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Walker's World: The bad math that lost jobs
Apr 22, 2013 (UPI)
Back in the 1920s, an Austrian newspaper won the honor for headline of the decade with a front-page story that read, "Archduke Franz Ferdinand Found Alive; Grea...
World Bank changes tack to face new challengers
Apr 20, 2013 (AFP)
Global warming, a new offensive against poverty -- the World Bank has overhauled its agenda to prove its relevance in the face of competition from rich emerging...
Eurozone faces new risks amid $13 billion Cyprus bailout
Apr 19, 2013 (UPI)
The European Union faces new risks to its 17-member eurozone as a $13 billion bailout of Cyprus failed to calm fears, exacerbated by a Fitch downgrade of Britai...
Outside View: Fresh evidence spring swoon grips U.S. economy
Apr 19, 2013 (UPI)
Fresh evidence is emerging that the U.S. economy is slowing in the second quarter. Stock prices continued to slide as earnings disappointed and the Conference B...
Outside View: Anti-growth policies slowing U.S. economy
Apr 18, 2013 (UPI)
Anti-growth policies continue to frustrate the aspirations of working Americans. The U.S. economy is likely growing at less than 2 percent in the second quarter...
IMF sees mixed Asian outlook for 2013; lowers China forecast
Apr 16, 2013 (AFP)
The IMF painted a mixed picture for Asia's top economies on Tuesday, trimming its Chinese growth forecasts but predicting Japan's fiscal stimulus will help end ...
Walker's World: Euro-agony grinds on
Apr 15, 2013 (UPI)
The euro crisis is starting to look like death by a thousand cuts. Just when you thought Cyprus was resolved by its European partners, a new crisis has broken o...
China growth slows to 7.7% in first quarter
Apr 15, 2013 (AFP)
Growth in China slowed to 7.7 percent in the first quarter, data showed Monday, below forecasts and fuelling fears a recent pick-up in the world's number-two ec...
Shares in India's Infosys dive after weak earnings
Apr 12, 2013 (AFP)
Shares in Indian outsourcing giant Infosys dived Friday after it issued a disappointing growth forecast and warned of global challenges, sparking worries about ...
China bank lending nearly doubles in March
Apr 11, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese banks in March lent nearly twice as much as in February, official data showed Thursday, as Beijing strengthened efforts to bolster a faltering economic ...
Asian economies to rebound but recovery fragile: ADB
Apr 09, 2013 (AFP)
The Asian Development Bank said Tuesday the region's emerging economies would pick up this year but warned that the recovery remained fragile due to the eurozon...
China inflation slows in March
Apr 09, 2013 (AFP)
Inflation in China slowed faster than expected in March, official data showed Tuesday, indicating that the recovery in the world's second-largest economy is sti...
Walker's World: Printing more money
Apr 08, 2013 (UPI)
So far, so good. Japan's extraordinary decision to bring back inflation into its economy saw the Nikkei stock market index rise 2.2 percent even as the yen sank...
Crowdfunding gaining momentum: study
Apr 08, 2013 (AFP)
Crowdfunding, a practice which allows startup firms to raise money from small investors over the Internet, picked up steam in 2012 with some $2.7 billion invest...
China's Xi says 'ultra-high speed' growth probably over
Apr 08, 2013 (AFP)
China's President Xi Jinping said Monday the days of "ultra-high speed" growth in the world's second-largest economy -- which many hope can spur a global recove...
IMF's Lagarde says Euro has 'long-standing future'
Apr 07, 2013 (AFP)
International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde on Sunday told an audience in China that the euro has a solid future and that she hopes no more countr...
China's Xi says Asia faces 'new challenges' to stability
Apr 07, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Sunday that Asia faced "new challenges" to its stability and warned no one should be allowed to throw the region into chaos as...
Dismal US jobs report, Iran talks weigh on oil
Apr 05, 2013 (AFP)
Global oil prices fell further on Friday after a dismal US jobs report renewed concerns about the strength of the world's biggest economy and traders kept an ey...
Outside View: Growing more U.S. jobs
Apr 05, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. Labor Department announced the U.S. economy only created 88,000 jobs in March as many more adults quit looking for work than found jobs -- for many Ame...
EU mulls tougher stand on tax dodgers
Apr 05, 2013 (UPI)
The European Union's promise of a vigorous crackdown on tax dodgers in the aftermath of an unpopular Cyprus bailout is unlikely to stem the outflow of capital f...
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