more easily track down commodity market abuses that cut across ...
Tue, September 13, 2011
Job gains ease recession fears but still weak
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Employers hired more workers than expected in September and job gains for the prior two months were revised higher ...
Mon, September 12, 2011
Tablet boom prompts Gartner to cut PC market view
By Tarmo Virki
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Research firm Gartner slashed its growth forecast for the global PC market this year to 3.8 percent from ...
Thu, September 08, 2011
Tablet boom prompts Gartner to cut PC market view
By Tarmo Virki
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Research firm Gartner slashed its growth forecast for the global PC market this year to 3.8 percent from ...
Thu, September 08, 2011
Gartner slashes 2011 PC market growth forecast
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Research firm Gartner slashed its growth forecast for the global PC market this year to 3.8 percent from its earlier forecast ...
Wed, September 07, 2011
Toronto film fest offers Oscar bids in strong market
By Christine Kearney
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coming off a robust first half of 2011 for independent films, the Toronto film festival kicks off on ...
Tue, September 06, 2011
Groupon puts IPO on ice as SEC questions remain
By Alistair Barr
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Groupon has put its IPO on hold for at least a few weeks, hoping to ride out global ...
Mon, September 05, 2011
Wall Street, finishing flat, posts 4 weeks of gains
By Chuck Mikolajczak
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks closed out a fourth week of gains in quiet fashion on Friday, edging higher as the market ...
Sun, September 04, 2011
Upstart gets jump on Amazon in India's nascent e-shopping market
By Arjun Kashyap
BANGALORE (Reuters) - On some days when they were starting out, the Bansals would get on a motorbike to make the rounds ...
Sat, September 03, 2011
Ford aims for more vehicle market segments in China
BEIJING (Reuters) - Ford Motor
Fri, September 02, 2011
Market expects Operation Twist in September
By Emily Flitter
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. government bond investors see Federal Reserve action to boost the flagging economy as practically a done ...
Thu, September 01, 2011
Mystery Buyer Wants Kim Kardashian's Sex Tape Off the Market
Kim Kardashian has been getting a lot more press than usual these days, and it's not just because of her recent nuptials to ...
Wed, August 31, 2011
Sony tablets face tough sell on price, hardware
By Isabel Reynolds and Liana B. Baker
TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sony's new tablet computers failed to excite gadget reviewers and analysts who ...
Fri, August 26, 2011
Analysis: Europe risks crisis steps delay, new market attacks
By Robin Emmott
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Financial market pressure on the euro zone eased a little this week as Italy's borrowing costs fell and ...
Thu, August 25, 2011
Market sentiment weakened before U.S downgrade: S&P
By Charmian Kok and Kevin Lim
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The top official behind Standard & Poor's downgrade of the United States said on Friday it was not to blame for August's stock market rout, and warned that developed nations still needed to "get their act together" to tackle their mountains of debt.
S&P cut the United States' prized triple-AAA rating one notch to AA+ on August 5, exacerbating a rout in global stock markets that had already been hit by Europe's growing sovereign debt crisis and fears of a renewed U.S. recession.
"From our perspective, it's an oversimplification to say this was happening because of S&P's downgrade," said David Beers, S&P's global head of sovereign ratings, referring to criticism that the move caused volatility in the market.
World stocks as measured by MSCI's All-Country World Index have fallen more than 17 percent from their May high as markets lose faith in the ability of politicians in rich world economies to tackle mounting debt burdens.
S&P's officials have said the U.S. downgrade was mostly based on their view that politics in Washington have become too unstable and divisive to ensure additional deficit-reduction measures are adopted next year.
In Europe, investors are increasingly worried that euro zone leaders have been unable to contain the debt crisis that has swamped Greece, Portugal and Ireland and now threatens bigger, much harder to save economies such as Spain and Italy.
Japan, meanwhile, with a public debt twice the size of the $3 trillion economy, is looking for its sixth leader in five years after Prime Minister Naoto Kan confirmed on Friday his intention to step down.
"We're waiting to see if the governments can get their act together and address both the short-term and long-term issues," Beers told journalists at a media roundtable discussion in Singapore, referring to developed countries in general.
He added that monetary and fiscal tools which could be used to boost sluggish economic growth would be of limited use if households in rich nations continued to focus on reducing their own debt rather than spending.
"One of the lessons that we're perhaps learning from this crisis, and this applies to many countries not just the U.S., is the limits of what these sorts of fiscal and monetary policies can achieve," Beers said.
S&P, one of the big three ratings agencies, also said that the outlook for Asian sovereigns was stable, but was showing some downside risks.
Most Asian countries, especially those such as Singapore, South Korea or Taiwan with a higher share of exports to Western countries, would be hurt if the United States or European economies continued to slow, said Elena Okorotchenko, managing director at S&P.
(Writing by Saeed Azhar and Alex Richardson; Editing by Kim Coghill)
Tue, August 23, 2011
Apple wins ban on some Samsung smartphone sales
By Greg Roumeliotis and Gilbert Kreijger
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Apple won an injunction in a Dutch court on Wednesday to stop Samsung Electronics from marketing ...
Tue, August 23, 2011
Winner house on the market for $96 million
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Tue, August 23, 2011
Crisis-weary rich held nerve in market sell-off
By Christopher Vellacott
LONDON (Reuters) - Memories of the panic that engulfed the world after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 have hardened rich ...
Sun, August 21, 2011
Santa Fe's Native American art market is cultural feast
By Zelie Pollon
Santa Fe, New Mexico (Reuters) - Diego Romero, from New Mexico's Cochiti pueblo, spent months building pieces of pottery, melding traditional ...
Sat, August 20, 2011
Societe Generale CEO sees market nerves lingering
PARIS (Reuters) - The head of French bank Societe Generale
Fri, August 19, 2011
PIMCO: Treasuries reflect likelihood of recession
By Jennifer Ablan and Daniel Burns
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bill Gross, manager of the world's largest bond fund, said on Friday the decline ...
Wed, August 17, 2011
Lenovo Q1 gains overshadowed by PC market concerns
By Lee Chyen Yee and Huang Yuntao
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Lenovo Group Ltd, the world's No.3 PC brand, joined rivals ...
Wed, August 17, 2011
Carlsberg cuts outlook as Russian beer market stalls
By Mette Fraende
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish brewer Carlsberg
Tue, August 16, 2011
Google deal shows cash-rich cos may not need to tap loan market
By Michelle Sierra
NEW YORK (LPC) - Google Inc's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc suggests that cash-rich companies may not ...
Tue, August 16, 2011
Google deal shows cash-rich cos may not need to tap loan market
by Michelle Sierra
NEW YORK, Aug 16 (LPC) - Google Inc's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc suggests that cash-rich companies ...
Thu, August 11, 2011
Spain stock market regulator bans short selling
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's stock market regulator, the CNMV, said on Thursday it banned short selling on financial stocks for 15 days from August ...
Thu, August 11, 2011
Warren Buffett buying in down market: Fortune
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Thu, August 11, 2011
Caution marks mobile device market in H2: Gartner
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Uncertainty in global financial markets will likely take its toll on the market for mobile devices in the second half as growth ...
Wed, August 10, 2011
Money markets: FX market shows banks scrambling for dollars
By Richard Leong and Karen Brettell
NEW YORK (Reuters) - European banks are relying more on the foreign exchange market to obtain dollar funding, as ...
Wed, August 10, 2011
Groupon IPO dented by market, new numbers
By Alistair Barr
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Groupon Inc's plans for an initial public offering have been dented by the stock market slump and ...
Wed, August 10, 2011
Apple blocks Samsung's Galaxy tablet in EU
By Hyunjoo Jin and Poornima Gupta
SEOUL/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A German court has temporarily barred Samsung Electronics from selling its flagship Galaxy tablet ...
Wed, August 10, 2011
Toshiba: chip business could fall short of forecast
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp, the world's No.2 maker of flash memory, on Wednesday warned that profits in its chip business could fall ...
Tue, August 09, 2011
Oil slides $4 on economic gloom, dollar
By Jessica Donati
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices fell by more than $4 a barrel on Thursday, with U.S. futures touching $81.86 barrel ...
Tue, August 09, 2011
Three U.S. IPOs postponed amid tough market
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three initial public offerings were postponed on Tuesday, the latest casualties of volatile market conditions.
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Tue, August 09, 2011
Market rout spawns calls for outside-the-box remedies
By Alan Wheatley, Global Economics Correspondent
LONDON (Reuters) - In a sign of the harm that tumbling markets are doing to the global economy, calls ...
Tue, August 09, 2011
Trichet says ECB in secondary bond market for now
PARIS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is actively buying government bonds in the secondary market, ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet said on Tuesday, urging governments ...
Mon, August 08, 2011
IPO View: Market rout exposes high-flying dotcom deals
By Clare Baldwin
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The latest market rout might serve as a warning to investors who have euphorically poured money into high-flying ...
Mon, August 08, 2011
Analysis: No quick cure for slow growth at root of market malaise
By Alan Wheatley, Global Economics Correspondent
LONDON (Reuters) - From the United States and Italy to Japan and Greece, slow growth is hobbling the capacity ...
Mon, August 08, 2011
Jobs woes sink Wall Street
By Ryan Vlastelica
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks tumbled 2 percent on Friday after data showing zero jobs growth in August brought investors face-to-face with ...
Sun, August 07, 2011
Moody's warns against Japan FX action, BOJ on alert
By Stanley White and Leika Kihara
TOKYO (Reuters) - Moody's Investors Service warned Japan that ineffective currency intervention would be negative for its sovereign ...
Sun, August 07, 2011
France eyes more deficit cuts as ratings eyed
By Marc Angrand and Catherine Bremer
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday ordered his finance and budget ministers to find new ways ...
Thu, August 04, 2011
Japan signals readiness to intervene again; market jittery
By Stanley White and Leika Kihara
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's finance minister said he was closely watching yen moves on Friday, signaling a readiness ...
Wed, August 03, 2011
Analysis: Enterprise flash storage market ripe for tie-ups
By Noel Randewich
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Competition is brewing in the small but booming market for flash memory used in corporate data centers, and ...
Wed, August 03, 2011
China warns of choppy Treasury market
By Samuel Shen and Lan Wang
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's central bank governor urged Washington on Wednesday to act responsibly to deal with its ...
Tue, August 02, 2011
China warns of choppy Treasury market
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's central bank governor urged Washington Wednesday to act responsibly to deal with its debt issues, saying uncertainty in the Treasuries ...
