The packaged food industry: Nothing to feast on

MORNINGSTAR VIEW: We contend that this sector isn't attractively valued right now  More...

Markets stabilise as Trichet flies home

News that Jean-Claude Trichet was flying back from a summit in Australia to broker the Greek crisis helped UK markets overlook the Dow Jones' dip below 10,000 overnight.  More...

Morningstar Qualitative Manager of the Year Awards

Our new Pan-Europe qualitative awards help investors access our analysts' best insights  More...

British Land sees prime property recovery

British Land reported earnings ahead of expectations for the last three months of 2009 as valuations in the prime property market began to recover.  More...

China week in review

Chinese banks consider raising capital to shore up their balance sheets  More...

US week in review

Some EU country deficit woes were a fly in the ointment of generally better economic news last week  More...

Miners up, but Greek problems weigh on markets

Markets found some renewed vigour in early trading, buoyed by a rally in US markets on Friday and good news from Xstrata.  More...

Investing Classroom: The plight of the fickle

Funds lesson 4.4: Despite the basic 'rules' of investing, we're often fickle when it comes to following them and sabotage our own results  More...

Xstrata reinstates dividend as outlook improves

Xstrata reinstated its dividend on improved confidence over commodity prices, but said that 2009 profits had been hit by the global slowdown and weaker dollar.  More...

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