Video
  • Save

MLB cautious on 2009 2:01 Interview

Dec 2 - Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, whose sport is coming off a record year, downplayed expectations for the 2009 season and says their are ''a lot of variables that we have to be concerned about.''

Playing Next

More from Reuters

 Paul Volcker arrives for a news conference where US President-elect Barack Obama (not pictured) presented his choices for his newly formed Economic Recovery Board in Chicago November 26, 2008. REUTERS/John Gress

Cheap cigars, politics and the Volcker Rule

He relishes cheap cigars, would rather take a bus than a taxi, and recently eloped. Meet Paul Volcker, the former Federal Reserve Chairman no one expected to be driving policy in the Obama administration.  Full Article 

    Trader John Boehm works in the 5-year US Treasury Bond Options Pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange September 16, 2008.  REUTERS/John Gress

    The big guns fire back

    The Wall Street behemoths that came close to collapse in the financial crisis are back and pushing aside the boutiques that made a killing during the turmoil.   Full Article 

    A banner painted with a skull and crossbones is seen during a demonstration in Damietta city, 200 kms northeast of Cairo, Egypt, June 17, 2008. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih
    Reuters Breakingviews:

    Repo 105: Lehman's poison

    The autopsy of Lehman Brothers appears to have found many causes of death, including balance-sheet shenanigans, hubris, and a poison called Repo 105.  Commentary