Tue, August 02, 2011
Global policymakers discuss debt crisis, market turmoil
By Leika Kihara and Yoo Choonsik
TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) - Global policymakers held an emergency conference call on Sunday to discuss the twin debt crises ...
Mon, August 01, 2011
Metro says risks to profit target have grown
By Victoria Bryan
DUESSELDORF (Reuters) - Metro
Mon, August 01, 2011
BOJ easing likely if Tokyo intervenes in FX market
By Leika Kihara
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is expected to ease monetary policy this week to support a fragile economic recovery if ...
Mon, August 01, 2011
Android conquers almost 50 percent of smartphone market
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Google's Android platform has taken almost 50 percent of the global smartphone market, dominating in the Asia-Pacific region, research firm Canalys ...
Mon, August 01, 2011
Wall Street closes worst week since '08 with wild day
By Angela Moon
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks closed out their worst week in more than two years on Friday in a volatile session that ...
Sun, July 31, 2011
Default cloud hangs over U.S. job market
By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The terrifying prospect of a U.S. debt default has left a cloud over businesses already reeling ...
Fri, July 29, 2011
Japan banks, brokerages grapple with weak home market
By Tim Kelly and Taiga Uranaka
TOKYO (Reuters) - Lacklustre lending activity in Japan's earthquake-ravaged economy and a shrinking retail investment business capped earnings ...
Wed, July 27, 2011
Dunkin' Brands shares soar in stock market debut
By Lisa Baertlein
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Investors eagerly bought the shares of Dunkin' Donuts parent Dunkin' Brands Group Inc
Wed, July 27, 2011
Ipsos buys Aegis market research unit for $860 mln
By Caroline Jacobs and Sarah Young
PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - French market research company Ipsos
Wed, July 27, 2011
Daimler sees emerging market car demand cooling
By Maria Sheahan
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German car and truck maker Daimler missed quarterly revenue forecasts and warned strong demand for cars in the key ...
Tue, July 26, 2011
BP and Phibro join Q2 oil market losers
By Dmitry Zhdannikov and Braden Reddall
LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Global giant BP
Tue, July 26, 2011
Exclusive: Fed president hints at broad money-market fix
By Ross Kerber
BOSTON (Reuters) - A senior Federal Reserve official is prescribing sweeping medicine to stabilize the $2.5 trillion money market mutual fund ...
Fri, July 22, 2011
Solid Volvo Q2 report lifts shares 5 percent
By Patrick Lannin
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Good demand for Volvo's
Wed, July 20, 2011
Zillow blazes in market debut, skeptics abound
By Brenton Cordeiro and Jochelle Mendonca
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Shares of real estate and housing data company Zillow Inc tripled in value on their debut ...
Tue, July 19, 2011
Basic Nokia phones more profitable than smartphones
By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia's basic phones generate much better operating profits than its smartphone line-up, the Finnish mobile ...
Tue, July 19, 2011
Clinton tells India: "It's time to lead"
By Andrew Quinn
CHENNAI, India (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told India on Wednesday "it's time to lead", urging the government to ...
Mon, July 18, 2011
Wall Street ends worst week in year on debt stalemate
By Caroline Valetkevitch
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks ended the worst week in a year as time runs out on Washington to reach agreement before ...
Wed, July 13, 2011
Citadel ends plan to be market maker in treasuries
BOSTON (Reuters) - Hedge fund Citadel's securities arm appears to have abandoned plans to become a market maker in treasuries, prompting the company to ...
Tue, July 12, 2011
Bank of America seeks to restore trust in IPO market
By Kylie MacLellan
LONDON (Reuters) - A string of troubled initial public offerings (IPO) in Europe has pushed Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Sun, July 10, 2011
Arkansas farmers see growing market in heirloom tomatoes
By Suzi Parker
LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) - A cake with heirloom tomato icing? Don't laugh.
The dessert with a hint of zing was ...
Sun, July 10, 2011
Italy scrambles to soothe market jitters
By Deepa Babington
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's government scrambled to present a united front and defend the embattled economy minister on Sunday, hoping to ...
Sat, July 09, 2011
Artists from 50 countries show wares at Santa Fe market
By Zelie Pollon
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - Naina Valasai had never boarded an airplane before arriving in Santa Fe this week. In fact ...
Fri, July 08, 2011
Lexus to lose top spot in U.S. luxury car market
By Rick Popely
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp's <7203.T> brand Lexus will end its streak of 11 years as the top luxury brand in ...
Thu, July 07, 2011
Dim sum market stirs U.S. borrowers
by Andrea Johnson
BRADENTON/NEW YORK, July 7 (IFR) - One of the U.S. high-grade market's favorites, Caterpillar Financial Services, is becoming quite ...
Thu, July 07, 2011
Treasury market wilts as Fed waves goodbye
By Emily Flitter
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's $600 billion Treasury buying spree is over and the bond market is growing nervous ...
Tue, July 05, 2011
Google's browser tops 20 percent market share: report
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Google Inc's
Mon, July 04, 2011
Lenovo, NEC eye 5 percent share gain in Japan's tough PC market
TOKYO, Jul (Reuters) - China's Lenovo and NEC Corp of Japan said on Monday they expect to lift their combined market share in Japan ...
Fri, July 01, 2011
Google's Chrome tops 20 percent market share
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Google Inc's Chrome Web browser has grabbed more than 20 percent of global market share, while Microsoft Corp's long-time leader ...
Fri, July 01, 2011
Nokia to exit Japan cellphone market by August: report
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Nokia Corp. will finally exit the Japanese cellphone market at the end of August, the Nikkei reported.
The Finnish handset manufacturer had ...
Fri, July 01, 2011
Farmer's market accepts FoodShare
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – The farmer's market in Wausau will start taking FoodShare cards this weekend.
Farmer's market volunteers and Marathon County health ...
Thu, June 30, 2011
Market debates Fed's next move as QE2 ends
By Steven C. Johnson
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve ended its $600 billion bond-buying program, known as QE2, on Thursday and has yet ...
Thu, June 30, 2011
Older interns signal gloomy labor market
By Alexandra Alper
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Elizabeth Romanaux puts a brave face on working as an intern at the age of 55.
A media ...
Thu, June 30, 2011
As QE2 ends, market debates Fed's next move
By Steven C. Johnson
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve ends its $600 billion bond-buying program, known as QE2, on Thursday and has yet ...
Wed, June 29, 2011
U.S., India pledge cooperation on market access
By David Lawder
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Finance chiefs from the United States and India pledged on Tuesday to deepen efforts to open up India's ...
Tue, June 28, 2011
IEA's move meant to send a shock wave to the market
By Muriel Boselli
PARIS (Reuters) - A high level of emergency stocks enabled industrialized nations to divert their purpose to support a fragile economic recovery ...
Mon, June 27, 2011
SEC grants extension for market access rule
By Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Broker-dealers won additional time from federal regulators to comply with new rules banning "naked access," where brokers rent ...
Mon, June 27, 2011
Nissan targets 8 percent market share, margin in 6 years
By Chang-Ran Kim, Asia autos correspondent
YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Nissan Motor <7201.T> outlined plans to boost both its global market share and profit margin to ...
Sun, June 26, 2011
Historic Charleston market reopens after overhaul
By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The historic City Market in Charleston, South Carolina, one of the oldest operating urban markets in the ...
Tue, June 21, 2011
Daimler CEO warns of rising emerging market risks
By Knut Engelmann and Hendrik Sackmann
NEW YORK/STUTTGART (Reuters) - Germany's Daimler
Tue, June 21, 2011
Daimler CEO warns of emerging market risks
By Knut Engelmann and Hendrik Sackmann
NEW YORK/STUTTGART (Reuters) - Germany's Daimler
Mon, June 20, 2011
Fitness DVDs, sweaty or serene, heat up cold market
By Dorene Internicola
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Video may have killed the radio star, but reality TV has been a boon to fitness DVDs ...
Mon, June 20, 2011
Facebook to take top spot in U.S. display ad market
By Alexei Oreskovic
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook's U.S. advertising revenue will total roughly $2.2 billion in 2011, displacing Yahoo Inc to ...
Fri, June 17, 2011
Optimism creeps into jobs market for college grads
By David Morgan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nancy O'Leary is proud of her son, and with good reason. After graduating from the University of Michigan ...
Thu, June 16, 2011
Gartner: Global mobile ad market to double in 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The worldwide market for mobile advertising will double in 2011 from last year to $3.3 billion, according to the latest ...
Thu, June 16, 2011
Boeing sees global jet market worth $4 trillion
PARIS (Reuters) - Passenger jet sales will reach $4 trillion over the next 20 years, Boeing predicted on Thursday as it hiked demand forecasts on ...
Thu, June 16, 2011
Study: Cancer drugs approved in U.S. before Europe
By Lisa Richwine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New cancer medicines typically reach the U.S. market several months before they go on sale in Europe, according ...
Tue, June 14, 2011
Art market buzzes ahead of Basel, London sales
By Mike Collett-White
LONDON (Reuters) - Billions of dollars of art will be on show in Basel at the annual fair this week and in ...
Sun, June 12, 2011
Dubai to launch bond soon, tap market for $5 billion more
By Martin Dokoupil
DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai, facing a budget deficit, is planning a benchmark sovereign dollar bond issue in the coming days after holding ...
Sat, June 11, 2011
Iran says Saudi crude increase will not change market
TEHRAN (Reuters) - An increase in crude output by Saudi Arabia will not change market conditions as demand is for lighter oil than it provides ...
Fri, June 03, 2011
Market stalls but investors not panicked
By Rodrigo Campos
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More bad days may be in store for stocks in coming weeks, but investors are not pressing the ...
Thu, June 02, 2011
Islamic trusts could revive Gulf property market
By Shaheen Pasha
DUBAI (Reuters) - Jordanian Ashraf Hamdan began investing in Dubai's real estate market in 2006, with a few modest rental investment ...
Thu, June 02, 2011
Costco May comp sales beats market expectations
(Reuters) - U.S. warehouse club operator Costco Wholesale Corp
Wed, June 01, 2011
Job market has long way to go, Fed's Pianalto says
By Kristina Cooke
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - High unemployment is not a "quickly resolvable problem," but April's job gains show the economic recovery is ...
Wed, June 01, 2011
Lenovo sees PC market share in western Europe rising
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Lenovo, the world's No.4 PC brand, expects its PC market share in western Europe to rise from the current level ...
