European stocks up in light post-holiday trade
January 2, 2012
Global stock markets opened a risk-filled New Year still hung over from a rough 2011, with little direction to trading and many exchanges closed.
Germany’s DAX, […]
Obama seeks $1.2 trillion debt ceiling increase
December 30, 2011
The year couldn’t end without a final word about the nation’s debt ceiling.
President Obama plans to ask Congress this week to raise the debt […]
German government party stays on course on euro
December 16, 2011
Rebels in Germany’s junior governing party on Friday failed to turn it against eurozone efforts to set up a permanent rescue fund, an outcome that […]
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GOP embraces showdown over oil pipeline, tax cuts
December 13, 2011
Sensing a political opening, congressional Republicans are moving toward a high-stakes showdown with President Barack Obama over a plan to link fast-tracked approval of an […]
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New treaty to save euro splits European Union
December 9, 2011
Leaders of 23 European countries desperate to save the continent’s shared currency agreed in all-night talks Friday to surrender some sovereignty in a new treaty […]
Fewer homeowners are ‘under water’ on their mortgages
November 29, 2011
Slightly fewer St. Louis home owners were “under water” on their mortgages last summer, according to a new report.
CoreLogic, a real estate analysis company, today […]
Venezuela receives first gold shipment from Europe
November 26, 2011
President Hugo Chavez’s government began repatriating Venezuela’s gold reserves from European banks Friday as the first shipment arrived on a flight from Paris.
Troops guarded the […]
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Asia stock markets hit by US debt talks failure
November 22, 2011
The collapse of talks aimed at reducing the staggering U.S. budget deficit sent Asian stock markets mostly lower Tuesday.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 index fell 0.1 percent […]