Greek Debt Talks Risk Derailing EU Summit Plan - Bloomberg

European Union leaders gather for their first summit of 2012 as a deteriorating economy and struggle to complete a Greek debt writeoff risk sidetracking efforts […]

Spain unemployment hitting nearly 1 of 4 workers

Spain’s brutal unemployment rate soared to nearly 23 percent Friday and closed in on 50 percent for those under age 25, leaving more than 5 […]

United Continental posts $138M 4Q loss

The parent company of United and Continental airlines says it lost $138 million in the fourth quarter because of the costs of integrating the two […]

Egyptians gather in Cairo to mark uprising

Tens of thousands of Egyptians rallied Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of the country’s 2011 uprising, with liberals and Islamists gathering on different sides […]

EU ministers push bondholders in Greek deal

European finance ministers piled the pressure on Greece’s private creditors Monday to reach an agreement with Athens to cut the country’s massive debt load, with […]

Last year’s gains on bonds aren’t likely to repeat

If you made life simple on yourself and bought U.S. Treasury bonds early last year, you may be patting yourself on the back now.
Treasurys that […]

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Report: STL jobs recovery still 2+ years away

It will take another two or three years for the St. Louis area to gain back the jobs it lost in the recession, and the […]

Real Yields Turn Positive for First Time in Almost Two Years: India Credit - Bloomberg

India

Norwegian UN worker kidnapped in Yemen

SANAA, Yemen _ A Norwegian man who was working for the United Nations was kidnapped by armed tribesmen in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Sunday, officials […]