Mon, May 30, 2011
Ireland rules out second bailout; to test market in 2012
By Carmel Crimmins
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's government moved on Monday to quash speculation it would be forced to seek a second EU-IMF bailout ...
Fri, May 27, 2011
SAIC Motor expects sharp slowdown in China vehicle market
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The outlook for China's car industry had turned to neutral from positive, weighed down by factors such as rising inflation and ...
Thu, May 26, 2011
Options market gets first crack at LinkedIn Friday
By Doris Frankel
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Investors who believe LinkedIn Corp is overvalued after its explosive debut last week may get their first crack at ...
Mon, May 23, 2011
IBM passes Microsoft's market cap after 15 years
By Bill Rigby
SEATTLE (Reuters) - International Business Machines edged past old rival Microsoft Corp in market value for the first time since April 1996 ...
Thu, May 19, 2011
Siemens wants NSN to grab market share
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Siemens will push its struggling telecom gear venture Nokia Siemens Networks to win market share, Siemens' finance director said on Thursday.
"The ...
Thu, May 19, 2011
Inventories to cap phone market growth: Gartner
By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent
PARIS (Reuters) - Rising inventories of unsold cellphones and slower demand growth in emerging countries will cap cellphone market ...
Wed, May 18, 2011
Wisconsin Could Be First To Recover In Housing Market
Whitewater, Wis. (WHBL) - A U-W Whitewater professor says Wisconsin will be among the first in the nation to recover from the struggling housing market ...
Wed, May 18, 2011
LG Display, Samsung see depressed LCD market turning
By Miyoung Kim
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Display, the world's top two flat-screen makers, expect the depressed LCD market to ...
Tue, May 17, 2011
ER crisis a result of market forces: study
By Frederik Joelving
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of emergency rooms has dropped by more than a quarter over the past two decades ...
Tue, May 17, 2011
Costco to enter high-priced Chicago gas market
By Jessica Wohl
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Costco Wholesale Corp will soon start selling gasoline at its Chicago warehouse store, a move that should drive more ...
Mon, May 16, 2011
Google debuts in high-grade bond market with $3 billion deal
by Andrea Johnson and Danielle Robinson
BRADENTON/NEW YORK, May 16 (IFR) - Google Inc hit the U.S. bond market on Monday with its ...
Tue, May 10, 2011
Senator Levin to probe oil prices on market concerns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Carl Levin, who heads a panel on investigations, said commodity prices are a huge concern and he reiterated that he plans ...
Tue, May 10, 2011
U.S. says China agrees market-opening steps
By Doug Palmer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China has agreed to steps to open its government procurement market to more U.S. companies and let U ...
Fri, May 06, 2011
Global 3D TV market to grow 5-fold in 2011: iSuppli
SEOUL (Reuters) - The global 3D television market will grow more than 5-fold to account for 11 percent of flat-screen TV sales this year, as ...
Fri, May 06, 2011
U.S. market lifts Alcatel Q1, Japan worry hits shares
By Leila Abboud
PARIS (Reuters) - Fast buildout of mobile networks in the United States lifted Alcatel-Lucent's <ALUA.PA> first quarter sales as the ...
Tue, May 03, 2011
Strong ad market drives Comcast and CBS results
By Paul Thomasch and Yinka Adegoke
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Comcast Corp and CBS Corp showed the TV business is even stronger than billed, reporting ...
Tue, May 03, 2011
U.S. eyes price gouging, manipulation in energy market
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new taskforce focused on fraud in energy markets will look into whether consumers are being gouged at the gas pump or ...
Fri, April 29, 2011
Daimler's robust Q1 underwhelms hopeful market
By Maria Sheahan
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler posted robust quarterly results that underwhelmed investors whose expectations had been inflated by recent stellar reports by peers ...
Thu, April 28, 2011
Smartphone boom lifts phone market in first quarter
By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Strong demand for smartphones gave a further boost to overall cellphone market volumes in January-March and ...
Tue, April 26, 2011
Facebook jumps into crowded coupon market
By Alexei Oreskovic
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook began offering users in five U.S. cities coupons for everything from wine tastings to concert tickets ...
Tue, April 26, 2011
Attorney General Holder expresses energy market concerns
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday that he saw some "disturbing" things in the energy markets, which support forming the task ...
Tue, April 26, 2011
China Internet market should not be treated differently: Exec
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's massive Internet market should not be singled out and treated differently from other Internet markets in the world, a Google ...
Thu, April 21, 2011
Team to probe oil market fraud, manipulation: Obama
RENO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday the U.S. attorney general was assembling a team to root out any fraud and manipulation ...
Wed, April 20, 2011
Nissan: U.S. market share may fall due to parts
By Deepa Seetharaman and Dena Aubin
NEW YORK (Reuters) - There is a risk that Nissan Motor Co's <7201.T> U.S. market share ...
Tue, April 19, 2011
China premium car market prize worth the hurdles
By Helen Massy-Beresford
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Luxury car makers that have learned the ropes in the familiar markets of Europe and the United States are ...
Tue, April 19, 2011
Trust banks' profits ride rising market tide
BOSTON (Reuters) - Two of the top U.S. custody banks reported higher quarterly earnings as assets under management and fees increased along with the ...
Tue, April 19, 2011
Tablet market seen surging to $49 billion by 2015
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The global tablet computer market, born last year with Apple's iPad, will grow to a $49-billion business by 2015, research firm ...
Mon, April 18, 2011
Big banks cleared of market-rigging in Parmalat case
By Manuela D'Alessandro
MILAN (Reuters) - A Milan court cleared Citigroup, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley of market-rigging in a high-profile ...
Sun, April 17, 2011
Saudi slashes oil output, says market oversupplied
By Amena Bakr and Reem Shamseddine
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's oil minister said on Sunday the kingdom had slashed output by 800,000 ...
Fri, April 15, 2011
Barbie helps Mattel win market share; shares rise
By Dhanya Skariachan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mattel Inc beat quarterly sales expectations and gained market share on strong demand for its mainstay Barbie dolls ...
Tue, April 12, 2011
Swap market crackdown seeks to spare businesses
By Christopher Doering and Dave Clarke
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. companies would be largely spared from increases in the costs of using derivatives when ...
Mon, April 11, 2011
Fed's Yellen says end of asset buys won't roil market
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal Reserve plans to end its $600 billion bond buying program in June are priced into financial markets and should not ...
Sat, April 09, 2011
Bank of England's Haldane warns of emerging market asset bubbles
By David Milliken
LONDON (Reuters) - Emerging markets are likely to be increasingly prone to asset price bubbles in coming years due to capital inflows ...
Thu, April 07, 2011
Moody's cuts Nokia on weak market position
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Moody's cut its credit rating on Nokia, citing the Finnish mobile phone company's weakening market position and uncertainty over its ...
Tue, April 05, 2011
SEC unveils plan to reduce market volatility
By Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Securities and Exchange Commission unveiled a long-awaited plan designed to protect the markets from volatile price swings ...
Fri, March 25, 2011
Oracle jumps as outlook points to market share gains
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Shares of Oracle Corp <ORCL.O> rose 5 percent on Friday, a day after the world's third-largest software maker forecast solid ...
Thu, March 24, 2011
Store-brand food seen eating up market share
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Grocery retailers' store-brand products are expected to double their share of the global packaged food market over the next 15 years to ...
Thu, March 24, 2011
Amazon set to grab market share from Wal-Mart: William Blair
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc <AMZN.O> is well-positioned to grab market share from Wal-Mart Stores Inc <WMT.N> and Target Corp <TGT.N> given ...
Wed, March 23, 2011
Emerging market mobile assets too costly: Vodafone
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Takeover prices for some emerging market telecom assets are too expensive to tempt UK mobile giant Vodafone, Vodafone's chief executive told ...
Tue, March 22, 2011
RIM PlayBook ready to contest crowded tablet market
By Alastair Sharp
TORONTO (Reuters) - It's official: with the launch of Research In Motion's <RIM.TO> <RIMM.O> PlayBook tablet now just ...
Tue, March 22, 2011
PlayBook ready to contest crowded tablet market
By Alastair Sharp
TORONTO (Reuters) - It's official: with the launch of Research In Motion's PlayBook tablet now just a month away, the ...
Tue, March 15, 2011
Japan Noda closely watching fx market: lawmaker
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Wednesday he is closely watching the currency market, a ruling party lawmaker said.
Noda made ...
Mon, March 14, 2011
Quake selloff wipes $287 billion off Tokyo stock market
By Antoni Slodkowski
TOKYO (Reuters) - A massive selloff on the Tokyo Stock Exchange wiped out some 23.5 trillion yen ($287 billion) from the ...
Fri, March 11, 2011
AIG bid to buy back mortgage bonds may buoy market
By Al Yoon
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group's bid to take back $15.7 billion in risky mortgage bonds may inject fresh ...
Fri, March 11, 2011
Covered bond advocates gather to push case for market
by Rachelle Horn
NEW YORK, March 11 (IFR) - Covered bond advocates descended on Capitol Hill on Friday to testify before the House Financial Services ...
Mon, March 07, 2011
Big Human Genome lupus drug nears market
By Lisa Richwine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Human Genome Sciences Inc's lupus drug is poised to win clearance this week, offering patients the first approved ...
Thu, March 03, 2011
Hard time for Iraqi refugees in weak U.S. job market
By David Sheppard
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fleeing after years of war in Iraq, many refugees arriving in the United States can't find the ...
Wed, March 02, 2011
SEC seeks to wean money market funds off ratings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Market regulators on Wednesday proposed to reduce money market mutual funds' reliance on credit-ratings.
The proposal by the Securities and Exchange Commission ...
Tue, March 01, 2011
Chrysler takes first step to re-enter market : CEO
GENEVA (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC has taken the first step to re-enter the U.S. capital markets through filings with the U.S. Securities ...
Mon, February 28, 2011
U.S. calls China's Baidu "notorious market"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday again put China's top search engine, Baidu Inc, on its annual list of "notorious markets" for ...
Mon, February 28, 2011
JPMorgan says tablets to grow into $35 billion market by 2012
(Reuters) - JPMorgan Securities expects tablets to evolve into a $35 billion market by 2012, eating into the share of PCs, and competition to drive ...
Fri, February 25, 2011
Higher oil slippery slope for consumer goods market
By Martinne Geller
BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) - The uphill climb for consumer goods makers to improve sales and profits is getting more slippery, as ...
