A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune


The Guardian
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Article by: AP , Associated Press ATHENS, Greece — Greece's future in the eurozone faced more uncertainty as protests again turned violent and dissent grew among its lawmakers after European leaders demanded deeper spending cuts.
A look at economic developments around the globe Sacramento Bee

all 6,121 news articles »

continue reading

Slovaks protest over corruption claims - Financial Times

Slovaks protest over corruption claims
Financial Times
Romania's government resigned this week after three weeks of demonstrations. Slovakia's intelligence agency allegedly bugged meetings between state officials and businessmen in 2005-06, in an operation codenamed “Gorilla”. A report claiming to be the ...

and more »

continue reading

US HOT STOCKS: Chesapeake, PetMed, Halliburton, Netflix, Euronet - Wall Street Journal

US HOT STOCKS: Chesapeake, PetMed, Halliburton, Netflix, Euronet
Wall Street Journal
US stocks traded higher Monday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average recently gained 38 points to 12759, the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rose 6 points to 1322, and the Nasdaq Composite index was up 17 points to 2803. Among the companies whose ...

and more »

continue reading

Emerging Market Currencies See Mixed Performance; Debt Strengthens - Wall Street Journal

Emerging Market Currencies See Mixed Performance; Debt Strengthens
Wall Street Journal
The spread on the JP Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global, or Embig, tightened by six basis points to 410 basis points over Treasurys. In price terms, its index was up just 0.1%. Romania sold 10-year bonds worth $1.5 billion to yield 6.875% in its ...

and more »

continue reading

Business briefs - Vancouver Sun

Business briefs
Vancouver Sun
Market-related losses, while not as severe as in the third quarter, are expected to once again pressure the insurers' bottom lines as they have periodically over the three years since the 2008 financial crisis. Under Canadian accounting rules, ...

and more »

continue reading

US ranks 47th in media freedom, org says - CBS News

US ranks 47th in media freedom, org says
CBS News
The heightened unrest resulted in a significant shake-up of the group's annual Press Freedom Index, which assesses governments' commitment to protecting media freedoms. The United States, for instance, fell 27 places to 47 because of arrests of ...

and more »

continue reading

Nokia to axe 4000 jobs, move assembly to Asia - Yahoo! Philippines News


Yahoo! Philippines News
Nokia to axe 4000 jobs, move assembly to Asia
Yahoo! Philippines News
It has been reviewing the operations since unveiling the closure of its Romania plant last September. "This was inevitable. It was a surprise it took so long for the decision to be made," said Steve Brazier, chief executive of technology research firm ...

and more »

continue reading