Market Analysis

Ever wanted to run your electric car for free? If you're open to a bit of give and take, then stay plugged in and your wishes might come true. At least that's what some European power companies and Japanese carmakers believe.

Turmoil on financial markets is expected to deepen layoffs and accelerate acquisitions in the fund management industry.

Was that it then? Some local media are reporting that Theresa May's efforts to push cross-party talks for a Brexit consensus are pretty much dead in the water, only a few days after she proposed them.

The European Central Bank holds its first meeting of the year on Thursday as concern grows about weak economic growth at home and risks abroad from global trade tensions and Brexit.

A new year but the same old problems for aluminium.

Following are five big themes likely to dominate the thinking of investors and traders in the coming week and the Reuters stories related to them.

Major consumer companies including Unilever , Procter & Gamble and Nestle are chasing consumers who want food and household goods delivered automatically, even though this kind of business has not always worked.

Investors are bracing for more wild swings in European stocks as the upcoming earnings season tests whether fears about slowing economic and corporate growth that punished equities in recent months have become a reality.

Oil traders seem increasingly convinced OPEC's prompt action in cutting production will be enough to offset the impact of rising shale production and slowing global growth.