France loses top credit rating, govt says
January 13, 2012
The French finance minister said Friday that Standard & Poor’s had stripped the nation of its top-notch credit rating, again throwing Europe’s ability to fight […]
Bernanke Sends Congress Fed Study of Options to Lift the Housing Market - Bloomberg
January 6, 2012
A report from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke called the weakness in the housing market a
Boeing to close Wichita plant with 2,160 jobs
January 4, 2012
The Boeing Co., for decades the brand that helped support Wichita’s claim as the aviation capital of the world, announced Wednesday it will shut down […]
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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 […]