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S&P futures add to gains after data »

NEW YORK | Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:13am EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open on Wednesday as investors remained cautiously optimistic about progress on plans to lessen the euro zone’s debt woes.

International auditors headed to Greece to scrutinize [...]

Greece to face inspectors, Merkel hints at bailout »

By Michael Winfrey and Ingrid Melander
ATHENS | Wed Sep 28, 2011 8:48am EDT

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s lenders are sending a team to Athens to inspect a government austerity plan they want implemented in exchange for aid, while Germany suggested a new bailout may have to be [...]

Ex-BP boss Hayward may quit TNK-BP board »

LONDON | Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:28am EDT

LONDON (Reuters) – Former BP (BP.L) boss Tony Hayward is considering whether to step down from the board of Russian oil joint venture TNK-BP but has yet to inform the British oil company of any decision, a spokesman for [...]

Papandreou says to save Greece, stay in euro »

By Harry Papachristou
THESSALONIKI, Greece | Sun Sep 11, 2011 1:07am EDT

THESSALONIKI, Greece (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Saturday he would do whatever it takes to rescue his country from bankruptcy and stay in the euro zone, as doubts in Europe grew over [...]

UBS boss says some banks may need state help: report »

ZURICH | Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:25am EDT

ZURICH (Reuters) – Some banks may have to get help from the state as plunging share prices could make it difficult to raise capital, UBS (UBSN.VX) chief executive Oswald Gruebel told Swiss newspaper Sonntag in an interview published [...]

Berkshire’s Richline to buy Italian jeweler »

By Svetlana Kovalyova
VICENZA, Italy | Sat Sep 10, 2011 12:20pm EDT

VICENZA, Italy (Reuters) – Jewelry company Richline International, part of billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa.N), will buy its fifth small Italian jewelry brand as it plans to expand further in Italy.

Italy-based Richline International, fully [...]

Analysis: Stark ECB exit hits shaky euro zone at worst time »

By Paul Taylor
PARIS | Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:39am EDT

PARIS (Reuters) – The resignation of the top German official at the European Central Bank could hardly have come at a worse time for euro zone policymakers as they grope for a way out of the deepest [...]

Euro seen under pressure on lack of G7 support »

By Anirban Nag
LONDON | Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:13am EDT

LONDON (Reuters) – The euro and growth-linked currencies may fall on Monday, hit by a lack of concrete measures from Group of Seven finance chiefs to address either faltering growth, the escalating euro zone debt crisis, or [...]

Commodity imports shows China economy resilient »

By Fayen Wong
SHANGHAI | Sat Sep 10, 2011 3:48am EDT

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s key commodity imports, including crude oil, copper and iron ore, all climbed in August from the previous month, adding to evidence that demand in world’s second-largest economy was still going strong despite the [...]

A decade on, rise of BRICs shaped by September 11 »

By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent
LONDON | Sat Sep 10, 2011 8:07am EDT

LONDON (Reuters) – As his global teleconference broke up in disarray on September 11, 2001, a top economist at a U.S. investment bank began to ponder what the attacks on the United States might [...]