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Sep 06, 2012 Fresh figures on the US jobs market come out Friday, with a lot more than usual riding on them: new stimulus from Federal Reserve,...

WASHINGTON | Mon Dec 31, 2012 (Reuters) - The Congress comes back on Monday without a deal to avert the "fiscal cliff" and with only a few...

NEW YORK | Fri Dec 28, 2012 (Reuters) - The past four years of U.S. environmental regulation was marked by a crackdown on emissions that...

WASHINGTON | Sat Dec 29, 2012 (Reuters) - Congressional negotiators burrowed into their offices on Saturday to see if they could stop the U.S....

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/29/2012 When it comes to US austerity, a very sensitive topic as framed best by the "spending cuts" portion in the...

By Bloomberg News - Dec 26, 2012 Lying in a Beijing military hospital in 1990, General Wang Zhen told a visitor he felt betrayed. Decades after...

TOKYO | Wed Dec 26, 2012 (Reuters) - New Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed on Wednesday to battle deflation and a strong yen, and...

MOSCOW | Wed Dec 26, 2012 (Reuters) - Russia's upper parliament house unanimously approved a bill on Wednesday that would ban Americans from...

HONOLULU | Wed Dec 26, 2012 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is cutting short his Hawaiian holiday to leave for Washington on Wednesday to...

DUBAI | Tue Dec 25, 2012 (Reuters) - An Internet virus attacked computers at industrial sites in southern Iran, in an apparent extension of a...

NEW YORK | Fri Dec 21, 2012 (Reuters) - Investors finally soured toward bond funds and favored riskier stock exchange-traded funds in the...

ATHENS | Mon Dec 24, 2012 (Reuters) - Greece's drive to crack down on flagrant tax evaders such as doctors and lawyers is flagging and must be...

TOKYO | Tue Dec 25, 2012 (Reuters) - The yen hit a 20-month low against the dollar on Tuesday as Japan's incoming prime minister stepped up...

OTTAWA | Sun Dec 23, 2012 (Reuters) - In September, two months after China's state-owned CNOOC Ltd made an unexpected $15.1 billion bid for...

NEW YORK | Thu Dec 20, 2012 (Reuters) - A subtle shift in monetary policymaking is afoot with a new generation of central bankers, striving to...

WASHINGTON | Wed Dec 19, 2012 (Reuters) - Three senior U.S. State Department officials were asked to resign after an official inquiry harshly...

ZURICH/NEW YORK | Wed Dec 19, 2012 (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors charged two former UBS traders on Wednesday with taking part in a multi-year...

WASHINGTON | Wed Dec 19, 2012 (Reuters) - Mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may have suffered more than $3 billion in losses...

12-19-2012 There are several competing plans to avoid the "fiscal cliff," a one-two combination of tax increases and automatic spending cuts....