February 2nd, 2012
U.S. banking regulators are exploring whether they can exempt sovereign debt from the Dodd-Frank ban on proprietary trading after foreign governments complained that the rule […]
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January 28th, 2012
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 […]
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January 23rd, 2012
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 […]
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January 9th, 2012
Swiss National Bank Chairman Philip Hildebrand resigned abruptly Monday, bowing to a public uproar over his private currency deals just as a Swiss parliamentary committee […]
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December 13th, 2011
Environmental groups challenged the first attempted auction of offshore petroleum leases in the western Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010, filing […]
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December 8th, 2011
U.S. stock futures are mixed after the European Central Bank cut a key interest rate by a quarter-point.
The rate cut was roughly in line with […]
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November 23rd, 2011
The German economy, which has been a bastion while its neighbors have buckled one by one under debt, showed signs of strain Wednesday and raised […]
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November 12th, 2011
Terence Block, the president of Nestle Purina PetCare’s North American pet food business for most of the past decade, has been named the new president […]
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November 4th, 2011
The International Monetary Fund will monitor Italy’s financial reform efforts, Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Friday, a humbling step for one of the world’s biggest _ […]
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October 20th, 2011
Two members of Tennessee’s congressional delegation on Thursday announced federal legislation aimed at quelling fears among owners of musical instruments and other products made from […]
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