Tag: reuters
MuniLand: Big cities to dodge sequestration cuts
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Feb 15 - Nuveen Asset Management's Senior Municipal Bond Research Analyst says cities from New York to San Diego will not feel the sting of sequestration because their federal revenue base is limited.
US Week Ahead: Icahn vs. Ackman; Dell vs T. Rowe Price
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Feb. 15 - Herbalife reports results for the first time since Carl Icahn and Bill Ackman began feuding over its prospects. While Dell executives face questions over its proposed buyout opposed by T. Rowe Price.
Europe Week Ahead: Italian, Cyprus elections & G20 dominate
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Feb. 15 - A major week ahead with Italy and Cyprus elections and the G20 summit. Watch out for key bond auctions from Germany, France, Spain and the UK plus earnings including France Telecom and Credit Agricole.
FACTBOX: Could Cyprus reignite euro zone crisis?
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Feb. 15 - As the first round of Cyprus' presidential election takes place on Sunday, could the island trigger a new round in the euro zone crisis?
Techquity: Apple due for something new says analyst
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Feb 15 - Apple analyst says its time for company to release product update, plus why offer for Dell could rise.
FACTBOX: Hedge fund titans fuel Apple’s plunge
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Feb 14 - Some of the biggest hedge funds that helped make Apple a stock market darling lost faith and dumped their stakes in the fourth quarter.
Reuters Today: Do Obama’s sums add up?
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Feb. 13 - US president Barack Obama pledges $50bln on infrastructure spending, and says it won't incur a penny more in deficits. Commerzbank economist Peter Dixon says the president's sums may not add up.
Apple loses Loeb, gains Einhorn in Q4
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Feb 15 - Reuters Correspondent Katya Wachtel brings us the latest from the SEC's 13-F filings on hedge fund investments.
Economy 2013: ING swings the jobs axe
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Feb. 13 - 2400 more jobs to go at the Dutch bank after it missed Q4 earnings estimates, taking the total to 9% of headcount.
Reuters Breakingviews: SocGen short of options
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Feb. 13 - Societe Generale's management reshuffle and restructuring won't raise returns on equity to an acceptable level for investors, says Reuters Breakingviews.
Reuters Today: G20, FX wars, asteroid hurtles toward earth
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Currency wars come to Moscow, at the G20. But if G7 can't agree on their FX position, what hope for 20? Plus, an asteroid hurtles towards Earth and south Africa's "Bladerunner" charged with murder.
Market Pulse: A strong euro is better than a dead euro
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Feb. 15 - As FX war talk dominates G20 -- despite what Draghi may say -- profit-taking cools recent euro strength and yen weakness. Both trends could resume next week. Plus, UK retail sales slump whacks sterling.
Breakingviews: Globalise Central Banks?
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Feb. 15 - Globalisation is gaining ground almost everywhere in the economy. Central banks are a dangerous exception, says Reuters Breakingviews.
In the Boardroom: Top 5 Data Tips
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Feb. 13 - Lucy Marcus talks to Economist Data Editor, Kenneth Cukier about how to maximise big data, from Google's world-class spellchecker to Amazon's unrivalled insight into shoppers' browsing habits.
US Morning Call: Comcast to buy rest of NBC from GE
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Feb. 13 - Comcast is set to take full control of NBC Universal from General Electric for $16.7 billion.
Loss of AAA rating “fully priced in”: UK debt chief
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Feb. 13 - The loss of Britain's triple-A credit rating would have little impact, if any, on the UK bond market because investors have already priced in such an eventuality, says DMO chief Robert Stheeman.
3XSQ: Global mobile phone sales fell in 2012 – Gartner
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Feb. 13 - Sales of mobile phones around the world fell last year for the first time since 2009 as consumers shunned cheaper feature phones.
“Great Rotation” no threat to core Europe ratings: S&P
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Feb. 13 - Investors' switching out of bonds into stocks is being factored into sovereign ratings analysis, but won't hurt core countries' solvency or liquidity, says S&P's Moritz Kraemer.