| Questor share tip: Wait and see if private equity bowls over Brit Insurance Apollo and CVC Capital Partners have made a bid of up to £870m for Brit Insurance, the sponsor of the England cricket team. telegraph.co.uk |
Outside the Box: 7 investments that beat stocks now While the economy is limping along, stocks are at best moving sideways with little appreciation. Jeff Reeves offers some alternatives to the stock market. feeds.marketwatch.com |
Nigel Lawson: It's 'absolutely the right time' for cuts The former Chancellor is not short of advice for his successor George Osborne when it comes to the pressing need for cuts. telegraph.co.uk |
G-20 to push for action on trade: U.S. official The United States will push for new global cooperation to ease currency tension, a senior Treasury official says ahead of G-20 talks this weekend. feeds.marketwatch.com |
Currencies center stage as G20 gets under way By TOMOKO A. HOSAKA 2010-10-22T15:03:14ZGYEONGJU, South Korea (AP) -- The U.S. pressed emerging nations to set targets to reduce their vast trade surpluses with the West, a plan that could see their currencies rise, as a global finance summit fumbled for ways to reduce tensions that threaten to escalate into a trade war.... hosted.ap.org |