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Asia Markets mostly down as investors eye Fed
Asian markets opened mostly lower Wednesday as investors waited for an update on the U.S. economy from the Federal Reserve and for some clarity from ...
Swiss lawmakers reject deal to end US tax spat
Switzerland's lower house of parliament pushed back strongly Tuesday against a government proposal to end a bitter dispute with U.S. authorities over ...
Spain bad loan ratio edges toward 11 pct
The proportion of bad loans on Spanish banks' books has edged up to 10. 8 percent while the Treasury had to pay higher interest rates to raise 5 ...
Sweeping US-EU trade talks to start in July
A top European Union official says talks on a sweeping new free trade agreement between the EU and the US will begin next month. Jose Manuel Barroso, ...
Obama: US will host first talks on EU trade deal
President Barack Obama says the U.S. will host the first round of negotiations toward a broad trade deal with the European Union next month in ...
Portuguese teachers strike over austerity plans
Thousands of Portuguese students have missed mandatory end-of-year exams because of a 24-hour strike by teachers opposing government plans to extend ...
EU official: Trade deal with US a 'game-changer'
The top official with the European Union's executive arm says a free trade deal with the United States would be a "game-changer" for the global ...
Little joy in Croatia as it enters the EU
There will be festivities and fireworks, but Kata Secic can't muster much enthusiasm for Croatia's historic entry into the European Union.
Obama takes economic, foreign policy agenda to UK
President Barack Obama is taking a security, foreign policy and economic agenda to Northern Ireland for a meeting with heads of the leading industrial ...
G8 faces uncertain recoveries, turbulent markets
Europe is mired in debt and recession. Financial markets have hit violent ups and downs on fears that U.S. stimulus efforts may soon be scaled back.
Shock lingers after Nazi unit leader found in US
The revelation that a former commander of a Nazi SS-led military unit has lived quietly in Minneapolis for the past six decades came as a shock to ...
Italy approves measures aimed at boosting economy
The Italian government has adopted a series of measures aimed at boosting the economy, including the release of 3 billion euros ($4 billion) for ...
Obama trade dilemma: Scant support from Democrats
President Barack Obama is aggressively pushing an ambitious agenda to liberalize global trading. But already political trade wars are forming, and ...
UK territories sign on to tax-avoidance crackdown
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron struck a deal Saturday with leaders of Britain's overseas territories to share tax information — a move he heralded ...
Less US urgency at G-8 in call for European growth
When leaders of the nation's biggest economies gathered in the U.S. last year, European elections had rattled the continent with a rejection of ...
EU gets deal on trans-Atlantic trade pact mandate
The European Union worked around French objections on Friday to agree on a free trade negotiating mandate for sweeping talks with the United States ...
AP IMPACT: Commander of Nazi-led unit lives in US
A top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit accused of burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials to get into ...
Dutch budget office lowers economic forecasts
The Netherlands' independent budget planning office has lowered its economic forecasts for 2013 and says the government will run a 3.7 percent deficit ...
Oil tops $97 amid Syria worries, ahead of US data
The price of oil rose past $97 a barrel Friday amid concerns about a possible escalation in Syria's civil war while traders awaited the release of ...
Spain's public debt hits record high
Spain's central bank says the country's public debt burden rose to a record 88.2 percent of gross domestic product at the end of the first quarter.
Euro fund chief: do without IMF in long term
The head of Europe's bailout fund says the region should eventually aim to do without help from the International Monetary Fund. Klaus Regling's ...
European growth less urgent for US at G-8 summit
A year after President Barack Obama made an emphatic pitch to Europe's economic powers to focus more on economic growth than austerity, much of the ...
Asian stocks rebound after Tokyo drop
Asian stocks rebounded Friday from Tokyo's sharp decline after investors were encouraged by positive U.S. economic news. Oil stayed above $96 a barrel ...
National Bank of Greece avoids nationalization
Greece's largest bank, National Bank of Greece, says it has succeeded in raising enough capital to avoid being nationalized, the second Greek bank to ...
IMF: Portugal meeting targets but outlook is grim
The International Monetary Fund says Portugal is on track to meet conditions of its bailout but the economic outlook is grim, support for austerity ...