Fri, February 25, 2011
SEC market-abuse chief takes trader-based approach
By Nick Paraskeva
NEW YORK, February 25 (Complinet) - The Securities and Exchange Commission market-abuse unit is using new approaches to in an effort to ...
Tue, February 22, 2011
Big companies keen on small U.S. one-cup coffee market
By Martinne Geller
BOCA RATON, Fla (Reuters) - Big food and beverage makers, including Kraft Foods Inc <KFT.N> and Sara Lee Corp <SLE.N ...
Fri, February 18, 2011
"Flash crash" panel calls for market overhaul
By Roberta Rampton and Jonathan Spicer
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Regulators should stem the growing tide of anonymous stock-trading and consider imposing fees on ...
Thu, February 17, 2011
Geithner warns of market risk on debt limit fight
By David Lawder
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A delay in raising the $14.3 trillion U.S. statutory debt limit could make markets price in risks ...
Thu, February 17, 2011
Nestle emerging market growth to offset cost rises
By Silke Koltrowitz
VEVEY, Switzerland (Reuters) - Nestle <NESN.VX>, the world's biggest food maker, said strong demand in emerging markets would help it ...
Wed, February 16, 2011
Alcatel-Lucent sees buoyant U.S. market
By Leila Abboud
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent <ALUA.PA> is bullish about its prospects in the United States this year, after securing ...
Wed, February 16, 2011
Market up for third week as late-comers jump in
By Rodrigo Campos
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Late arrivals to the speediest rally in stocks since the Great Depression pushed stocks higher for a third ...
Mon, February 14, 2011
Acer sees 2011 mobile PC market up 10-12 percent
By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent
BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Taiwan's Acer Inc, the world's second-largest PC vendor, expects the market for mobile ...
Fri, February 11, 2011
Hedge funds, banks pile into Madoff claims market
By Laurence Fletcher
LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge funds and banks are piling into the secondary market for claims against fraudster Bernard Madoff, buoyed by the ...
Thu, February 10, 2011
Market awaits bold strategy shift from Nokia's CEO
By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent
LONDON (Reuters) - Nokia's wisdom in picking outsider Stephen Elop to return it to its former glory will ...
Thu, February 10, 2011
Eurofighter sees strong demand for fighter jet market
BANGALORE (Reuters) - European consortium Eurofighter expects the global combat aircraft export market to reach 800 units in 20 years, and it expects to deliver ...
Tue, February 08, 2011
U.S. manufacturers see emerging market boost
BOSTON (Reuters) - Strong demand from big emerging markets, particularly China and India, is boosting U.S. manufacturers' prospects for 2011, a pair of top ...
Tue, February 08, 2011
Gulfstream says business jet market recovering
BANGALORE (Reuters) - General Dynamics Corp's <GD.N> Gulfstream unit said the global business jet market was recovering nicely, particularly outside of North America ...
Mon, February 07, 2011
Young fight for full-time work in job market
By Kristina Cooke
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shanee Greenidge of Boston has been searching for full-time work since she dropped out of high school in ...
Sat, February 05, 2011
Market could rally on profits, technical
By Rodrigo Campos
NEW YORK (Reuters) - With earnings continuing to surprise on the upside and minimal technical resistance ahead, the bears may have to ...
Thu, February 03, 2011
Corrected: Deutsche Bank claims market share as margin dip
Corrects sixth and seventh paragraphs to show Anshu Jain said margins have stabilised, not have yet to stabilise
By Edward Taylor and Arno Schuetze ...
Thu, February 03, 2011
As art market booms, some see the risk of bust
By Mike Collett-White LONDON (Reuters) - At the top end of the art market, the financial crisis seems a distant memory -- surging prices saw Christie ...
Wed, February 02, 2011
U.S. probes BP for gas market manipulation
LONDON (Reuters) - BP said U.S. regulators were considering filing charges against it related to alleged manipulation of the gas market.
"The U.S ...
Thu, January 27, 2011
Apple, RIM, ZTE won in booming cellphone market
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Global cellphone sales surged 18 percent from a year ago in October-December, boosted by strong growth of North American smartphone vendors Apple ...
Thu, January 27, 2011
Tablets to make up 10-15 percent of PC market: Lenovo
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Tablets represent 10 to 15 percent of the personal computer market this year, Lenovo's chief operating officer said on Thursday ...
Wed, January 26, 2011
Tablet boom boosts PC market in Q4: Canalys
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Consumers picking up tablet computers, or pads, during the holiday season boosted the personal computer market 19.2 percent in the fourth ...
Tue, January 25, 2011
Travelers beats estimates, sees market picking up
By Ben Berkowitz
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Travelers Companies Inc <TRV.N> posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit and the largest publicly traded U.S. property ...
Fri, January 21, 2011
Kraft, Starbucks spar over market share losses
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp cannot use market share losses in the grocery coffee aisle as grounds for ending a 12-year-old distribution partnership with ...
Wed, January 19, 2011
Nokia's market share troubles to hit profits
By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia is expected to report its third profit fall in a row as the mobile phone ...
Fri, January 14, 2011
U.S. market cops say threats part of the beat
By Sarah N. Lynch and Scot J. Paltrow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who police financial markets say profanity-filled phone messages and hate-filled emails come with ...
Fri, January 14, 2011
Intel's market sway wanes as it bucks S&P gains
By Ryan Vlastelica and Chuck Mikolajczak
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Intel Corp doesn't look like the market bellwether it once was.
For the third ...
Thu, January 13, 2011
Social gaming market to pass $1 billion in 2011
By Kimberly Nordyke
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The social gaming market is expected to pass $1 billion this year, thanks to a rising number ...
Fri, January 07, 2011
Lenovo sets expectations for tablet market
By Gabriel Madway
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Lenovo Group Ltd, which is making a concerted push into tablets, said it expects the devices to see ...
Tue, January 04, 2011
Strong stock market gives boost to pension funds
BOSTON (Reuters) - Stock market gains late last year helped put U.S. pension funds on a sounder footing, a new report released on Tuesday ...
Sun, January 02, 2011
Barron's sees stock market rise
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street strategists are bullish about the market's prospects in 2011, expecting stocks to rise an average of 10 percent ...
Wed, December 29, 2010
Market can process smoked meats again
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Health inspectors have cleared a Wausau meat market to resume processing smoked meats after an E. coli outbreak this fall that ...
Tue, December 28, 2010
Garrett: U.S. support for housing market to be withdrawn slowly
(Reuters) - Government support for the housing market should be cautiously withdrawn and not be rushed, Scott Garrett, the incoming chairman of the U.S ...
Sun, December 26, 2010
Market oil balanced, prices likely to increase: Iran
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's OPEC governor Mohammad Ali Khatibi said on Sunday that the oil market was stable and the crude prices could reach ...
Fri, December 24, 2010
One Hospitalized From E. coli at Wausau Meat Market
WAUSAU, Wis. (WTAQ) - One of the four people sickened by eating wild game processed at a Wausau meat market had to be hospitalized.
Health ...
Thu, December 23, 2010
E. coli outbreak reported at Wausau meat market
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Four people got sick from E. coli bacteria after eating smoked ready-to-eat meats from Zillman Meat Market, the Marathon County health ...
Thu, December 23, 2010
Analysis: Copper market braces for more substitution
By Rebekah Curtis and Chris Kelly
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Copper's climb to all-time records will spur substitution in some applications, but the ...
Sun, December 19, 2010
Ford bringing C-Max small minivan to U.S. market
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co will introduce a seven-passenger C-Max minivan to the North American market in 2012, a vehicle that is smaller than ...
Fri, December 17, 2010
DoCoMo to bring mobile TV to Indian market: report
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc <9437.T> plans to transfer television broadcast technology for cellular phones to Indian partner Tata Teleservices <TATASL ...
Tue, December 14, 2010
Acer sees big growth in China, tablet market
By Baker Li and Argin Chang
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Acer, the world's No.2 PC vendor, expects its China operations to make up more ...
Mon, December 13, 2010
Toshiba expects U.S. PC sales to outpace market
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp <6502.T> expects its notebook personal computer sales in the United States to sharply outpace the industry in the ...
Mon, December 13, 2010
Health Savings Acct's Grow, But Still Small Part of Market
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The number of Wisconsinites with Health Savings Accounts is growing – but it’s still a relatively small percentage.
The Employee Benefit ...
Wed, December 08, 2010
J&J eyes vaccine market with $2.3 billion Crucell bid
By Gilbert Kreijger and Sara Webb
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - U.S. healthcare group Johnson & Johnson <JNJ.N> launched its long-awaited 1.75 billion euro ($2 ...
Tue, December 07, 2010
Salesforce.com takes on Oracle in database market
BOSTON (Reuters) - Cloud-based software maker Salesforce.com Inc is entering the business of selling database programs that manage vast arrays of corporate data, challenging ...
Mon, December 06, 2010
Google takes on Amazon, Apple in e-books market
By Alexei Oreskovic
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc began selling digital books on Monday, intensifying the search engine's competition with Amazon.com Inc ...
Sun, November 28, 2010
Acer aims to top global PC market in 2011: report
ZURICH (Reuters) - Acer, now the world's second-largest PC vendor, hopes to clinch the top spot from rival HP next year, the Taiwanese company ...
Thu, November 25, 2010
Sony to return to Japan e-reader market in December
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp will re-enter Japan's electronic book market and open an online bookstore offering 20,000 titles, almost all in Japanese ...
Fri, November 19, 2010
No more Darvon for U.S. market: FDA
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The company that makes the highly popular narcotic painkiller Darvon has pulled the drug from ...
Thu, November 18, 2010
Shrinking of mobile gear market slows in Q3: Dell'Oro
By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent
BARCELONA (Reuters) - The mobile telecom equipment market continued to shrink in the third quarter, research firm Dell'Oro ...
Thu, November 18, 2010
GM Shares Return To Market Today
LANSING, Mich (WQTX) Shares of General Motors return to trading on the stock market today. GM is being ressurrected as a public company with ...
Tue, November 16, 2010
China Web game market to hit $750 million in 3 years: report
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Web game market is set to more than double to 5 billion yuan ($750 million) by 2013 as Internet usage ...
Mon, November 15, 2010
Network congestion lifts home 3G station market
By Tarmo Virki, European technology correspondent
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Technology that improves mobile phone reception indoors is starting to break into the mass market as ...
Thu, November 11, 2010
UK to tape trader cellphones to fight market abuse
By Kirstin Ridley
LONDON (Reuters) - Investment bankers and traders in Britain will have their company mobile phone calls taped and stored for six months ...
