Author Archive: Reuters
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.
ECB Greek bond dodge will rile bondholders – Breakingviews
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.
Lloyds bonus clawback limited – Breakingviews
Feb. 20 – Breakingviews assistant editor Chris Hughes argues that any arbitrary application of the bonus clawback principle would be problematic.
Alibaba and Yahoo need to rebuild trust – Breakingviews
Feb. 15 – Talks on Yahoo’s Asian assets hit a snag, adding more strain to its relationship with Alibaba.
Breakingviews: House always Wynn’s?
Breakingviews columnists discuss the escalating casino battle royale between Steve Wynn and his longtime partner Kazuo Okada.
Breakingviews: Results stoke Barclays bonus dispute
Feb. 10 – Barclays’ disappointing results undermine the case for defiance on bonuses; Glexstrata deal lacks gatecrashers; and, Draghi smacks down Deutsche Bank head.
Greek bailout defuses wider blow-up – Breakingviews
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.
Moody’s threat shows UK must keep cutting – Breakingviews
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.
Breakingviews: Greek violence is Europe’s problem too
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.
French banks face bank-bashing new president – Breakingviews
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.
How to help the Syrians – Breakingviews
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.
