Reuters: Stocks & Shares News

Unrest risks seen rising in 2010 as stimulus ends

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:53:06 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - Civil unrest and attacks on minorities did not rise sharply during the economic crisis in 2009 as many predicted, but with unemployment still high and stimulus packages being withdrawn the risk could rise next year.

China to stay a plodding "ox" in year of the tiger

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:35:52 +0000

BEIJING (Reuters) - After blasting to recovery from the global financial crisis, China will enter next year wrestling with unwelcome expectations for it to shoulder a bigger role in insulating the world economy against more turmoil.

Prime UK property revival belies bank pain

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:35:48 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - The resurgence of prime-quality commercial property in London has obscured an iceberg of lower-grade assets elsewhere in the country that remain dangerously mired in debt, likely postponing a broader sector recovery by five years or more.

For investors, that was easy. Now comes 2010

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:14:08 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - For some people, investing in 2009 was easy -- just put your money into oversold riskier assets and watch them rise.

FTSE seen climbing 10 percent by end 2010

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:38:15 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - The FTSE 100 will claw back more losses next year from the financial crisis as the economy makes a stuttering recovery and firms return to profit, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday.

Fasten seatbelts for the great central bank exit

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:18:26 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - The world's central banks are set to withdraw trillions of dollars of monetary support from hobbled banks and debt-laden governments next year and the grand exit of 2010 may well be as hair-raising as the rescue.

Google may anger phone makers -- or inspire them

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:21:00 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google could undermine its long-term strategy of extending its reach into mobile Web services if it chooses to go head-to-head with cellphone manufacturers that are using its Android operating system.

Chinese farmers struggle with climate change

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:34:10 +0000

ZHONGZHUANG, China (Reuters) - Across the brown hills of Zhongzhuang Village in northwest China, farmers count the costs of a changing climate in lost crops, dry wells and lives weighed down by poverty.

Abu Dhabi bailout gives Dubai some respite

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:02:37 +0000

DUBAI (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi's eleventh-hour bailout of neighbour Dubai will reassure investors in the short term, but with $35 billion (22 billion pounds) of debts looming and little clarity on how it will pay, Dubai's troubles are far from over.

Iraq deals no boon for Big Oil

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:28:38 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - Oil majors Royal Dutch Shell and Total are not expected to generate big profits from the deals they signed with Iraq on Friday, and their suppliers could instead be the real beneficiaries.