Wed, November 10, 2010
Cisco shares plummet, sink broader market
By Sayantani Ghosh
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Tech bellwether Cisco Systems <CSCO.O> lost 17.3 percent of its market value in frenzied trading on Thursday ...
Tue, November 09, 2010
G20 struggles in Seoul as Irish crisis hits market
By Rachel Armstrong and Tomasz Janowski
SEOUL (Reuters) - The Group of 20 meeting on Thursday struggled to agree on meaningful action to rebuild the ...
Fri, November 05, 2010
U.S. eyes new rules for market after "flash crash"
By Christopher Doering and Rachelle Younglai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators are close to approving a plan to ensure markets remain liquid even ...
Wed, November 03, 2010
Emerging market policymakers slam Federal Reserve move
By Ana Nicolaci da Costa and David Chance
BRASILIA/SEOUL (Reuters) - Policymakers from the world's new economic powerhouses in Latin America and Asia ...
Wed, November 03, 2010
Hedge funds rescued from down year by market rally
By Laurence Fletcher
LONDON (Reuters) - A stock market rally has helped hedge funds avoid a nightmare prospect of another year of losses, but their ...
Tue, November 02, 2010
Apple has 95 percent of tablet market: Strategy Analytics
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Apple controlled 95 percent of the emerging market for tablet computers with its iPads in the July-to-September quarter, research firm Strategy Analytics ...
Mon, November 01, 2010
Google gaining on booming smartphone market
By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Google's Android software platform rose to No. 2 spot globally on the booming smartphone market ...
Sun, October 31, 2010
Bayer, J&J's blood pill shows mass-market promise
By Ludwig Burger
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A new stroke prevention drug developed by Bayer and Johnson & Johnson proved a safe alternative to the standard treatment ...
Fri, October 29, 2010
Nasdaq CEO: New market obligations unlikely in '11
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The head of Nasdaq OMX Group Inc <NDAQ.O> said on Friday he does not expect any new obligations or privileges ...
Thu, October 28, 2010
Cellphone market slowing but smartphones still boom
By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Cellphone market growth slowed slightly in the September quarter due to worries over economic growth and ...
Wed, October 27, 2010
Law empowers SEC to go after more U.S. market players
(This story first appeared on the Westlaw News & Insight website, http://westlawnews.thomson.com/NationalLit/)
By Carlyn Kolker
NEW YORK, Oct 27 (Reuters Legal ...
Mon, October 25, 2010
Foreclosure mess may hurt housing market, FDIC says
By Dave Clarke and Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The foreclosure mess won't be cleaned up quickly and could hurt the housing ...
Fri, October 22, 2010
U.S. foreclosure mess chills investors, clouds market
By Helen Chernikoff
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors who have been snapping up foreclosed homes are backing off in the wake of the U.S ...
Wed, October 20, 2010
Telcos scramble for piece of booming Saudi market
By Nael Shyoukhi and Ulf Laessing
RIYADH (Reuters) - Khalid al-Khulaif has several phones and six computers at home but he's still in the ...
Sun, October 17, 2010
European wealthy market-shy after crisis
By Ian Simpson
MILAN (Reuters) - The financial crisis has shaken the wealthy's faith in financial markets and is changing their attitude to banks ...
Tue, October 12, 2010
Hedge fund investors turn bullish on stock market
By Emily Chasan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some of the world's most successful hedge fund managers said on Tuesday they have turned more bullish ...
Mon, October 11, 2010
FDA gives thumbs down to Jazz drug; market feels no pain
By Krishnakali Sengupta
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc said the U.S. health regulator did not approve its experimental drug to treat fibromyalgia, but ...
Fri, October 08, 2010
U.S. pulls Abbott's Meridia diet drug off market
By Susan Heavey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories' has pulled its controversial diet drug, Meridia, off the U.S. market after regulators said it was ...
Mon, September 27, 2010
UPS eyeing China domestic parcel service market: report
BANGALORE (Reuters) - United Parcel Service Inc <UPS.N> is planning to set up a domestic postal service in China and will submit a license ...
Sun, September 26, 2010
Traders manipulating cheap stocks: market maker
By Jonathan Spicer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some traders are manipulating U.S. stocks that are worth less than $1 by taking both sides of trades ...
Fri, September 24, 2010
SEC commissioner questions new market maker rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission questioned on Friday the value of saddling high-frequency trading firms with tighter ...
Wed, September 22, 2010
Obama aide Volcker says mortgage market reform crucial
By Daniel Bases and Kristina Cooke
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Paul Volcker, special adviser to President Barack Obama, said on Wednesday that reforming the U ...
Tue, September 21, 2010
Bank to provide ample liquidity to market: BOJ governor
By Masayuki Kitano
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said the central bank will continue to provide ample liquidity to markets, including ...
Fri, September 17, 2010
Tighter rules for market makers post-"flash crash"
By Jonathan Spicer
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. exchanges proposed tighter rules for stock "market makers" that are meant to ensure they provide more ...
Fri, September 17, 2010
What crisis? NY Hamptons real estate market brisk
By Phil Wahba
NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a market closely tied to the fortunes of Wall Street, affluent New Yorkers snapped up luxury houses ...
Thu, September 16, 2010
Samsung launches Galaxy tablet for U.S. market
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics has struck deals with four U.S. carriers to begin selling a Google Android-powered tablet computer during the coming ...
Wed, September 15, 2010
Abbott defends diet drug in fight for U.S. market
By Susan Heavey and Lisa Richwine
ADELPHI, Maryland (Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories, in the thick of a battle to reshape the struggling obesity drug sector ...
Mon, September 13, 2010
Microsoft Halo aims to reignite video game market
NEW YORK/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is hoping to reverse the recent slump in video games and kickstart the holiday shopping season as it ...
Mon, September 13, 2010
IMF urges stimulus to help "dire" job market
By Walter Gibbs and Gwladys Fouche
OSLO (Reuters) - The world's rich countries need to extend initiatives to boost spending and support employment to ...
Thu, September 02, 2010
Panasonic aiming for half of Europe's 3D TV market
BERLIN (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp is aiming to grab a 50 percent share of the European 3D television market this year as demand outstrips expectations ...
Thu, September 02, 2010
Boeing sees $700 billion airplane market in North America
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Boeing Co <BA.N> reiterated on Thursday that it expects North America airlines to take delivery of about 7,200 new planes ...
Wed, September 01, 2010
Media stocks beat market ahead of Apple launch
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Media stocks gained more than the market in early trading on Wednesday ahead of details of a new online TV product ...
Tue, August 31, 2010
CFTC issues final forex exchange market rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. futures regulator issued a final rule late Monday for the retail foreign exchange market, which included relaxing an earlier ...
Mon, August 23, 2010
Bomb threat called into Mexico City stock market
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A bomb threat was called into Mexico City's stock market on Monday, Milenio television reported, but traders said operations at ...
Fri, August 13, 2010
Key Pink Floyd albums drop from digital market
By Ed Christman
NEW YORK (Billboard) - If you're looking to buy the classic Pink Floyd albums "The Wall" or "Animals" as digital downloads ...
Fri, August 13, 2010
Oh, the humanity! Hindenburg omen in stock market
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Sometimes technical indicators seem named just to see how much fear they can provoke.
Take the "Hindenburg Omen," an indicator that depends ...
Wed, August 11, 2010
Macy's gains market share, sees better sales
By Phil Wahba
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Macy's Inc <M.N> quarterly results showed the department store operator boosted sales and gained market share ...
Tue, August 10, 2010
Asian wheat buyers cautious in volatile market
By Naveen Thukral
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian wheat importers were reluctant to commit to deals on Tuesday, as Australian cash prices eased following two straight ...
Thu, August 05, 2010
Wendy's chain to enter Russian market early 2011: report
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Wendy's, one of the world's largest fast food operators based in the United States, is planning to enter the Russian ...
Mon, August 02, 2010
BNP sees market upturn, Q2 beats forecasts
By Lionel Laurent
PARIS (Reuters) - BNP Paribas <BNPP.PA>, France's biggest listed bank, trumped second-quarter profit expectations on Monday and said the market ...
Fri, July 30, 2010
Sarajevo becomes biggest regional film market
By Daria Sito-Sucic
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Romanian film director Florin Serban was overwhelmed after showing his debut film this week to 2,000 spectators at ...
Thu, July 29, 2010
Marbury chooses China's market over Miami switch
BEIJING (Reuters) - Former NBA All Star guard Stephon Marbury has rejected a move to the Miami Heat to re-sign with China's Shanxi Zhongyu ...
Wed, July 28, 2010
Mobile gear market to grow 7 percent in 2011
By Tarmo Virki, European technology correspondent
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The Mobile telecom equipment market will grow 7 percent to $40.3 billion in 2011 after ...
Wed, July 21, 2010
Dennis Hopper's L.A. home on market for $6 million
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The residential compound that late actor Dennis Hopper built in a gritty neighborhood of Venice beach in Los Angeles has gone ...
Tue, July 20, 2010
Sharp says to enter e-reader market
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sharp Corp said on Tuesday it would enter the electronic reader and book markets, hoping to grab a slice of ...
Fri, July 16, 2010
RealD, Qlik rally IPO market
By Clare Baldwin
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares in RealD Inc <RLD.N>, whose 3D technology was used to help make the movie "Avatar", opened ...
Thu, July 15, 2010
Market patience with U.S. and UK could change: OECD chief
LONDON (Reuters) - Markets are relatively patient about the budget-cutting efforts of Britain, the United States, Germany and Japan, but that could change if governments ...
Fri, July 09, 2010
SEC pushes tighter market-making rules: sources
By Jonathan Spicer and Rachelle Younglai
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Securities regulators are moving quickly to tighten rules for market makers to ensure there ...
Fri, July 09, 2010
Berry Gordy's Former Detroit Mansion On The Market
(Detroit, MI) -- A mansion once owned by Motown founder Berry Gordy is going on the market in Detroit next week. The home in the ...
Mon, July 05, 2010
Emerging market M&A gains share on West
By Michael Flaherty and Denny Thomas
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A burst of corporate acquisition activity in Asia shows that executives throughout the region are gaining ...
Wed, June 30, 2010
Manhattan house prices flat, market back to normal
By Helen Chernikoff
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manhattan apartment prices were flat instead of down in the second quarter as the market, recently battered by ...
