British PM Theresa May will use a speech at today's annual Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference to set out the case for her Brexit compromise deal and bat off questions about her own future. She will say that this week will be decisive in finalising the framework of the UK's future relations with the EU ahead of a special summit next Sunday.
Palladium <XPD=> is outgunning other precious metals, with a surge to record highs putting it within a whisker of parity with gold <XAU=> for the first time in 16 years.
Traditional advertising groups hope that their creative flair will prevail against the technological clout of consultancies encroaching on their business, but there are signs the two sides of the divide are moving closer together.
Following are five big themes likely to dominate thinking of investors and traders in the coming week and the Reuters stories related to them.
Et tu Gove? Britain's pro-Brexit environment minister, Michael Gove, is apparently umming and ahhing about whether to stay in government, having turned down Prime Minister Theresa May's offer of the Brexit ministry.
With world equity markets set to call time on one of the longest bull markets in history, so-called 'value stocks' - wallflowers during the technology-led boom years - are suddenly back in fashion.
The stock market bull has been running more or less since early-2009, with almost 200 percent in gains on world stocks at the start of 2018.
There was something for everyone in the International Energy Agency's (IEA's) latest world energy outlook, but supporters of coal, renewables, and oil and gas are all likely to take away the wrong messages.
U.S. equities will outshine their international counterparts over the coming year, despite slowing corporate profit growth and increased stock market volatility, several big-name investors said.
Sterling is being whiplashed by Brexit headlines and Brexit headlines only these days, it seems. This is understandable, but the currency's fate next year will be determined by global economic conditions, which may be about to deteriorate.
Sterling rose on Monday as British Prime Minister Theresa May sought to win support for her draft European Union divorce deal which has come under attack from many in her ruling Conservative Party.