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Bonds signal Ireland could need more aid to avoid default

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LONDON - Anyone in the Irish government of a nervous disposition may be well advised to avert their eyes from the bond market, where price moves indicate Ireland might need extra international aid if it is to avoid default.

Hard-up telcos get stingy with mobile give-aways

PARIS - Save up now for that new iPhone: the era of free or cut-price phones when signing a new mobile phone contract may be soon be over in Europe.

24 May 2012

Are British bonds a riskier bet than they look?

LONDON - Investors fleeing the euro zone to seek safety in British government bonds may be taking a riskier bet than they think: The ultra-low interest rates the shrinking UK economy is paying look unlikely to last.

23 May 2012

Golden age or bubble? Plane-makers walk the line

CHICAGO - From a chilly perch in Burnsville, Minnesota, Tim Zemanovic has an unusual perspective on the global aircraft market, which is booming - some say overheating - as the world's largest plane-makers pump out jets as fast they can.

Did banks cross the line in Facebook research calls?

NEW YORK - As regulators scrutinize Facebook's problem-plagued stock market debut, they may have to confront areas of securities law that do not always clearly spell out what industry analysts are allowed to tell clients about companies on the verge of going public.

23 May 2012

Asian markets shrug off risk, may regret it

SINGAPORE - After a three-week selloff in financial markets, measures of risk show investors in Asia are assuming a return to stability, and with a level of confidence that could be horribly misplaced.

22 May 2012

Investors lose faith in stock valuation compass

LONDON - European shares look cheap according to some traditional measures but investors are finding it hard to judge whether they are a good buy given the potential damage to companies and economies if Greece were to leave the euro zone.

21 May 2012

Greeks not alone in bank savings exodus

LONDON/ATHENS - Greek savers may be gripped by a "great fear that could develop into panic" in the words of President Karolos Papoulias, but many Greeks shifted their money to safer havens in Britain, Switzerland, Germany and Nordic countries long ago.

18 May 2012

JPMorgan CEO gets crisis marks but war isn't over

NEW YORK - Shooting from the hip may have got Jamie Dimon into deep trouble -- shooting straight may help to get him out of it.

18 May 2012

Greek exit could cost euro zone 100s of billions of euros

FRANKFURT - A Greek exit from the euro zone could expose the European Central Bank and the currency bloc it seeks to protect to hundreds of billions of euros in losses, landing Germany and its partners with a crippling bill.

17 May 2012
Markets

 

1.48
5,351.53
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17.01
8,580.39
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Most Actives

Currencies

1.5659
1.2508
1.2515

Other Indices

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6,339.94
3,047.94
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99.83
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