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Oil swoops back onto recovering investors' radar

11 hours 56 min ago

LONDON (Reuters) - The Iranian nuclear row and related oil price jump appear to have swooped back onto the radar for global investors just as Western credit woes seem to be easing - but energy risks may well now be an ever-present menace.

China's offshore yuan market spurs FX volatility

13 hours 22 min ago

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - After two years of promoting greater international use of the yuan, China has a currency -- like it or not -- that is influenced more than ever by the fickleness of global markets.

China bid to boost growth a surprise in timing only

Tue, 2012-02-21 11:54

BEIJING (Reuters) - Any surprise at the timing of China's move this weekend to spur bank lending may be misplaced. Instead, investors should recognise that China is determined to engineer a soft landing for the world's second-biggest economy.

Closures and losses push back Asia hedge fund industry

Tue, 2012-02-21 11:52

HONG KONG (Reuters) - A rough year for Asian hedge funds in 2011 exposed the long-only bias of many managers' portfolios, leaving the industry fighting a tough battle to retain clients as assets shrink and fund closures accelerate.

Are commodity merchants 'swap dealers' by any other name?

Tue, 2012-02-21 11:51

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Big energy companies like Royal Dutch Shell and commodity merchants like Cargill have a simple argument in pushing back against looming new swap market rules: We're not a bank, so don't regulate us like one.

Dollar debt set to remain sparse and steep in Asia

Mon, 2012-02-20 16:30

(Reuters) - In a world awash with cheap cash from major central banks, it may seem ironic that companies in the top emerging market growth hotspot cannot get their hands on reasonably priced bank loans.

Bullish hedge funds hike their bets in 2012 rally

Mon, 2012-02-20 13:19

LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge funds are cranking up their bets in equities and credit in 2012's buoyant markets in the belief that the euro zone, U.S. and Chinese economies will fare better than many were fearing last year.

Smart money points to more gains in U.S. stocks

Mon, 2012-02-20 09:20

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When equity markets shuddered last summer during the European debt crisis the smart money bought the weakness in a precursor to a big rally into 2012.

Rio Tinto bets on future of automated mining

Mon, 2012-02-20 08:19

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Global miner Rio Tinto has accelerated a move toward automation, unveiling a $518 million (327 million pound) plan to pioneer the use of driverless trains in Australia and increasing its bet on a future where machines rather than miners do most of the work.

Hedge funds faulted for not being short-term enough

Fri, 2012-02-17 09:34

LONDON (Reuters) - Used to criticism for caring only about short-term profit, hedge funds are now being faulted for a failure to think short-term enough after losing out badly in last year's volatile markets.

EU farmers lose out as consumers oppose GMOs

Fri, 2012-02-17 09:24

PARIS (Reuters) - European farmers are likely to fall behind in the competitive world grain market as EU consumer hostility to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) drives away research and prevents cultivation of high-yield and pest-resistant crops.

Caution - speed bumps ahead for Asia equity rally

Fri, 2012-02-17 09:21

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Investors chasing surging stock prices of Asian companies that are most geared to global trade could be in for a reality check.

Brains behind Putin campaign stays in shadows

Thu, 2012-02-16 12:29

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Few people would recognise Vyacheslav Volodin on the streets of Moscow but the man who is the brains behind Vladimir Putin's presidential election campaign would have it no other way.

Drugmakers relegate Europe as crisis saps returns

Thu, 2012-02-16 10:09

LONDON (Reuters) - Europe's debt crisis is not only making its citizens poorer, it is also reducing their access to cutting-edge medicines.

Thinking backwards, Merkel hits her stride

Thu, 2012-02-16 10:05

BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel has come under fire in Europe for failing to provide leadership in the euro zone crisis, but at home she is now riding a tidal wave of popularity that would make her fellow leaders envious.

Mainstream ETF investors may be missing best deal

Thu, 2012-02-16 10:00

(Reuters) - Exchange-traded fund companies often tout their transparency. But retail investors in even the simplest of ETFs may not be getting a clear picture of what they own, how much they are paying for it, or what kind of risks they are taking.

German boom casts shadow over French election

Wed, 2012-02-15 13:17

PARIS (Reuters) - Germany's booming economy has dominated the early exchanges in France's presidential election campaign but President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Socialist rival draw very different lessons from across the Rhine.

Greece heads for record books as economy slumps

Wed, 2012-02-15 13:16

LONDON (Reuters) - Entering the fifth year of recession, Greece is writing its name in the book of unwanted records for one of the deepest economic slumps of modern times.

Politics and patchy past hurt China investment hopes

Wed, 2012-02-15 13:12

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has the motive, the opportunity and the money to spend $560 billion (357 billion pounds) on overseas investments in the next five years, a sum dwarfed by the near-term financing needs of it two biggest trading partners that should leave Beijing spoiled for choice.

Shire may be exception in pharma M&A trend

Tue, 2012-02-14 09:03

LONDON (Reuters) - A near $30 billion (19 billion pounds) bid for Shire could emerge as the stand-out deal in the European pharmaceutical universe this year, a highlight for bankers in a market otherwise likely to be dominated by bolt-on acquisitions.

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