S&P 500 rallies for week on Amazon, Expedia results

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks advanced on Friday and posted their best weekly gains in a month as stronger-than-expected earnings from Amazon.com and Expedia Inc reinforced confidence in corporate performance. Wall Street managed a fourth day of gains as the strong earnings season outweighed … Read more…

Cyprus president appoints new Central Bank chief

A British university’s financial economics professor was appointed Cyprus’ new Central Bank governor Saturday, as the eurozone member struggles to contain a stagnating economy and banking system roiling under heavy exposure to Greek debt.
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Suicides have Greeks on edge before election

Suicides have Greeks on edge before election

ATHENS (Reuters) – On Monday, a 38-year-old geology lecturer hanged himself from a lamp post in Athens and on the same day a 35-year-old priest jumped to his death off his balcony in northern Greece. On Wednesday, a 23-year-old student shot himself in the head. … Read more…

Canada’s finance minister frets on housing, debt

Canada’s finance minister frets on housing, debt

TORONTO (Reuters) – High housing prices and household debt are Canada’s biggest economic concerns, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said in weekend interviews that also warned of a crash in Toronto’s booming condo market and hinted at a crimped role for the government’s mortgage insurer. Speaking … Read more…

UK PM pressed to investigate ally over Murdoch bid

UK PM pressed to investigate ally over Murdoch bid

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron faced growing pressure on Saturday to launch a probe into the conduct of a minister criticized over his handling of a Rupert Murdoch television takeover bid, after a judge conducting a parallel inquiry refused to intervene. Cameron, enduring … Read more…

PM pressed to investigate ally over Murdoch bid

PM pressed to investigate ally over Murdoch bid

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron faced growing pressure on Saturday to launch a probe into the conduct of a minister criticised over his handling of a Rupert Murdoch television takeover bid, after a judge conducting a parallel inquiry refused to intervene. Cameron, enduring … Read more…

Clinton, Geithner Beijing trip going ahead: source

Clinton, Geithner Beijing trip going ahead: source

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A trip to Beijing by the U.S. secretaries of state and treasury for talks on strategic and economic issues next week is going forward, a U.S. State Department source said on Saturday. “We’re going,” the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, … Read more…

European firms keen but cautious over Myanmar: Ashton

YANGON (Reuters) – European firms seeking to invest in Myanmar are unlikely to rush into business deals until more concrete reforms are put in place, despite a suspension of economic sanctions by the EU, its foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Saturday. The European … Read more…

European firms keen but cautious over Myanmar: Ashton

European firms keen but cautious over Myanmar: Ashton

YANGON (Reuters) – European firms seeking to invest in Myanmar are unlikely to rush into business deals until more concrete reforms are put in place, despite a suspension of economic sanctions by the EU, its foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Saturday. The European … Read more…

Romania’s junior party says to back new government

BUCHAREST (Reuters) – A former ally of Romania’s toppled government said on Sunday it would back a new left-led alliance in a confidence vote expected in the next 10 days, saying political stability was crucial as the country seeks to emerge from an economic crisis. … Read more…