JPMorgan commodities sale shows trading’s opacity
By Kevin Allison and Antony Currie The authors are Reuters Breakingviews columnists. The opinions expressed are their own. JPMorgan’s $3.5 billion sale of its physical commodities business is a perfect...
View ArticleJPMorgan commodities sale shows trading’s opacity
By Kevin Allison and Antony Currie The authors are Reuters Breakingviews columnists. The opinions expressed are their own. JPMorgan’s $3.5 billion sale of its physical commodities business is a perfect...
View ArticleObama’s new sanctions aim to expose crony Putinism
By Kevin Allison The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Barack Obama is hitting Vladimir Putin where it hurts – his inner circle. New U.S. sanctions...
View ArticleObama’s new sanctions aim to expose crony Putinism
By Kevin Allison The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Barack Obama is hitting Vladimir Putin where it hurts – his inner circle. New U.S. sanctions...
View ArticleGM can find small comfort in Toyota’s ride
By Kevin Allison The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. General Motors can find some small comfort in Toyota’s recall ride. Before Chief Executive Mary...
View ArticleGM can find small comfort in Toyota’s ride
By Kevin Allison The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. General Motors can find some small comfort in Toyota’s recall ride. Before Chief Executive Mary...
View ArticleAnadarko’s $5.1 bln settlement adds up in market
By Kevin Allison The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Stock investors seem to have a firm grip on Anadarko Petroleum’s toxic waste settlement. The record...
View ArticleAnadarko’s $5.1 bln settlement adds up in market
By Kevin Allison The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Stock investors seem to have a firm grip on Anadarko Petroleum’s toxic waste settlement. The record...
View ArticleBarrick’s empire building deserves skeptical eye
By Kevin Allison The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Barrick Gold’s interest in a $33 billion merger with rival Newmont Mining deserves a skeptical eye....
View ArticleBarrick’s empire building deserves skeptical eye
By Kevin Allison The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Barrick Gold’s interest in a $33 billion merger with rival Newmont Mining deserves a skeptical eye....
View ArticleKellogg might make Heinz-style Buffett target
By Kevin Allison The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Kellogg looks like someone wants to eat it for breakfast. Takeover speculation has helped the U.S....
View ArticleVoracious buyers find the meat on Sara Lee’s bones
By Kevin Allison The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Voracious buyers are finding the meat on Sara Lee’s bones. The old consumer conglomerate broke...
View ArticleBreakingviews: China’s shale gas ramp-up may surprise skeptics
By Kevin Allison By Kevin Allison CHICAGO (Reuters Breakingviews) – China’s shale gas ramp-up may surprise the skeptics. Beijing wants drillers to grow output from a standing start to a third of...
View ArticleOracle deal provides partly cloudy forecast
By Kevin Allison The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Oracle’s $5.3 billion deal for Micros Systems provides a cloudy forecast for shareholders in the...
View ArticleU.S. drought could spark economic water warfare
By Kevin Allison The authors are Reuters Breakingviews columnists. The opinions expressed are their own. The withering drought afflicting California and the southwest United States could spark economic...
View ArticleADM goes M&A wild – sort of
By Kevin Allison The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Archer Daniels Midland is going merger wild – sort of. The $30 billion U.S. grain processor will...
View ArticleMarket has message for tobacco M&A trustbusters
By Kevin Allison The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. American trustbusters deciding whether to approve Reynolds American’s $55 billion deal with...
View ArticleDiscounters’ $20 bln deal may spark M&A price war
By Kevin Allison The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Discount retailer Dollar Tree’s $8.5 billion pounce on rival Family Dollar could spark an M&A...
View ArticleWalgreen encounters uncommon inversion boundary
By Kevin Allison The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Walgreen has encountered a limit to inversion logic. The drugstore chain will keep flying the...
View ArticleCoke investment reveals half-empty idea bottle
By Kevin Allison The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Coca-Cola’s latest investment reveals its idea bottle to be half empty. The $180 billion soda giant...
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