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Euro has 1-in-5 chance of lasting decade: UK think-tank

LONDON | Fri Dec 31, 2010 (Reuters) – The euro currency area has only a one-in-five chance of surviving in its current form over the next 10 years because of competitive imbalances between its members, a leading British think tank said on Friday. The Center for Economics and Business Research said Spain […]

Stocks, commodities shine in 2010 as euro suffers

By Walter Brandimarte and Sebastian Tong NEW YORK/LONDON | Fri Dec 31, 2010 (Reuters) – World stocks ended 2010 at their highest levels in 28 months on Friday and oil touched a 26-month peak as expectations of a further recovery in the global economy supported investors’ appetite for risk heading into the […]

Stern Advice: Where should you put your money in 2011?

By Linda Stern WASHINGTON | Wed Dec 29, 2010   (Reuters) – With all of the stimulus coming from the Federal Reserve and the tax-cutting Congress, 2011 should be a banner year for the U.S. economy and your money, right? Unless, of course, a double dip in housing, weak state budgets and […]