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Outside View: Are stocks a sucker's bet?
Jan 28, 2013 (UPI)
With corporate profits at record levels and stocks regaining the ground lost during the financial crisis, Wall Street anxiously anticipates the return of the in...
China manufacturing growth hits two-year high
Jan 24, 2013 (AFP)
China's manufacturing activity expanded in January at its fastest pace in two years, HSBC said Thursday, the latest sign of recovery in the world's second bigge...
Uruguay faces further dips in growth
Jan 24, 2013 (UPI)
Uruguayan President Jose Mujica faced renewed pressure on approval ratings after senior aides revised estimates for earnings from inward tourism weeks after rev...
Wen urges 'healthy' economy as China slows
Jan 22, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has urged the central bank to promote "healthy" economic development, the government said, after the economy expanded at its slowest ...
BoJ meeting expected to usher in fresh easing measures
Jan 22, 2013 (AFP)
The Bank of Japan wraps up a two-day policy meeting Tuesday with the under-pressure central bank widely expected to usher in fresh easing measures aimed at boos...
Walker's World: Cameron's EU choice
Jan 21, 2013 (UPI)
British Prime Minister David Cameron set himself an almost impossible task when he sought to explain his policy on the European Union. British business and fina...
BoJ starts first meeting under new Japan government
Jan 21, 2013 (AFP)
The Bank of Japan on Monday began its first policy meeting since the new premier took office with a pledge to pressure it into aggressive monetary easing to rev...
U.K. under pressure to stay in EU
Jan 18, 2013 (UPI)
Britain is under increasing direct and indirect pressure to stay within the European Union. Prime Minister David Cameron received a call from U.S. President Bar...
China annual growth hits 13-year low
Jan 18, 2013 (AFP)
China's economy grew at its slowest pace in 13 years in 2012, the government said Friday, but an uptick in the final quarter pointed to better news ahead for a ...
Japan issues $87.8 bn in bonds to pay for stimulus
Jan 15, 2013 (AFP)
Japan on Tuesday approved an extra budget that includes issuing $87.8 billion more debt to help pay for a massive stimulus package aimed at breathing life into ...
West is failing to capitalise on rising China: HSBC
Jan 15, 2013 (AFP)
Western nations have failed to capitalise on China's economic rise as they struggle with their own problems, leaving others to benefit from the Asian giant's in...
China eyes hiking foreign investment quota for markets
Jan 14, 2013 (AFP)
China could increase 10-fold the quota for foreign investors putting money into the country's stock markets, the head of its securities regulator said Monday. F...
Walker's World: EU - from acute to chronic
Jan 14, 2013 (UPI)
In medical terms, an acute illness is short, sharp and nasty. A chronic illness is one that lasts a long term and the patient has to learn to live with it. The ...
China economy to rebound in 2013: AFP survey
Jan 13, 2013 (AFP)
China's economy is poised finally to end a long downward trend in 2013, economists polled by AFP say, as the new communist leadership vows to retool the nation'...
Japan premier unveils $226.5 bn stimulus package
Jan 11, 2013 (AFP)
Japan's new government unveiled a $226.5 billion stimulus plan Friday in the latest bid to boost the world's number three economy, with plans to rebuild disaste...
China's 2012 inflation rate slows, but risks seen rising
Jan 11, 2013 (AFP)
China's inflation rate slowed sharply in 2012, official data showed Friday, but analysts warned of increasing price risks this year that may limit scope for mea...
Argentina: Hedge funds to blame for woes
Jan 11, 2013 (UPI)
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner says economic predators and hedge funds are to blame for the country's financial troubles. Fernandez launched...
China economy to overtake US by 2019: state research
Jan 09, 2013 (AFP)
China will overtake the United States economically within six years, an official research institute predicts, and go on to become the world's most important cou...
Economic, climate crises raise risks for world: WEF
Jan 08, 2013 (AFP)
With rising economic strains on one side and ever more environmental concerns on the other, the world could soon find itself in "the perfect global storm", the ...
Steady tide of acquisitions mark new year
Jan 08, 2013 (UPI)
Company acquisitions are continually changing the face of national aerospace and defense industries and 2013 is unlikely to be an exception. Notable takeovers a...
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