No one immune to European crisis: IMF chief DNA India | IMF chief Christine Lagarde today warned that no one is immune to the European debt crisis that can have spillover effect on the global economy and called for "simple firewall" to contain the turmoil. | Speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting here, she underscored the need for eu...
US Airways Flight Attendant Deal Could Help Merger Effort The Street | Details of the deal, announced at 1:30 a.m. Friday, have not been released, but flight attendants may have scored an industry-leading contract, sources indicate. | In a brief statement, the US Airways chapter of the Association of Flight Attendants said the deal is expected to "unite the over 6,70...
Price jumps in food, transportation, other daily living costs hitting consumers’ wallets Chicago Sun-Times | Updated: January 29, 2012 12:52AM | Want to go somewhere? Whether by plane, train or automobile, it’s costing you more. | Feeling hungry? Some grocery prices are enough to make you sick. But don’t get too ill; the medical co-pays will hurt. | O...
Q&A on the Arch project: Work under way by 2014 STL Today | ST. LOUIS • Leaders of the effort to improve and expand the landscape of the Gateway Arch riverfront provided updates during a public session Wednesday. Following are some questions and answers about the project: | 1. When will we see constructio...
Long-term low interest rates bedevil investors STL Today | The Federal Reserve is trying to help Americans by stimulating the economy with low interest rates. It may actually push some of them toward riskier investments for yield. | The Federal Open Market Committee said last week that economic conditions ...
M-cap: 7 of top-10 cos add Rs 44,787 cr; Bharti top gainer Zeenews Mumbai: Helped by a sharp surge in the market value of Bharti Airtel, the combined market capitalisation (m-cap) of seven of the country's top-10 most valued companies advanced by Rs 44,787.42 crore last week. | | RIL, ONGC,...
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UK wants stronger, deeper ties with India: Hague Zeenews London: Noting that India is making its mark on the global economy with electrifying skill, innovation and dynamism, British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said that now is th...
World stocks muted ahead of US growth figures my SA | BANGKOK (AP) — World stocks faced multiple headwinds Friday after disappointing Japanese earnings, higher unemployment in Spain and weak U.S. home sales. Investors awaited quar...
RON DERBY: Fed sees cheap money will be around for a while Business Day | WITH the promise of cheap money — for much longer than expected — from the US Federal Reserve (Fed), the fundamentals to support stronger equity and currency markets have bee...
GOP activists say no one wants to take on McCrory The Charlotte Observer | RALEIGH After Pat McCrory lost his campaign for governor in 2008, he had to find a new job. He also got a second chance to impress conservative Republicans and make deeper statewide political connections. | McCrory got the new job, working for a ma...
After S.C., Romney goes on the attack The Charlotte Observer | MIAMI Facing the unthinkable here just seven days ago - a second loss in a row to Newt Gingrich - Mitt Romney's campaign team hatched a two-part plan to win in Florida: Make Newt mad and Mitt meaner. | In a call last Sunday morning, just hours afte...
Rail fare hike inevitable? DNA India | The Railways appears to have firmed up plans to raise passenger fares in AC classes in face of depleting financial resources and little options available to generate funds. | As pressure is mounting on it from various quarters including the Finance...
World stocks muted ahead of US growth figures my SA | BANGKOK (AP) — World stocks faced multiple headwinds Friday after disappointing Japanese earnings, higher unemployment in Spain and weak U.S. home sales. Investors awaited quarterly growth figures from the U.S. later in the day. | Benchmark oil hovered below $100 per barrel while the dollar was lower against the euro and the yen. | European sha...
Hamish McRae: How much longer can the banks carry on stealing from savers? The Independent | I think we pretty much knew that already, but it has become even clearer in the past few days. We have had a hint from Mervyn King of a further injection of cash into the British economy. We have seen the impact of the European Central Bank's €300bn credit line to Europe's banks on sovereign bond yields – basically, the banks can borrow for t...