Wed, June 23, 2010
Cocaine market shifts to Europe, hurts Africa -UN
By Sylvia Westall
VIENNA (Reuters) - The world's $88 billion cocaine market is shifting toward Europe and is severely destabilizing transit countries in West ...
Mon, June 21, 2010
Intel and FTC talk settlement of market abuse suit
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Intel and the Federal Trade Commission filed motions on Monday to suspend trial proceedings while both negotiate settlement of a lawsuit ...
Mon, June 21, 2010
Pfizer pulls leukemia drug from U.S. market
By Lisa Richwine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Drugmaker Pfizer Inc is pulling a decade-old leukemia medicine off the U.S. market after a study found a ...
Wed, June 16, 2010
Market turmoil could derail recovery: EU's Rehn
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - Turmoil on sovereign debt markets could still derail economic recovery in Europe, EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said ...
Tue, June 15, 2010
CBOE shares jump 12 percent in market debut
By Ann Saphir and Clare Baldwin
CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of CBOE Holdings Inc <CBOE.O> jumped 12 percent in their market debut ...
Tue, June 08, 2010
Baidu aims for 79 percent share of China search market
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top Internet search company Baidu aims to raise its share of China's PC and mobile search market to 79 ...
Mon, June 07, 2010
Hungary eyes budget cuts, market says signals mixed
By Krisztina Than and Marton Dunai
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's government vowed to cut spending on Monday as it strove to repair damage from ...
Thu, June 03, 2010
Microsoft CEO says changing market not a danger
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said the transition from PCs to smartphones and tablets is a time of ...
Thu, June 03, 2010
Jobs data show labor market improving
By Steven C. Johnson
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private sector employers added jobs in May and the economy's dominant services sector increased payrolls for ...
Wed, June 02, 2010
Veteran traders blast U.S. market structure at SEC
By Jonathan Spicer and Rachelle Younglai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Traders clashed over the fragmentation and ultra high speed of today's U.S. equities marketplace ...
Wed, June 02, 2010
PersonalFinance: Riding out market volatility
By Linda Stern
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If you're losing sleep over the stock market, you're not alone. Volatility has gone through the roof ...
Wed, June 02, 2010
Market slide may dent AgBank IPO valuation hopes
By Michael Flaherty and Samuel Shen
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Agricultural Bank of China <ABC.UL> may struggle to get the kind of valuation ...
Tue, June 01, 2010
U.S. hedge funds lick wounds after May market mayhem
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss
BOSTON (Reuters) - Not much of anything worked for investors in May, including those known to be the savviest of the bunch ...
Sun, May 30, 2010
Buffett, Moody's CEO rate a date on market crisis
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Legendary investor Warren Buffett appears this week before a commission searching for the causes of the 2008 financial ...
Thu, May 27, 2010
Microsoft CEO unconcerned with Apple market cap
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer was unperturbed a day after rival Apple Inc shot past his firm as the world ...
Thu, May 27, 2010
China says Europe key market
By Aileen Wang and Simon Rabinovitch
BEIJING (Reuters) - Europe remains a key investment market for China's foreign exchange reserves, the Chinese central bank ...
Wed, May 26, 2010
SEC to boost market oversight after flash crash
By Rachelle Younglai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Securities regulators proposed improving market surveillance on Wednesday by tracking stock orders across all U.S. equity markets in ...
Tue, May 25, 2010
Money managers go for the gold in market rout - and beyond
By Jennifer Ablan and David Gaffen
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gold is one of the more mysterious assets in the financial markets. It's volatile ...
Mon, May 24, 2010
Regulators may never pinpoint cause of market crash
By Christopher Doering and Rachelle Younglai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators may never know what caused the recent market crash and still have not ...
Sun, May 23, 2010
Euro zone woes to make for erratic market
By Angela Moon
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Volatility will be the name of the game on Wall Street this week as uncertainty over the euro-zone ...
Thu, May 20, 2010
Twenty20 format may help crack U.S. market
By Simon Evans
LAUDERHILL, Florida (Reuters) - From the country that gave the world the slider and the forkball, cricket's administrators are asking are ...
Thu, May 20, 2010
Samsung unit sees firm smartphone market
By Miyoung Kim
KIHEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) - Global shipments of smartphones may grow 50 percent this year and drive explosive expansion in high-end OLED ...
Tue, May 18, 2010
LED market faces bright outlook but hurdles remain
By Nina Chestney
LONDON (Reuters) - The light-emitting diode (LED) sector is growing fast, especially in niche markets such as the car industry, but LED ...
Tue, May 18, 2010
U.S. still at loss on market plunge, wants new rules
By Christopher Doering, Rachelle Younglai and Jonathan Spicer
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Regulators still have not been able to pinpoint the cause of the ...
Tue, May 18, 2010
Cannes film market enthusiasm tempered by caution
By Bob Tourtellotte
CANNES, France (Reuters) - As the Cannes film festival entered its second half on Tuesday, players in the market for buying and ...
Mon, May 17, 2010
Market watchdog panel to meet on market plunge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A panel advising U.S. market regulators will meet on May 24 to discuss the mysterious market plunge, the Securities and Exchange ...
Thu, May 13, 2010
Senate panel sets hearing on market plunge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Securities, Insurance and Investment Subcommittee has scheduled a hearing for May 20 to examine the causes of last week's ...
Mon, May 10, 2010
U.S. still probing market plunge; reforms coming
By Jonathan Spicer and Rachelle Younglai
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. securities regulator said no single event had been found to ...
Mon, May 10, 2010
Sen Schumer urges market brakes, surveillance
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior senator on Monday urged major U.S. stock exchanges to adopt uniform rules for slowing large sell-offs, and financial regulators ...
Sun, May 09, 2010
U.S. market crash shows need for regulatory revamp
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wall Street's unexplained plunge last week and Greece's debt problems posed systemic risks and underscored the need for financial regulatory ...
Sun, May 09, 2010
Market turmoil, ash, storms cloud Cannes festival
By Mike Collett-White
LONDON (Reuters) - The Cannes film festival brings its usual mix of obscure movie makers and Hollywood royalty this year, though for ...
Sat, May 08, 2010
Market fragmentation delaying stock swoon probe
By Jonathan Spicer and Rachelle Younglai
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The sharp fragmentation of the U.S. stock marketplace -- seen as a cause of ...
Fri, May 07, 2010
G7 watching Europe, market volatility with concern
By David Lawder and Ka Yan Ng
WASHINGTON/TORONTO (Reuters) - The Group of Seven rich countries is concerned about Greece's debt problems, a ...
Fri, May 07, 2010
White House says job report shows labor market "healing"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New data showing the economy added 290,000 jobs in April is the strongest sign yet the labor market is "healing," but ...
Fri, May 07, 2010
Hong Kong warrants traders guilty of market manipulation: SFC
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's securities watchdog said on Friday that a local court found two warrant traders guilty of manipulating the market ...
Fri, May 07, 2010
Wisconsin business experts: Stock market plunge may be from trading error
UNDATED (WSAU) There’s a report that yesterday’s stock market plunge might have been caused by a trader’s typing error. But some ...
Thu, May 06, 2010
Speculative excesses drove huge U.S. market rout: NuWave
By Herbert Lash
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thursday's sharp sell-off in U.S. stocks was sparked by nothing more than too many traders betting ...
Thu, May 06, 2010
Global stock, bond sales derailed by market woes
By Sumeet Chatterjee and Clare Baldwin
MUMBAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Initial public offerings around the world are being canceled as fear over Greece's ...
Thu, May 06, 2010
Trading error blamed for market plunge: CNBC
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A trading error at a major firm was to blame for the day's market plunge, CNBC reported on Thursday.
Separately ...
Tue, May 04, 2010
Housing market jitters as tax credit expires
UNDATED (WSAU) Wisconsin financial experts disagree on what will happen to the housing market, now that the big federal tax breaks for home buyers ...
Tue, May 04, 2010
State Financial Experts Take Sides on Housing Market Future
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin financial experts disagree on what will happen to the housing market, now that the big federal tax breaks for home ...
Fri, April 30, 2010
RIM breaks into top 5 in surging phone market
By Tarmo Virki
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Blackberry maker Research in Motion <RIM.TO><RIMM.O> broke into the top five cellphone makers in January-March for ...
Mon, April 26, 2010
Bayer sees sharp growth in China medical market
BEIJING (Reuters) - Germany drug and chemical maker Bayer AG <BAYGn.DE> said on Tuesday it expects China's medical market to grow nearly 10-fold ...
Thu, April 22, 2010
Hyundai posts record Q1 net on emerging market
By Kim Yeon-hee
SEOUL (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor Co's <005380.KS> strong performance in emerging economies and growing U.S. market share drove it ...
Mon, April 19, 2010
Big brokerages lose market share: study
By Helen Kearney
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The four biggest brokerage companies dominate the U.S. wealth management space, but independent and regional firms are ...
Fri, April 16, 2010
Brighter days seen for beaten-down art market
By Christopher Michaud
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The art market plummeted with the onset of the global financial crisis but experts, fund managers, collectors and ...
Thu, April 15, 2010
Pimco's McCulley calls for money market fund reform
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A top executive at the world's largest bond fund said on Thursday that money market mutual funds should not exist ...
Thu, April 15, 2010
Factories shine, job market weakness lingers
By Lucia Mutikani and Caroline Valetkevitch
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturers were busy in April as factories ramped up production to rebuild ...
Wed, April 14, 2010
Psst, hey, want an iPad? Apple fans hit gray market
By Jim Finkle
BOSTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc's decision to delay the sale of its iPad overseas may frustrate customers in Germany, France or ...
Tue, April 13, 2010
Growth, cheap smartphones key in handset market
By Tarmo Virki and Miyoung Kim
HELSINKI/SEOUL (Reuters) - Top cellphone makers are set to report accelerating market growth and booming demand for new ...
Wed, April 07, 2010
Japan, U.S. to resume talks on reopening beef market
By Chikako Mogi
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has agreed to resume talks on reopening its market to U.S. beef, agriculture minister Hirotaka Akamatsu said ...
Wed, April 07, 2010
China Life profit doubles on global market rebound
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China Life <2628.HK>, the world's top life insurer by market value, reported fourth quarter earnings more than double a ...
Tue, April 06, 2010
U.S. apartment market may have turned corner: report
By Ilaina Jonas
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. apartment vacancy rates stopped rising and rents increased modestly in the first quarter, signs the market ...
Mon, April 05, 2010
Obama wants China currency market-based: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Monday that President Barack Obama wants China's yuan currency to be market-based.
