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Latin America hopes to ride out slow U.S. growth
Nov 08, 2013 (UPI)
Latin America hopes to ride out slow growth and U.S. monetary issues on the strength of its own increased economic activity, Fitch rating agency data indicate. ...
Outside View: U.S. economy adds 204,000 jobs in October
Nov 08, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. Labor Department reported the U.S. economy created 204,000 jobs in October after adding 163,000 jobs the prior month. This is much better than was expe...
Outside View: Slowing growth clouds U.S. jobs outlook
Nov 07, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. Labor Department is expected to report Friday the U.S. economy added 120,000 jobs in October, less than the 148,000 recorded in September and the trend...
China's leaders to meet on economic reform
Nov 07, 2013 (AFP)
China's new leadership holds a key meeting this weekend that state media are trumpeting as a likely "watershed" for economic reform, but analysts caution detail...
Walker's World: Breaking the banks
Nov 04, 2013 (UPI)
As bankers and politicians argued again whether to split the Royal Bank of Scotland into a good and a bad bank, a key issue has made few headlines -- what gover...
Asia manufacturing picks up but data points to headwinds
Nov 01, 2013 (AFP)
Asian manufacturing picked up pace in October, figures showed on Friday, with Chinese activity at an 18-month high but analysts warned that background data indi...
China GDP figures wrong by $610 billion: report
Oct 30, 2013 (AFP)
China's economy would be at least 3.7 trillion yuan ($610 billion) bigger than Beijing thinks if the country's local government statistics were to be believed, ...
Researcher is optimistic about meeting 'Grand Challenge' of global prosperity
Oct 29, 2013 (SPX)
With ecological viability threatened, world resources draining, population burgeoning and despair running rampant, the end is nigh. Or not, says Lawrence M. Cat...
Commentary: Costly greed
Oct 28, 2013 (UPI)
For a company that employs 255,000 and has assets of $2.4 trillion, a $13 billion fine isn't exactly chump change. It directly led to JPMorgan Chase's first qua...
Future of global economy in next 30 years
Oct 28, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
The first Russian contest of technology projects called GenerationS was launched in August 2013, attracting Russian entrepreneurs, experienced investors and bus...
Walker's World: Why Europe's banks tremble
Oct 21, 2013 (UPI)
Europe's banks and financial officials are all awaiting, in a mix of hope and trepidation, to learn just how the European Central Bank proposes to assess the so...
Outside View: J.P. Morgan and Justice's prosecutorial discretion
Oct 20, 2013 (UPI)
J.P. Morgan's record $13 billion tentative settlement with the U.S. Justice Department concerning misrepresented residential mortgage-backed securities doesn't ...
Rousseff battles to calm unrest among teachers, oil workers
Oct 18, 2013 (UPI)
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is battling to calm the country's educational institutions after thousands of sympathizers from other sectors joined protests...
US debt ceiling resolution helps global stability: China
Oct 17, 2013 (AFP)
China on Thursday welcomed the resolution of the US debt ceiling deadlock, saying it will contribute to global economic stability. "The US is the largest econom...
China's economy grew 7.8% in third quarter: AFP survey
Oct 16, 2013 (AFP)
China's economic growth jumped to 7.8 percent in the third quarter, analysts polled by AFP forecast ahead of the release of the figures Friday, the first accele...
Outside View: Stability operations association meeting opens
Oct 15, 2013 (UPI)
As the Western coalition negotiates official troop withdrawals from Afghanistan, the U.S. military looks to streamline commitments and the broader international...
China bank loans pick up in September: central bank
Oct 15, 2013 (AFP)
China's bank lending expanded in September, the central bank said late Monday, but analysts said policy easing might taper off as the government seeks to contro...
China inflation hits seven-month high in September
Oct 14, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese inflation hit a seven-month high of 3.1 percent in September, data showed Monday, with analysts warning further upward pressure on prices would restrict...
US lawmakers split as debt deadline looms
Oct 14, 2013 (AFP)
The United States was still facing a potentially devastating sovereign debt default and making markets nervous after senators failed to agree on terms to reopen...
New fronts open in Chinese art market as records fall
Oct 11, 2013 (AFP)
Auction houses have sold $700 million-worth of artwork in recent days in Hong Kong and set a series of world records, as Asia's art market heats up anew and com...
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