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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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Breakingviews: Dimon shines on

| May 17, 2012 | 0 Comments
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May 16 – Jeffrey Goldfarb talks to Antony Currie about the mild shareholder rebuke of the JPMorgan boss at the bank’s annual meeting.

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Breakingviews: Greek banks’ rickety crutches

| May 17, 2012 | 0 Comments
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May 16 – Greek banks are leaning on twin crutches – recapitalisation from bailout funds and emergency liquidity – that could easily be kicked away, says Reuters Breakingviews.

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Breakingviews: Facebook’s analytical gymnastics

| May 16, 2012 | 0 Comments
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May 15 – Rob Cox and Breakingviews columnists discuss how investors are rationalizing the hype over Facebook’s IPO.

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Breakingviews: Germany’s ‘free lunch’ economics

| May 16, 2012 | 0 Comments
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May 15 – Strong technology and labour reforms keep making Germany richer but trade surpluses bring credit losses and political spats, says Breakingviews.

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Breakingviews: JPMorgan’s #whalefail

| May 14, 2012 | 0 Comments
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May 14 – Rob Cox and Breakingviews editors discuss why Jamie Dimon should take an aggressive stance on pay with JPMorgan execs responsible for the bank’s trading losses.

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Breakingviews: Europe could save itself from a Greek exit

| May 14, 2012 | 0 Comments
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May 14 – The euro zone needs a plan B for a Greek exit, but that may be too much for its leaders to stomach, says Breakingviews Hugo Dixon.

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Breakingviews: JPMorgan hammers another nail in VaR coffin

| May 14, 2012 | 0 Comments
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May 14 – JPMorgan’s $2 bln loss may have dealt a fatal blow to Value-at-Risk. Breakingviews’ Robert Cole assesses whether the alternatives are any better.

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Breakingviews: Deciphering Dimon’s troublesome trades

| May 12, 2012 | 0 Comments
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Richard Beales and Breakingviews columnists discuss the fallout from JPMorgan’s $2 bln trading loss.

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Breakingviews: Dimonfreude is irresistible

| May 12, 2012 | 0 Comments
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May 11 – If JPMorgan is proven fallible, confidence in the system itself will be shaken, argues Breakingviews.

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Breakingviews: JPMorgan’s CEO Dimon “eats crow” after $2 billion loss

| May 12, 2012 | 0 Comments
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May 10 – As JPMorgan admits a shock $2 bln trading loss, Reuters Breakingviews’ Agnes Crane says the reputation of the financial titan is severely damaged and regulators should take a look at what happened.

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