"Each and ...
Mon, April 05, 2010
U.S. says Obama seeks market-based Chinese currency
By Paul Eckert
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States on Monday reiterated its call for China's currency to be market-based, as lawmakers warned ...
Wed, March 31, 2010
AMD chips away at Intel market share in Q4: iSuppli
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - AMD <AMD.N> chipped away at Intel Corp's <INTC.O> market share for computer microprocessors in the fourth quarter, as ...
Thu, March 25, 2010
LG aims at 25 percent of global 3D TV market
SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Electronics, the world's No.2 TV brand, said on Thursday it was aiming to sell nearly 1 million 3D TVs ...
Tue, March 23, 2010
Manhattan office market shows signs of life
By Ilaina Jonas
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The moribund Manhattan office market regained a pulse in the first quarter, after a year that saw only ...
Tue, March 23, 2010
DRAM market upturn to last three years: research
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The DRAM electronic chip market can expect three profitable years after its worst ever slump, industry research firm DRAMeXchange said on Tuesday ...
Mon, March 22, 2010
Health stocks outpace market after reform passes
By Lewis Krauskopf
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Medicaid insurers, hospital companies and even drugmakers rose on Monday as many investors concluded that passage ...
Mon, March 22, 2010
WRA Head: Time To See Housing Market Without Tax Breaks
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The head of the Wisconsin Realtors Association says it might be time to see how the home market does without government ...
Mon, March 22, 2010
Can the housing market stand on its own?
UNDATED (WSAU) The head of the Wisconsin Realtors Association says it might be time to see how the home market does without government tax ...
Mon, March 22, 2010
Microsoft's browser loses market share in Europe
By Tarmo Virki, European technology correspondent
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Microsoft's Internet Explorer has lost market share in major European markets, such as France, Britain ...
Sun, March 21, 2010
What's left to fix housing market?
By Emily Kaiser
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has thrown trillions of dollars at the slumping housing market and it still looks wobbly.
The ...
Fri, March 19, 2010
Boeing speeds production boosts on market outlook
By Kyle Peterson
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Boeing Co <BA.N> said on Friday it will accelerate planned increases in production of two of its popular ...
Thu, March 18, 2010
New collaboration aims to speed TB drugs to market
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators, drug companies, philanthropists and advocates announced a new alliance on Thursday to ...
Tue, March 16, 2010
White House presses China for "market-based" currency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday President Barack Obama wanted China to take a more market-based approach to its currency.
"You saw ...
Fri, March 12, 2010
Nokia trims share of larger handset market
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia Oyj lowered it share of global handset sales after recalculating the size of the market and the scale of the growing ...
Wed, March 10, 2010
Geithner urges reform on housing finance market
By Glenn Somerville
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday that "fundamental reform" of the government's role in the housing finance ...
Tue, March 09, 2010
Report: Job Market This Spring Will Be Hot In Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - The job market in Metro Milwaukee may finally begin to recover this spring. Manpower Incorporated says 21 percent of employers plan ...
Tue, March 09, 2010
Fed's Evans says labor market weakness pervasive
By Mark Felsenthal
ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) - Weak U.S. labor markets are likely to justify easy money policies for quite a while longer, a ...
Mon, March 08, 2010
More work ahead on housing market: Treasury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has more work to do to help struggling U.S. homeowners, despite signs of a stabilizing housing market, a ...
Mon, March 08, 2010
Job market gauge up for 6th straight month
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. job market continued to improve in February for the sixth consecutive month, largely due to a strong recovery ...
Wed, March 03, 2010
Opera says demand up as Microsoft opens EU market
By Tarmo Virki, European technology correspondent
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Opera Software said on Wednesday it had seen a surge in downloads of its browser after ...
Tue, March 02, 2010
Tyson shifting away from Russia chicken market
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tyson Foods Inc <TSN.N>, the biggest U.S. meat producer, said on Monday it had reduced the amount of chicken it ...
Tue, March 02, 2010
U.S. government to enhance municipal market regulation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Internal Revenue Service has agreed to work more closely with the Securities and Exchange Commission to regulate the U.S. municipal ...
Mon, March 01, 2010
FDIC to grease mortgage market with $1.8 bln deal
By Al Yoon
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp is planning to sell $1.8 billion of guaranteed asset-backed debt ...
Mon, March 01, 2010
Sustainable Energy bets on Ontario solar market
By Nicole Mordant
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd, a solar equipment maker that recently relocated to Toronto from Calgary, may soon land its ...
Tue, February 23, 2010
SEC short-sale curb may apply to market makers: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Securities regulators are considering new short-sale restrictions with no exemptions for market makers, people familiar with the regulators' plans said on Tuesday ...
Tue, February 23, 2010
Handset market rebounding in 2010: report
By Tarmo Virki, European technology correspondent
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The cellphone market will rebound more strongly strongly than expected this year as improving economies boost ...
Fri, February 19, 2010
Reviewers urge Glaxo's Avandia come off market
By Lisa Richwine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. drug safety reviewers have recommended that GlaxoSmithKline PLC's diabetes drug Avandia be pulled from the ...
Thu, February 18, 2010
U.S. department stores in fight for market share
By Phil Wahba
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. department stores are by and large set to report far better earnings in the coming week ...
Thu, February 18, 2010
Americans doubt their stock-market savvy: survey
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fewer than two in 10 Americans are confident of their ability to invest in the stock market, although 60 percent still ...
Tue, February 16, 2010
Ericsson market share jumps in Q4: Dell'Oro
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Sweden's Ericsson increased the lead on the global mobile network gear market in the fourth quarter, helped by an acquisition of ...
Mon, February 15, 2010
Hyundai targets 4.5 percent rise in U.S. market share
By Bernie Woodall and Soyoung Kim
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor Co <005380.KS> aims to increase its share of the U.S. market ...
Wed, February 03, 2010
Fed's Warsh says restoring market discipline key
By Kristina Cooke and Steven C. Johnson
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh said on Wednesday that regulatory improvements alone would not ...
Mon, February 01, 2010
Nokia cuts phone prices as market growth returns
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia <NOK1V.HE> cut phone prices across its portfolio in late January, putting its cheapest smartphones on a collision course with mid-range ...
Fri, January 29, 2010
Dykstra home, left a mess, on market for $14.9 million
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It is a six-bedroom, eight-bath mansion that was once vandalized, littered with beer bottles and dog feces, spewed ...
Fri, January 29, 2010
Lloyds reopens U.S. RMBS market with $1 billion deal
By Alex Chambers
LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyds TSB <LLOY.L> raised $1 billion via a residential mortgage-backed bond on Friday, reopening a U.S. market ...
Thu, January 28, 2010
Developed market funds suffer investor redemptions
By Daniel Bases
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investor concern about tightening lending conditions in China and deteriorating finances in Greece and Japan led them to ...
Thu, January 28, 2010
MBA students see signs of job market thaw
By Ros Krasny
BOSTON (Reuters) - Students at one of America's top business schools see evidence that high-technology, startup and alternative energy companies will ...
Tue, January 26, 2010
IMF sees no serious risk of market bubble in China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund does not see a serious risk of a market bubble in China, a senior IMF official said on ...
Sat, January 23, 2010
Volkswagen cuts global market sales forecast: report
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen <VOWG_p.DE> revised its previous assumptions for global car market sales lower by 67 million vehicles for the period through 2018 ...
Fri, January 22, 2010
Schlumberger Q4 margins irk market
By Matt Daily and Braden Reddall
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Oilfield services leader Schlumberger Ltd <SLB.N> posted a quarterly profit tarnished by ...
Fri, January 22, 2010
Sony Ericsson sees handset market still tough in 2010
By Simon Johnson
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sony Ericsson warned on Friday a recovery in the cellphone market could be slower than many expected as it ...
Thu, January 21, 2010
Starbucks to foray into Europe's RTD coffee market
(Reuters) - Starbucks Corp <SBUX.O> said it struck a deal with Swedish-Danish dairy products cooperative Arla Foods to foray into the European ready-to-drink (RTD ...
Mon, January 18, 2010
Handset market recovery in focus after weak 2009
By Tarmo Virki and So-Eui Rhee
HELSINKI/SEOUL (Reuters) - Investors will focus on cellphone makers' comments about the strength of the recovery in demand ...
Sat, January 09, 2010
China vows to keep "hot money" out of property market
BEIJING (Reuters) - China vowed on Sunday not to let foreign speculative investment affect the property market, the latest expression of official concern that real-estate ...
Sat, January 09, 2010
LG confirms LCD TV sales target, eyes more market
SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Electronics Inc, the world's No. 2 TV brand, said on Sunday it aimed to increase its global market share in ...
Wed, January 06, 2010
LG says it is gaining U.S. TV market share
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - LG Electronics Inc <066570.KS> said it is gaining share in the U.S. television market and that mobile phones have ...
Mon, January 04, 2010
Freescale takes aim at tablet computer market
By Gabriel Madway
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Chipmaker Freescale Semiconductor Inc is staking its claim on the tablet computer market, an emerging product category that ...
Sun, January 03, 2010
Will the U.S. job market break its losing streak?
By Emily Kaiser
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the first time in two years, the U.S. economy may have seen a month in which more ...
Tue, December 29, 2009
Microsoft pegs China search market as top priority
By Melanie Lee and Huang Yuntao
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China is a vital market for Microsoft's Web search business, as it chases leaders Baidu ...
Tue, December 22, 2009
Dubai seen pressing for time in hopes of market recovery
By Nicolas Parasie and Rachna Uppal
DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai World is likely to press for more time to restructure its $22 billion debt so ...
Wed, December 16, 2009
PC market bounces back, to grow through 2013
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Global shipments of personal computers bounced back in the third quarter of 2009, a sign that information technology spending will pick ...
Wed, December 16, 2009
Virgin Group enters Britain's gadget help market
By Georgina Prodhan
LONDON (Reuters) - Richard Branson's Virgin Group has launched a company to help consumers with technical problems such as PCs crashing ...
Wed, December 16, 2009
FTC sues Intel for abusing market dominance
By Diane Bartz
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government accused Intel Corp of illegally using its market dominance to stifle competition, in a lawsuit ...
Wed, December 16, 2009
Russia's market reform architect Gaidar dies at 53
By Gleb Bryanski
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Yegor Gaidar, architect of the tumultuous reforms that helped cement Russia's post-Soviet transition but drove millions into poverty ...
