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Walker's World: Merkel's tricky year
Jan 07, 2013 (UPI)
Europe's course this year will be defined by two elections in major countries: Italy goes to the polls in the last weekend in February and Germany has general e...
Walker's World: Germans turn against EU
Jan 06, 2013 (UPI)
In Brussels, the high priests of the great European project are telling themselves the worst is over. They are wrong; the real crisis is about to begin. The new...
Spanish suicides point to worsening crisis
Jan 04, 2013 (UPI)
Suicides by economically hard-pressed Spanish individuals accentuated the Iberian country's financial crisis as eurozone leaders warned of more trouble ahead in...
China house prices rise in December
Jan 04, 2013 (AFP)
China's home prices recorded their first year-on-year increase in nine months in December, an independent survey showed Friday, but it said a huge rebound natio...
China property tycoon blames government for prices
Jan 03, 2013 (AFP)
A Chinese property tycoon blamed a government "land famine" for high property prices -- which the authorities have long sought to rein in -- after he paid 1 bil...
Outside View: Unemployment likely to go up
Jan 02, 2013 (UPI)
Forecasters expect the U.S. Labor Department on Friday to report the economy added 155,000 jobs in December -- substantially less than is needed to pull unemplo...
Positive China signal as official PMI shows growth
Jan 01, 2013 (AFP)
China's manufacturing activity expanded in December for a third straight month, official data showed Tuesday, adding to signs the world's number two economy is ...
China official manufacturing index expands in December
Jan 01, 2013 (AFP)
China's manufacturing activity expanded in December at the same pace as November, official data showed Tuesday, adding to signs the world's number two economy i...
China manufacturing activity hits 19-month high
Dec 31, 2012 (AFP)
China's manufacturing activity surged to a 19-month high in December, British bank HSBC said Monday, adding to signs of recovery in the world's second-largest e...
Taiwan's Chinatrust in talks to buy Tokyo bank: report
Dec 30, 2012 (AFP)
Taiwan's Chinatrust Commercial Bank is in talks to take over a regional Japanese bank in what would be the first such foreign acquisition, a report said Sunday....
Japan data shows more economic gloom
Dec 28, 2012 (AFP)
Japanese factories slowed in November, spelling out the daunting task that lies ahead for a new conservative government in reviving the world's third-largest ec...
Abe's top cabinet posts filled by old allies
Dec 26, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's new government led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a new cabinet on Wednesday. Here are profiles of some top members in the Liberal Democratic Pa...
New Japan PM faces tests on diplomacy, economy
Dec 26, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's new premier faces a long to-do list as he takes office Wednesday, including mending ties with Asian neighbours and reviving a limp economy that bedevill...
China warns of rising financial risks
Dec 26, 2012 (AFP)
China's financial system is facing increasing risks due to soaring bank loans, with lending to the property sector and local governments a particular concern, t...
Outside View: U.S economy in 2013
Dec 20, 2012 (UPI)
Recent retail sales data indicate U.S. economic growth is shifting down a gear from the 2.7 percent pace set during the third quarter. The consensus of forecast...
Hong Kong probes UBS over interbank rate rigging claims
Dec 20, 2012 (AFP)
Hong Kong's de facto central bank on Thursday said it would probe UBS over possible rigging of the financial hub's interbank rate, a day after the Swiss giant a...
China property market revives despite controls
Dec 19, 2012 (AFP)
After waiting for a year, accountant Qi Youdi bought a new home in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, among the millions of buyers bringing life back to the ...
World Bank ups Chinese growth projection for 2013
Dec 19, 2012 (AFP)
The World Bank on Wednesday upwardly revised its projection for Chinese economic growth in 2013 from 8.1 percent to 8.4 percent, but predicted the rate would ta...
Markets cheer Japan conservatives' return to power
Dec 17, 2012 (AFP)
Investors on Monday cheered after Japan's conservatives swept back to power in national elections, with promises of a fix for the economy and tougher diplomacy ...
Israelis fear economic collapse more than Iran: study
Dec 17, 2012 (AFP)
Three-quarters of Israelis see social and economic collapse in the Jewish state as more of a threat than Iran's disputed nuclear programme, a charity said on Mo...
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