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Reuters is the world's leading news supplier. The company's origins date back to the 1850's, when Paul Reuter began feeding continental European stock market information to the London stock exchange using the new cable laid across the English channel.

Today Reuters supplies news information to nearly every media outlet in the world and is one of the most respected news sources available.

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ECB Greek bond dodge will rile bondholders – Breakingviews

| February 22, 2012 | 0 Comments
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Dodging losses on Greek bonds is bad news for countries whose debt the ECB holds and may make bond buying difficult in future. Changes to risk-weighting on SME funding could erode market confidence.

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Lloyds bonus clawback limited – Breakingviews

| February 22, 2012 | 0 Comments
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Feb. 20 – Breakingviews assistant editor Chris Hughes argues that any arbitrary application of the bonus clawback principle would be problematic.

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Alibaba and Yahoo need to rebuild trust – Breakingviews

| February 22, 2012 | 0 Comments
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Feb. 15 – Talks on Yahoo’s Asian assets hit a snag, adding more strain to its relationship with Alibaba.

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Breakingviews: House always Wynn’s?

| February 22, 2012 | 0 Comments
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Breakingviews columnists discuss the escalating casino battle royale between Steve Wynn and his longtime partner Kazuo Okada.

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Breakingviews: Results stoke Barclays bonus dispute

| February 22, 2012 | 0 Comments
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Feb. 10 – Barclays’ disappointing results undermine the case for defiance on bonuses; Glexstrata deal lacks gatecrashers; and, Draghi smacks down Deutsche Bank head.

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Greek bailout defuses wider blow-up – Breakingviews

| February 22, 2012 | 0 Comments
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Feb. 21 – The Greek bail-out makes the best of a bad job, and it is better to have a deal, even if Greece will try to wriggle out of it later, than to have a blow-up in Athens next month say Breakingviews.

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Moody’s threat shows UK must keep cutting – Breakingviews

| February 22, 2012 | 0 Comments
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Feb. 14 – A downgrade by Moody’s would be unjustified if the UK continues its current cost-cutting measures say Reuters Breakingviews. Also a look at how the World Cup may affect liquidity trading.

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Breakingviews: Greek violence is Europe’s problem too

| February 22, 2012 | 0 Comments
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Feb. 13 – Breakingviews. The unrest in Greece is Europe’s problem too, and Mario Monti must do more to tackle corruption in Italy, says Reuters Breakingviews.

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French banks face bank-bashing new president – Breakingviews

| February 22, 2012 | 0 Comments
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Feb. 16 – Breakingviews assistant editor Chris Hughes argues that BNP Paribas and SocGen face the double threat of an economic slowdown and a bank-bashing new president in 2012.

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How to help the Syrians – Breakingviews

| February 21, 2012 | 0 Comments
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Feb. 20 – Ahead of this week’s summit in Tunis, Breakingviews editor Hugo Dixon argues that non-violent struggle and economic sanctions are the most palatable, if unlikely, tactics to topple Assad.

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