Unemployment aid applications stay at 4-year low

The number of people seeking unemployment aid was unchanged last week and the four-week average of applications fell to its lowest point in four years. […]

Italy

In a country that for almost a decade was led by a man who publicly referred to his passion for female conquests, Italy is now […]

Mizzou researcher tries to crack code on soybeans

The soybean. Just a humble legume wrapped in a funny pod.
But the beans are worth a bundle these days - more than $33 billion nationally […]

Swiss Consumer Prices Drop Most in More Than Two Years on Franc

Swiss consumer prices dropped the most in more than two years in January as the franc

Euro Finance Chiefs Set to Meet as Greece Presses for Financial-Aid Deal - Bloomberg

Euro-area finance ministers are due to hold an emergency meeting in Brussels tomorrow as the Greek government pushes to complete talks on terms of a […]

Davos Tells Euro Leaders to Fix Crisis for Good After Two Years of Failure - Bloomberg

European leaders were told by policy makers, bankers and academics from around the world that it

Fed

U.S. monetary stimulus, blamed in 2010 for spurring speculative capital flows to emerging markets, may find less opposition this time round in Asia as the […]

Amgen 4Q profit down 9 pct., but sales up 3 pct

Amgen Inc. said Thursday that its fourth-quarter profit fell 8.5 percent as its expenses for taxes and for producing and selling drugs rose faster than […]

iPhone sales catapult Apple to record results; profits soar

The iPhone is taking over Apple.
For the first time, the device that changed how people use mobile phones accounts for more than half of the […]

Europe

The European Financial Stability Facility, the euro area