Sun, December 13, 2009
Quiet start masks Hong Kong shift to yuan offshore market
By Eric Burroughs and Lu Jianxin - Analysis
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - If a currency represents a country's standing on the global stage, then ...
Sun, December 13, 2009
Tiger's troubles seen swiping sports sponsorship market
By Ben Klayman
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Tiger Woods has just made life a whole lot tougher for athletes looking to score big deals to pitch ...
Tue, December 08, 2009
Chrysler takes long-term view on market share
By John Crawley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chrysler is willing to let market share slide in the short term to further its longer restructuring goals, the ...
Mon, December 07, 2009
U.S. job market makes steady gains in November: Conf Board
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. job market rose slightly in November according to a report issued days after government data showing the lowest ...
Thu, December 03, 2009
Siemens predicts profit slump in "challenging" market
By Marilyn Gerlach
MUNICH (Reuters) - German industrial conglomerate Siemens <SIEGn.DE> took a big fourth quarter writedown on its struggling network joint venture with ...
Thu, December 03, 2009
ECB takes first steps to rein in market support
By Marc Jones
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will start to unwind its crisis support for the euro zone economy this month but ...
Mon, November 30, 2009
GM sees China market sales growth slowing
By Alison Leung
GUANGZHOU (Reuters) - General Motors <GM.UL> expects sales growth for China's auto market to drop dramatically in 2010, as the ...
Mon, November 30, 2009
BOJ hints market support possible
By Leika Kihara
NAGOYA, Japan (Reuters) - The governor of the Bank of Japan said the bank will act decisively in the event of renewed ...
Sun, November 29, 2009
Nokia-Siemens CEO says focus on market share: report
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Ailing telecom equipment maker Nokia Siemens Networks has changed its business focus to increasing its market share, the new chief executive of ...
Sat, November 28, 2009
Nokia sees cell phone market up 10 percent in 2010
By Tarmo Virki, European technology correspondent
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia, the world's biggest mobile handset maker, expects the cell phone market to recover faster ...
Tue, November 24, 2009
Starbucks sees China as next key market after U.S.
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Starbucks <SBUX.O> will see China become the company's next major market after the United States in the near future, the ...
Thu, November 12, 2009
Fed did not intervene in FX market in Q3: NY Fed
By Wanfeng Zhou
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. monetary authorities did not intervene in the foreign exchange markets in the third quarter as the ...
Thu, November 12, 2009
Cellphone market fall ended in third quarter: Gartner
By Tarmo Virki, European technology correspondent
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The fall in the handset market stopped in the third quarter, helped by clearing of inventories ...
Mon, November 09, 2009
SocGen's top analyst sees market lows next year
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Albert Edwards, a top analyst with French bank Societe Generale, expects global markets to hit a new low in 2010, adding ...
Tue, November 03, 2009
Job Market Lags As Views On Economy
The economy might be recovering, but the job market is not. And among other things, it’s putting a squeeze on high school kids ...
Tue, November 03, 2009
Flagstar Bancorp Q3 trails market, files for $2 billion shelf
(Reuters) - Flagstar Bancorp Inc <FBC.N> reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss, hurt by higher non-performing assets and tax expenses, and filed for a mixed ...
Fri, October 30, 2009
Stocks sizzle as China debuts start-ups market
By Lu Jianxin and Edmund Klamann
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The ChiNext stock market <0#CHINEXT.SZ>, China's long-awaited Nasdaq-style second board, debuted on Friday ...
Thu, October 29, 2009
Cellphone market growth raises pricing fears
By Tarmo Virki, European technology correspondent
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The global cellphone market is set to grow in the holiday sales-fueled October-to-December quarter, after four ...
Wed, October 28, 2009
Google drives into navigation market
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is adding Garmin Ltd and TomTom to its growing list of rivals as the Internet search giant weaves technology ...
Tue, October 27, 2009
Position limits keep market diverse: CFTC
By Charles Abbott
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Position limits would guard against excessive concentration in the energy futures market, the chief U.S. futures regulator said ...
Fri, October 23, 2009
Whirlpool, Fortune see slightly improved home market
By Dhanya Skariachan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Quarterly results from Whirlpool Corp <WHR.N>, Fortune Brands <FO.N> and several other manufacturers pointed to slight ...
Fri, October 23, 2009
Job market rut deepens consumer gloom
By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence deteriorated sharply in October as the worst job market in a quarter ...
Thu, October 22, 2009
Rise in new jobless claims signals soft labor market
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week, data showed on Thursday ...
Wed, October 21, 2009
Google suspends Market Street Partners
By Clare Baldwin and Anupreeta Das
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc <GOOG.O> has suspended the services of investor relations firm Market ...
Sun, October 18, 2009
Earnings blitz to test market's mettle
By Ellis Mnyandu
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks could slip this week if the spate of earnings from bellwethers including Apple Inc <AAPL ...
Fri, October 16, 2009
Market regulators urge tougher enforcement
By Charles Abbott and Rachelle Younglai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. securities and futures regulators asked Congress on Friday for more authority to police their ...
Wed, October 14, 2009
GM aims to grow faster than China market in 2010
By Fang Yan and Edmund Klamann
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - General Motors Co <GM.UL> aims to grow faster than China's auto market in 2010 ...
Tue, October 13, 2009
Bleak U.S. job market boosts military recruitment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Aided by a bleak job market, the U.S. military met all of its recruitment goals in the past year for the ...
Fri, October 09, 2009
Stanford puts $1 billion of portfolio on market
By David Lawsky
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Stanford University is trying to sell $1 billion of its $12.6 billion portfolio of assets including investments ...
Thu, October 08, 2009
Roubini says housing market hasn't bottomed
By Walter Brandimarte
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. housing prices may still fall more than 10 percent, killing an incipient recovery, as demand from ...
Thu, October 08, 2009
Efficient market theory guru Fama tipped for Nobel
By Anna Ringstrom
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - American economist Eugene Fama, considered the father of the efficient market theory, is the favorite to win this year ...
Wed, October 07, 2009
Pakistan wants U.S. "'trust", drones, market access
By Simon Denyer and Sue Pleming
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As President Barack Obama discusses the U.S. strategy toward Pakistan with his top advisers Wednesday ...
Wed, October 07, 2009
Daimler says U.S. truck market has bottomed
By Nick Zieminski
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The world's biggest truckmaker, Daimler AG <DAIGn.DE>, is seeing evidence the U.S. truck market has ...
Wed, October 07, 2009
Microsoft's Ballmer sees Windows 7 effect on PC market muted
MUNICH (Reuters) - Microsoft's release of its new Windows 7 operating system is expected to increase demand for personal computers only slightly, Chief Executive ...
Mon, October 05, 2009
U.S. job market stronger for 1st time in 18 months: Conf. Board
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. job market strengthened in September for the first time since January of last year, suggesting a slow and ...
Sun, October 04, 2009
After delays, Cambodia rekindles stock market dream
By Jason Szep
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Construction cranes and unfinished high-rise buildings surround the silty marshland where a year from now Cambodia hopes to ...
Sun, October 04, 2009
Canada music labels combine to take on U.S. market
By Robert Thompson
TORONTO (Billboard) - Several Canadian indie labels have formed a new label services company, Rock Steady, which aims to help independent artists ...
Thu, October 01, 2009
IBM takes on Google in business Web-mail market
BOSTON (Reuters) - IBM is introducing an inexpensive Web-based corporate email service that will compete with Google Inc's Google Apps, which has recently suffered ...
Wed, September 30, 2009
Free-to-air services help mobile TV market: chip firm
By Tarmo Virki, European technology correspondent
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Fast uptake of free-to-air mobile TV services in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and ...
Mon, September 28, 2009
Trichet: ECB won't keep money market support forever
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank cannot maintain its current strong support of money markets forever, the bank's President Jean-Claude Trichet said on ...
Fri, September 25, 2009
RIM seen facing increased market-share pressure
By Wojtek Dabrowski
TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion could see its share of the smartphone market eroded by competing devices like Apple ...
Thu, September 24, 2009
Boutiques grab M&A market share from mega-firms
By Jessica Hall and Michael Erman
PHILADELPHIA/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street's biggest firms have seen their overall share of dealmaking erode over ...
Thu, September 24, 2009
Fed's exit strategy may use money market funds: report
LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve is studying the idea of borrowing from money market mutual funds as part of eventual steps to ...
Wed, September 23, 2009
Ford launches small car in India; sees U.S. market upturn
By Devidutta Tripathy
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co <F.N> will start production of a small car in India early next year, and ...
Tue, September 22, 2009
Intel CEO looks beyond PCs as market matures
Clare Baldwin
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp rolled out a software developers' platform on Tuesday and stressed it will step up efforts to boost ...
Mon, September 21, 2009
China may become new Wisconsin dairy market
UNDATED (WSAU) China wants help from Wisconsin to boost its dairy production. That’s what Governor Jim Doyle said today from Shanghai, where he ...
Thu, September 17, 2009
Student loan market overhaul approved by U.S. House
By Kevin Drawbaugh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The biggest change in U.S. higher education finance in 35 years was approved on Thursday by the House ...
Thu, September 17, 2009
Emerging market recovery to be weak: World Bank
LONDON (Reuters) - The recovery in emerging markets is likely to be weak and growth will remain limited, a senior World Bank official said on ...
Wed, September 16, 2009
Nelly Furtado releases Spanish album aimed at Latino market
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Canadian singer/songwriter Nelly Furtado has embraced her Latin roots -- and the Latino music market -- with the release of her first ...
Wed, September 09, 2009
Fed officials see slow recovery for labor market
By Ros Krasny
DALLAS (Reuters) - U.S. labor markets could take years to recover from the setbacks of the current recession, which have pushed ...
Tue, September 08, 2009
Job market dips in August: Conference Board
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A gauge of the strength of the U.S. job market fell slightly in August and pointed to a flat employment ...
Tue, September 08, 2009
Hedge funds gain in August but lag broader market
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss
BOSTON (Reuters) - Hedge fund returns rose for the sixth straight month in August but underperformed the broader stock market, where hopes ...
Wed, September 02, 2009
Bomb damages Athens stock market, one hurt
By Renee Maltezou
ATHENS (Reuters) - A car bomb blew up outside the Athens stock exchange on Wednesday, slightly wounding one woman, damaging the building ...
Tue, September 01, 2009
CME warns of one-size-fits-all market regulation
NEW YORK (Reuters) - CME Group Inc <CME.O>, the world's largest derivatives exchange operator, warned against forcing futures and equities markets into the ...
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