UOB Kay Hian said Singapore's tourism and hospitality sectoris expected to benefit from strong visitor arrivals to thecity-state. UOB forecast visitor arrivals to reach 17 million by 2015,showing a compound ...

OCBC Investment Research initiated a hold rating and atarget price of S$1.53 on Singapore transport operatorComfortDelGro Corp Ltd, whose main operating segmentsare buses and taxis. Its shares eased 0.7 ...

By Lauren Young NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's no surprise to anyone that big investors get preferential treatment on Wall Street. Investors expressed disappointment, skepticism and even shock on Tuesday after ...

Singapore index futures fell 0.8 percent early onWednesday, indicating a lower start for the benchmark StraitsTimes Index. Seoul shares fell 1.3 percent, Australian shares retreated 1.1 percent, and Tokyo ...

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By Lauren Young NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's no surprise to anyone that big investors get preferential treatment on Wall Street. Investors expressed disappointment, skepticism and even shock on Tuesday after ...

By Lauren Young NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's no surprise to anyone that big investors get preferential treatment on Wall Street. Investors expressed disappointment, skepticism and even shock on Tuesday after ...

By Kyle Peterson CHICAGO (Reuters) - From a chilly perch in Burnsville, Minnesota, Tim Zemanovic has an usual perspective on the global aircraft market, which is booming - some say overheating - as the ...

By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) - In its three days of trading, Facebook's stock has dropped 18 percent from its $38 issue price. For the thousands of investors that bought at the IPO, that's bad ...

By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) - In its three days of trading, Facebook's stock has dropped 18 percent from its $38 issue price. For the thousands of investors that bought at the IPO, that's bad ...

By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed mostly flat on Tuesday after volatilility late in the session, with weakness in materials and energy shares offsetting strength in financials. ...

* Weak materials, energy shares offset by financial strength * Facebook at session low was off 20 pct from IPO price * U.S. April existing home sales up 3.4 pct, above forecast * Dell falls late after ...

By Maneesha Tiwari and Prashant Mehra BANGALORE/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Reliance Industries and partners BP and Canada's Niko Resources have abandoned the D4 oil and gas block off India's east coast, Niko said, ...

* India's Reliance, BP, Niko part of consortium * Geological assessment, commercial outlook kill interest * Niko shares slide 4 pct, Reliance shares end down (Adds comments from Niko CEO, updates stock ...

* Facebook at session low was off 20 pct from IPO price * U.S. April existing home sales up 3.4 pct, above forecast * Fitch cuts Japan debt rating, outlook negative * Dow up 0.3 pct, S&P 500 up 0.5 pct, ...

* Facebook shares hit again; off 20 pct from IPO price * U.S. April existing home sales up 3.4 pct, above forecast * Fitch cuts Japan debt rating, outlook negative * Dow up 0.4 pct, S&P 500 up 0.6 pct, ...

A trader at work at the German DAX index in Frankfurt. European stocks rallied, building on the previous day's gains after recent sharp losses, on the hope that EU leaders will firm up action on tackling ...

- Risk-on as miners and financials advance - Eurobonds in focus ahead of EU summit - OECD cuts Eurozone GDP forecast

* FTSE 100 jumps 1.9 percent, back above 5,400 * Miners lifted by China economic stimulus hopes * Vodafone boosted by in-line results, div hike LONDON May 22 (Reuters) - Britain's leading share indexjumped ...

NEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasuries prices fell onTuesday as investors took profits after recent gains andcontinuing uncertainty in Europe kept many fund managers on thesidelines. Traders also ...

1630: London's leading shares drifted lower, with little to encourage buyers into the market ahead of the release this evening of the minutes from the March 13th meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, ...

NEW YORK, May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasuries prices fell onTuesday as investors took profits after recent gains andcontinuing uncertainty in Europe kept fund managers on thesidelines. Traders also prepared ...

Buy on the dips has been my personal mantra for the last 18 months. In roller-coaster stock markets, you don't want to buy at the top of the ride, but the bottom.The recovery is set to be a long, bumpy ...

* Fitch cuts Japan debt rating, outlook negative * OECD sees euro crisis threatening world recovery * Facebook shares down more than 3 pct in premarket trade * Futures: S&P down 0.2 pt, Dow off 7 pts, ...

* Best Buy shares jump 7 pct following results * Fitch cuts Japan debt rating, outlook negative * OECD sees euro crisis threatening world recovery * Futures up: S&P 4.1 pts, Dow 13 pts, Nasdaq 9.5 pts ...

By Abhishek Vishnoi MUMBAI (Reuters) - The BSE Sensex fell on Tuesday, snapping three sessions of gains, as the rupee dropped to a new record low while global risk aversion also weighed on sentiment after ...

* Fitch cuts Japan debt rating, outlook negative * OECD sees euro crisis threatening world recovery * Nasdaq to set aside $13 mln to resolve bad trades * Futures off: S&P 0.6 pts, Dow 9 pts, Nasdaq 4.5 ...

This file photo shows visitors to Global Gaming Expo checking out gambling wares at a gaming exhibition in Macau, in 2011. Casino industry leaders have gathered in the world's gambling capital Macau once ...

* FTSE 100 index up 0.8 percent * Miners lifted by China economic stimulus hopes * Vodafone boosted by reassuring results, div hike LONDON May 22 (Reuters) - Gains by mining stocks helpedBritain's top ...

This overview, taken from the Swissotel, shows the circuit, lighted ahad of a Formula One Singapore Grand Prix night race in Singapore, in September 2011. Formula One has been given the go-ahead for a ...

Reuters Market Eye - Tata Power (TTPW.NS) shares drop 4.4 percent ahead of its quarterly results later in the day as traders brace for negative numbers. The stock had surged 5 percent on Monday because ...

* Lock-ups for some employee-held shares expire on May 24 * Part of Glasenberg holding also released, not expected tosell * Glencore free-float will increase to over 50 percent * FTSE weighting will increase, ...

The main European equity benchmark indices opened with an average gain of 0.7 per cent this morning as they followed yesterday's positive tone on Wall Street and this morning's Asian gains.