BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said there was no reason for Euro zone finance ministers to make any decision on financial aid for debt-ridden Greece when they met on Monday.
"There are always rumors, especially ahead of such meetings," he told German newspaper Bild, in an interview published ...More
LONDON (Reuters) - Private equity firm KKR <KKR.UL> and U.S. music company Warner Music Group <WMG.N> are in talks to launch a break-up bid for Warner's indebted British rival EMI <LNDONE.UL>, reported the Sunday Times.
The paper said KKR is interested in acquiring the music publishing ...More
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Finance ministers from countries using the euro hope to agree on Monday on a way of providing heavily indebted Greece with financial aid, despite French doubts that a deal will be reached.
European policymakers are discussing how to help Greece and protect the 16-country currency zone but so ...More
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - BYD Co, the Chinese car and battery maker backed by U.S. billionaire Warren Buffett, posted a forecast-beating fourth-quarter result on Sunday, as Beijing's policy initiatives boosted demand in the world's largest car market.
Analysts said earnings growth for Hong Kong-listed BYD, 10 percent ...More
VIENNA (Reuters) - Greece should show it has taken steps to get its public finances in order before external help can be given, European Central Bank Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny told Austrian television on Sunday.
Nowotny declined to comment directly on what will happen at a meeting of eurozone finance ...More
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday spurned foreign calls for the yuan to rise and showed no let up in scolding the United States over recent bilateral tensions.
Wen said calls from the United States and other big economies for China to lift the value of its yuan ...More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said on Saturday that she does not expect Euro zone finance ministers to make any decision on financial help for Greece when they meet next week.
"I'm certainly not expecting any decision being made, or any button being pressed, or any ...More
NIAMEY (Reuters) - The new junta ruling in Niger, one of the world's biggest uranium producers, should review and possibly renegotiate dozens of resource exploitation contracts, civil rights groups said on Saturday.
The West African state, which produces 7.5 percent of the world's uranium, has a longstanding partnership ...More
ATHENS (Reuters) - Most Greeks think draconian austerity measures announced by the government earlier this month were along the right lines and many feel labor unions should not oppose them too aggressively, a poll showed.
Some 50.1 percent of 1,008 people surveyed by polling agency Marc for the Sunday ...More
ZURICH (Reuters) - The chief executive of Swisscom AG <SCMN.VX> said Fastweb <FWB.MI> was a victim of fraud, a Swiss paper reported on Saturday, the second time the CEO has come out in defense of his company's subsidiary.
Fastweb and its CEO Stefano Parisi are being investigated as ...More
