» Combative Obama assails GOP for causing economic crisis, proposes new transportation spending
06/09/10 20:41 from Market News
MILWAUKEE - A combative President Barack Obama rolled out a long-term jobs program Monday that would exceed $50 billion to rebuild roads, railways
» Justice Department won't say whether key piece of oil spill evidence is on its way to shore
06/09/10 20:41 from Market News
NEW ORLEANS - The Justice Department won't say if the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from gushing from BP's undersea well into the Gulf
» UK drug regulators want GSK's controversial diabetes pill Avandia pulled from market
06/09/10 19:23 from Market News
LONDON - British drug regulators say GlaxoSmithKline's controversial diabetes pill Avandia should be pulled from the U.K. market because of
» Italy's Finmeccanica wins $630 million contract for Eurofighter Typhoon protection systems
06/09/10 19:22 from Market News
ROME - Italy's Finmeccanica SpA said Monday it has obtained an order worth €490 million (US$630 million) to supply Praetorian Defensive
» Afghan govt poised to help troubled Kabul Bank, but institution still running on its own
06/09/10 19:22 from Market News
KABUL - Afghanistan's largest bank is operating with its own money with no infusion of cash from the government despite a nearly weeklong run on
» Unicredit CEO says Libyan sovereign fund was not solicited to take bank stake
06/09/10 19:21 from Market News
MILAN - Unicredit CEO Alessandro Profumo said Monday that a Libyan sovereign fund acted on its own to take a stake in the bank and that the move
» EU ministers to discuss new bank levy, transaction tax as weapons against too much risk-taking
06/09/10 17:16 from Market News
BRUSSELS - European Union finance ministers are set to discuss the possibility of introducing a levy on banks and whether a tax on financial
» EIB and 2 other financial institutions back Nabucco pipeline
06/09/10 17:15 from Market News
BRUSSELS - Three international financial institutions have thrown their weight behind an international pipeline aimed at helping Europe reduce its
» Germany's Merkel praises deal to extend operations for country's 17 nuclear power plants
06/09/10 17:13 from Market News
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday touted her government's new agreement that would grant nuclear power plants an average of 12 extra
» World stocks climb as fears of US slowdown recession ease; Wall Street closed for holiday
06/09/10 15:21 from Market News
LONDON - World stock markets advanced modestly Monday as investors rode momentum from Friday, when an upbeat U.S. jobs report eased fears that the
» Labour focus shifts from private to public sector as governments slash deficits
06/09/10 15:17 from Market News
TORONTO - While the private sector bore the brunt of the economic downturn, union leaders are turning their attention to the public sector this
» Iran central bank says inflation drops to 8.8 per cent in August
06/09/10 13:38 from Market News
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's central bank says the country's inflation rate has declined to 8.8 per cent in August.The Central Bank of Iran, in
» Scandinavian airline group SAS sells all shares in Skyways, records $5.5 mln capital loss
06/09/10 13:38 from Market News
STOCKHOLM - Scandinavian airline group SAS AB says it has sold all its shares in Skyways Holding AB to the Swedish regional airline's main owner,
» Oil drops to near $74 a barrel in Europe as traders eye US unemployment, China demand
06/09/10 13:37 from Market News
Oil prices slipped to near US$74 a barrel Monday as traders weighed whether growing Chinese demand can offset weak U.S. fuel consumption amid high
» N.B. Liberals promise royalty break for new mines if re-elected Sept. 27
06/09/10 12:40 from Market News
BERESFORD, N.B. - The New Brunswick Liberals say they'll offer incentives to new mining operations if they regain power in the Sept. 27
