By Jane Merriman (Reuters) Exchange-style clearing offers a way forward for the multi-billion dollar over-the-counter market in oil derivatives that has seized up because of the credit crisis. Volumes of over-the-counter (OTC)
By Krisztina Than (Reuters) A massive international rescue package for Hungary is intended to stabilise financial markets and may help the Socialist minority government, but ordinary Hungarians are likely to suffer from
(Reuters) The United Nations hopes to include a market-based scheme aimed at using carbon credits to save rainforests as part of a broader pact to fight climate change. Called REDD, or reduced
(Reuters) The next U.S. president, whether it is Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain, will face a full plate of foreign policy challenges. Here are some of the top issues: WAR
By Jim Loney (Reuters) At the height of Miami's condo construction boom, a stretch of South Dixie Highway south of the city was the place to be for a painter or drywaller
By Steve Slater (Reuters) Banks exposed to emerging markets could need to cut dividends or raise capital as recessions in developed economies feed through to Asia and Latin America and leave no
By Tim Gaynor (Reuters) If you believe the media hype, there are millions of homes for sale in America and not a buyer in sight. But one person's dead market is another's
By Sarah Morris and Sonya Dowsett (Reuters) Israel Barragan and his wife Isabel Navarro are hoping for a good Christmas at their home and kitchenware store Piu e Piu in Madrid, but
By Tom Brown (Reuters) Long before she filed for bankruptcy, Ann Neukomm was "under water" — she owed more on her mortgage than her house was worth — a situation more and
By Ross Colvin (Reuters) The growing financial crisis is a double whammy for police in many U.S. cities: They face budget cuts as they brace for an expected surge in burglaries, thefts
