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Mood of the Nation: Some optimism amid struggles
On the eve of the 2012 elections, The Associated Press interviewed dozens of Americans to try to gauge the economic mood of the nation. People were ...
Greece: Labor protests restart with subway strike
Subway and suburban rail services in Greece's capital have been halted by a 24-hour strike, as labor unions prepare for a new round of major protests ...
US Oct. jobs report likely to show modest hiring
The October employment report the government will release Friday will likely solidify the picture of the U.S. job market that's emerged this year: ...
Consumers give US economy a lift before election
A flurry of data issued Thursday sketched a brightening view of the U.S. economy in the final days before a presidential election that will pivot on ...
Spain's stock market extends short selling ban
Spain's financial regulator has extended for three months a ban on short selling of stocks that aims to decrease volatility in markets. The CNMV ...
Dissent hits Greek coalition before austerity vote
Greece's troubled coalition government suffered another blow Thursday, when two members of the Socialist party quit, the latest sign of growing ...
Hit by crisis, Greek society in free-fall
A sign taped to a wall in an Athens hospital appealed for civility from patients. "The doctors on duty have been unpaid since May," it read, "Please ...
Europe takes on Google, looks to Brazil with hope
European news organizations bleeding money and readers are trying to avoid extinction by asking governments in France, Germany and Italy to step in ...
State says go home and sleep, 24/7 Egypt resists
Egypt's capital prides itself on being city that never sleeps, with crowds filling cafes and shops open into till the small hours. So, the government ...
Correa taxes bank profits to help poor
President Rafael Correa has long used his bully pulpit to bash bankers as profit-mongers who brought Ecuador and the rest of the world to the edge of ...
Few housing solutions offered in presidential race
This suburb in a battleground state is pockmarked with half-built subdivisions, foreclosed homes and voters like Leslie Levin. Levin, who retired from ...
Greece outlines new austerity as debt load rises
Greece's government on Wednesday outlined the new austerity measures it intends to take over the next two years, a series of painful spending cuts and ...
Spain: Pressure to demand a bailout is easing
Spain is feeling less pressure to seek European financial aid in the short term because its state borrowing costs have dropped since the European ...
ECB phases out bond-market crisis measure
The European Central Bank has phased out one of the crisis measures aimed at supporting the shaky banking system of the 17-country eurozone. The bank ...
Eurozone unemployment rises to new record
Unemployment in the 17-country eurozone hit a record high of 11.6 percent in September, official figures showed Wednesday, a sign the economy is ...
Greece delays austerity vote, warns of 'chaos'
Greece's coalition government will delay a vote on major new austerity measures by another week, warning Tuesday there would be financial chaos if a ...
EU beer brewers refuse to swallow French suds tax
France, the land of wine, is planning heavy taxes on beer, and that is not going down well with brewers — even in other nations. President Francois ...
Nature slams campaigns into real world
Suddenly, after drifting through months of confusing finger-pointing and iffy economic theory, the presidential candidates are getting walloped by an ...
Spain's economy shrinks for 5th quarter in a row
Official figures show Spain's economy shrank for the fifth quarter in a row. Spain's National Statistics Institute says Tuesday that the country's ...
Spain's Rajoy rules out imminent request for help
Spain has no immediate need to ask for outside aid to help deal with its debts, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy insisted Monday. Spain, which is in ...
New Dutch coalition govt seeks $20 billion in cuts
A new Dutch ruling coalition made up of the pro-free market VVD party and the center-left Labor Party plans to slash government spending by €16 ...
Fitch: US money funds dip toes back into Europe
The big U.S. money market funds are loaning more to banks in the 17-country eurozone as fears ease over the continent's debt crisis and shaky ...
Italy pays lower rate in short-term bond sale
Italy saw its borrowing rate drop in an auction of six-month bonds in which it easily raised €8 billion ($10.3 billion). The government paid an ...
Lithuanians vote for a new Parliament
Lithuanians voted Sunday in a parliamentary election that could determine whether the small East European nation continues tough austerity measures ...
Germany: No to new Greek debt haircut
Germany's finance minister has dismissed the idea of governments and other public creditors taking a hit on their Greek debt holdings, arguing that ...