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Australia

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. […]

Summers, Clinton Said to Be Lead Contenders for World Bank - Bloomberg

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers are two leading candidates to succeed World Bank President Robert Zoellick […]

Thousands march against nuclear power in Japan

Thousands of Japanese people marched against nuclear power Saturday, amid growing worries about the restarting of reactors idled after the March 11 meltdown disaster in […]

China Industrial Output Growth to Slow as Global Risks Rise, Ministry Says - Bloomberg

China

Job Gains From Factories to Stores Add Heft to U.S. Job Market Recovery - Bloomberg

The U.S. labor market recovery is broadening as industries from construction to retail to manufacturing added workers in January and the jobless rate fell to […]

More money, more votes: The billion dollar campaign

Let there be no doubt: The campaign finance floodgates are officially open.
Disclosure forms filed this week with the Federal Election Commission confirmed what has […]

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 […]

EU ministers pushing bondholders in Greek deal

European finance chiefs piled pressure on Greece’s private creditors on Monday to voluntarily cut the country’s massive debt load, with the Dutch minister warning the […]