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02/03/2012 10:34 AMA sobering look at Facebook SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - It's the year's hottest initial public offering, but some wealth managers find themselves having a hard time recommending Facebook to their clients. 
02/02/2012 05:15 PMBond benchmarks put investors in undue danger LONDON (Reuters) - Investors are needlessly exposing themselves to huge potential losses by defying two golden rules for making money through bonds - lend more to those who will pay on time in full and less to those already saturated in debt. 
02/02/2012 04:41 PMSpectre of forced selling haunts rallying Italy debt LONDON (Reuters) - Italy's bonds have made sizzling returns this year but fears the country will lose its investment-grade status are putting off long-term investors whose support Rome needs to tackle a mountain of refinancing and ease worries about its debt. 
02/02/2012 04:09 PMFacebook IPO tests easy growth assumptions SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As Facebook hurtles toward one of the largest initial public offerings in U.S. history, its honeymoon with investors may already be over. 
02/02/2012 04:11 PMFacebook's daunting Asian challenge (Reuters) - Facebook aims to connect all two billion Internet users. So far it has captured 845 million of them. Of the rest, nearly 60 percent live in Asia and hooking them is going to be a daunting challenge. 
02/01/2012 08:35 AMPatent plaintiffs target Facebook as IPO approaches SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As it prepares for one of the biggest IPOs ever, Facebook is coming under the same fierce attacks being waged against other big technology companies: patent lawsuits. 
02/02/2012 04:08 PMWhy ECB liquidity is not reaching Portugal LONDON (Reuters) - A slump in Portuguese bond prices in the past month shows there are parts of the euro zone government debt market that massive shots of cheap money from the European Central Bank cannot reach. 
02/02/2012 04:13 PMUK gas prone to spikes as Qatar dominates supply LONDON (Reuters) - British gas prices are likely to become more volatile and prone to spikes over the next few years after the UK has moved from self-sufficiency to increasing dependence on imports of liquefied natural gas from Qatar. 
02/01/2012 05:34 PMGerman solar groups could thrive on subsidy fears FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Fears Germany will cap or cut green energy subsidies is boosting demand for solar panels, and uncertainty about the shape of the measures could give the country's battered solar sector an advantage against Chinese rivals. 
01/31/2012 09:46 AMAnalysis: Fed-watching gives Asian central banks cause to pause SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asia's central bankers have yet another reason to hesitate now that the U.S. Federal Reserve looks likely to keep interest rates low for longer. 
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