* Political risk driving short-term market volatility * U.S. banking reform, Eurozone debt crisis key focus * Hung parliament risk impacting sterling * Money made or lost on calling politics right LONDON, Feb 8 -...
* Investors dump euros and bonds of high-debt bloc members * ECB member says talk of euro zone breakup "absurd" * Eyes on Friday financing bill vote in Portugal (Recasts with policymakers, updates markets, adds...
* Sentiment for IPOs weakened with market risk on the rise * Taminco shelves 400 million euro IPO * Helikos shares fell 7 percent in market debut * Horizon closed IPO near the bottom of...
* Banks, property drag down S'pore * Malaysia ends 2-day rise; Indonesia's big caps down * Political outlook depresses Thailand * Philippines, Vietnam buck trend BANGKOK, Feb 4 - Major Southeast Asian stock markets fell...
SEOUL, Feb 4 - North Korea has eased some curbs it placed on black market trading, the South's spy agency said on Thursday, rolling back part of...
HONG KONG, Feb 4 - Newly sold Asian global bonds rose on Thursday as their offers saw strong responses but the broad market was range-bound ahead of the U.S. jobs data with the busy issuance...
SEOUL, Feb 4 - North Korea has eased some curbs it placed on black market trading, the South's spy agency said on Thursday, rolling back part of what was widely seen as an policy blunder...
HONG KONG, Feb 4 - Early tightening by some Asian central banks has injected uncertainty into investing in the region's emerging markets, but Indonesian bonds will remain attractive as policymakers there will likely hold fire...
SINGAPORE, Feb 4 - Indonesia could be a market for the troubled Airbus military transport plane, the A400M, a senior company executive said on Thursday. "Yes, Indonesia could be a potential market for the A400M,"...
* EU to hold Greece to austerity plan, may seek tougher cuts * Market turmoil widens on Portuguese, Spanish worries * Main Greek trade union calls 1-day strike vs austerity * Almunia says EU has...