
Ratings firm warns of economic slowdown in Russia
Russia faces harsh times ahead for its economy unless the government improves the country's poor investment climate and implements long-delayed ...

Ferguson key in Man U's financial transformation
Manchester United and Sir Alex Ferguson. Apple and Steve Jobs. Will one of the world's most recognized soccer clubs face the same challenges the ...

Boston bomb suspect died of gunshots, blunt trauma
A suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings died from gunshot wounds and blunt trauma to his head and torso, a funeral director said Friday.

UK police to track dementia patients using GPS
A British police force is hoping to save time and money by giving a few dementia patients GPS tracking devices, a technique already used by health and ...

Croatians to vote on golf in historic referendum
In 1991, Croatians voted for independence and then last year to join the European Union. Now, in only the third referendum ever in the country, the ...
AP Source: Fiat mulls IPO after buying Chrysler
Italian automaker Fiat is considering a plan to hold a public stock offering after the company buys 100 percent of Chrysler, according to a person ...

UK lawmakers pay tribute to Margaret Thatcher
British lawmakers remembered former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Wednesday as a towering political figure who restored her country's confidence ...

Gypsies flock to bridal fair as parents negotiate
Donka Hristova lets her mother pull her skintight mini-dress a half-inch down her leg. Checking her makeup one last time, she joins her two younger ...

Cyprus secures bailout, avoids bankruptcy
Cyprus secured a 10 billion euro ($13 billion) package of rescue loans in tense, last-ditch negotiations early Monday, saving the country from a ...

A look at Cyprus' move to seize bank deposits
Lawmakers in Cyprus are still scrambling for a way to raise €5.8 billion ($7.5 billion) to help pay for an international bailout of the country's ...

A look at Cyprus' decision to tax depositors
People with bank accounts in Cyprus were shocked Saturday to learn that as part of an agreement reached with international creditors the government ...

European court says Spanish eviction laws illegal
The European Court of Justice ruled Thursday that harsh property repossession laws in Spain that have led to hundreds of thousands of evictions during ...

Wireless connections creep into everyday things
A car that tells your insurance company how you're driving. A bathroom scale that lets you chart your weight on the Web. And a meter that warns your ...

Ireland to end state guarantee to bank bondholders
The Irish government announced Tuesday it will no longer insure the bonds of its three surviving banks, ending an infamous chapter in the country's ...

Italian traditions provide buffers to the crisis
Self-made Italians like Amedeo Tartarini never expected to need help. Tartarini's goldsmith business thrived for decades in Italy's postwar boom.

Greece's weakened workforce starts to crack
Looking out across a room full of reporters gathered to welcome French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday, Greece's President Karolos Papoulias ...

Spaniards protest against evictions
Demonstrations were held across Spain on Saturday to protest harsh repossession laws that have led to hundreds of thousands of evictions during the ...

Spain's premier publishes tax returns amid scandal
Spain's prime minister has published a summary of his income and tax returns in a bid to defuse a corruption scandal engulfing his government after ...

US: 18 charged in $200M global credit card fraud
Eighteen people have been charged in what may be one of the largest U.S. credit card fraud rings, a sprawling international scam that duped credit ...

Iraq stock sale sign of investor confidence
An Iraqi telecom company raised nearly $1.3 billion Sunday on Baghdad's small stock exchange in one of the region's biggest share offers in years — ...
Authorities: NY judge opens door to Swiss records
A federal judge on Monday authorized the Internal Revenue Service to require UBS AG to produce records about U.S. taxpayers who may hold bank accounts ...
Romanian PM: Patients to pay fee for hospital stay
Romania's prime minister says hospital patients will pay for treatment as part of an agreement with the International Monetary Fund to reduce spending ...

Troubled Dutch bank SNS looking at share issue
SNS Reaal NV, the troubled Dutch banking and insurance group, is looking to strengthen its capital buffers through strategies including a possible ...
Union-run trust seeks Chrysler stock sale
A trust fund that pays medical bills for Chrysler blue-collar retirees has asked the company to set up a public sale of Chrysler stock. The United ...