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Slovenia announces anti-bailout measures
Slovenia's government announced Thursday an austerity plan designed to raise 540 million euros ($707 million) in new taxes as part of an effort to ...
Greece: Economic recovery in sight
Greece's recession-wracked economy should start recovering next year and its sky-high unemployment rate should edge lower from the end of 2014, the ...
Bangladesh garment disaster death toll nears 900
The death toll from the collapse of a building housing five garment factories has climbed to nearly 900, officials said Thursday, as authorities ...
Poland's shale gas hopes suffer blow
News that Talisman Energy Inc. and Marathon Oil are pulling out of exploration for shale gas in Poland is a blow to the country's hopes that its ...
Germany plans tighter control of managers' pay
The German government plans to give company shareholders a greater say in setting managers' pay — a proposal aimed at curbing perceived corporate ...
Germany's expected tax take slightly lower
Germany's tax revenues will be slightly lower than expected in the coming years because of a recent economic slowdown, but the government is sticking ...
Spain refuses to hand over ex-HSBC worker
Spain's National Court on Wednesday ruled against extraditing a former HSBC employee to Switzerland, where he faces charges of stealing and revealing ...
UN: Global youth unemployment rate is rising
Youth unemployment is likely to rise globally to 12.8 percent by 2018, wiping out gains made in the recent economic recovery, the U.N.'s labor office ...
German Cabinet approves ECB bank supervision
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Cabinet has approved plans to hand the European Central Bank the power to oversee the continent's lenders, the main ...
Int'l donors pledge $300 million-plus for Somalia
International donors heeded warnings about the need for increased support for Somalia by pledging more than $300 million Tuesday toward bolstering ...
IMF's Lagarde criticizes US spending cuts
International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde criticized the U.S. government's budget policies as too tight on Tuesday, in an appearance in ...
Lower bad loans give HSBC a big Q1 profit boost
HSBC PLC, Europe's biggest bank by market value, saw its profits more than double in the first quarter as it booked fewer bad loans than in the same ...
French finance chief hails easing off austerity
French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici on Tuesday hailed the European Union's decision to grant his country more time to tackle its deficit as a ...
Spain, Italy team up to demand crisis relief
The premiers of Spain and Italy teamed up Monday to push the eurozone to focus more on spurring economic growth instead of just reducing debt — a move ...
Kosovo police arrest suspected drugs kingpin
Kosovo police have arrested a suspected Balkan drug kingpin who is wanted on an international arrest warrant and blacklisted by U.S. authorities.
EU: Motorola may have violated antitrust rules
The European Commission said Monday that Motorola Mobility may have abused its dominant market position by denying Apple the right to use technology ...
ECB, Germany at odds over banking union set-up
The European Central Bank and Germany, the bloc's biggest economy, are at odds over how to set up the banking union that is meant to stabilize the ...
Jewish meeting highlights anti-Semitism in Hungary
Right-wing extremists shout Nazi salutes and attack a man they believe is Jewish. Black-booted militants frighten aging Holocaust survivors.
Hungary's prime minister denounces anti-Semitism
Hungary's prime minister told an international assembly of Jews on Sunday that his government has declared "zero tolerance" on anti-Semitism, but his ...
Bangladesh building-collapse toll tops 600
More than 600 bodies have been recovered from the garment-factory building that collapsed well over a week ago, police said Sunday as the grim ...
Pressure on Bangladesh, retailers to fix factories
In the aftermath of a building collapse that killed more than 530 people, Bangladesh's garment manufacturers may face a choice of reform or perish.
Cameron's Conservatives suffer in UK local votes
David Cameron's Conservatives took a drubbing in local elections amid a surge of support for an anti-European Union and anti-immigration party, ...
Strong US jobs report triggers stock market rally
Stock markets rallied on Friday, with both the Dow and S&P hitting new highs, after an unexpectedly strong U.S. jobs report indicated the world's ...
Catholic bishops condemn Irish abortion bill
Ireland's Roman Catholic leaders appealed to the public Friday to lobby their lawmakers to reject a bill that would permit abortions deemed necessary ...
EU predicts eurozone recession to continue in 2013
Europe will take longer to recover from its economic crisis as it tackles a worse-than-expected recession in the eurozone and unemployment at record ...