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New International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde gestures during her first news conference at the IMF in Washington, Wednesday, July 6, 2011.
(photo: AP / Susan Walsh)
No one immune to European crisis: IMF chief
DNA India
| IMF chief Christine Lagarde today warned that no one is immune to the European debt crisis that can have spillover effect on the global economy and called for "simple firewall" to contain the turmoil. | Speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting here, she underscored the need for eu...
Beacon US Airways N839AW Airbus A319
(photo: Creative Commons / Beacon)
US Airways Flight Attendant Deal Could Help Merger Effort
The Street
| Details of the deal, announced at 1:30 a.m. Friday, have not been released, but flight attendants may have scored an industry-leading contract, sources indicate. | In a brief statement, the US Airways chapter of the Association of Flight Attendants said the deal is expected to "unite the over 6,70...
Indy's ready for the big show
Buffalo News
| A Manning victory over Brady is the dream that could come true for Indianapolis this week. Well, sort of. | The Manning Indianapolis had in mind was Peyton, the hero of their beloved Colts, not his younger brother, Eli, of the New York Giants. But ...
The gravy train keeps on a-rolling
The Examiner
| The High-Speed Rail Project in California rolls on, seemingly invincible and equipped with a teflon shield, despite an incredible long list of independent sources that have significant issues with the project. Among them most recentl...
Fort Wayne Business & Finance
The Examiner
Andy FracicaJanuary 27, 2011 Business & Finance | January 27, 2011 Usually promotion is a term used by marketers and it is part of the four “P’s” of marketing, product, price, place, and promotion... Read more How Do You Cancel ...
South Bend Business & Finance
The Examiner
December 21, 2011 Business & Finance | December 21, 2011 James SummersWe’ve started talking about a great movement called the Dignity and Respect Campaign (A tip for Michiana businesses: Be encouraged) and... Read more Michiana Business Tip...
British Foreign Secretary William Hague arrives for an EU Foreign Ministers meeting at the EU Council in Brussels, Thursday March 10, 2011. The European Union is hitting the regime of Moammar Gadhafi with more financial sanctions just as France says it is recognizing the Libyan opposition's Interim Governing Council and plans to exchange ambassadors with it.
AP / Geert Vanden Wijngaert
UK wants stronger, deeper ties with India: Hague
Zeenews
London: Noting that India is making its mark on the global economy with electrifying skill, innovation and dynamism, British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said that now is th...
In this Feb. 8, 2008 file photo, a for sale sign stands in front of a bank-owned home in Las Vegas. Las Vegas was second to Stockton, Calif., which was first, with 9.5 percent of all housing units receiving a foreclosure filing in 2008.
AP / Jae C. Hong, File
World stocks muted ahead of US growth figures
my SA
| BANGKOK (AP) — World stocks faced multiple headwinds Friday after disappointing Japanese earnings, higher unemployment in Spain and weak U.S. home sales. Investors awaited quar...
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
AP / Jacquelyn Martin
RON DERBY: Fed sees cheap money will be around for a while
Business Day
| WITH the promise of cheap money — for much longer than expected — from the US Federal Reserve (Fed), the fundamentals to support stronger equity and currency markets have bee...
Fireworks send Beijing air pollution soaring
Austin American Statesman
| BEIJING — Clouds of smoke from Lunar New Year fireworks sent air pollution in Beijing soaring under a new more sensitive measurement system. | Readings of fine particulate matter called PM2.5 were about 100 times worse on the Jan. 22 eve of t...
GPS devices let private snoops track cars, and privacy questions ensue
Austin American Statesman
| Only yesterday it was the exotic stuff of spy shows: Flip on a computer and track the enemy's speeding car. | But today, anyone with $300 can compete with Jack Bauer. Online, and soon in big-box stores, you can buy a device no bigger than a cigaret...
Former rival Cain endorses Gingrich
Austin American Statesman
| WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Former presidential hopeful Herman Cain threw his support behind Newt Gingrich on Saturday night, possibly providing the former House speaker with a late boost just days before Florida's primary. | Cain, a tea party fa...
Stock
In this Feb. 8, 2008 file photo, a for sale sign stands in front of a bank-owned home in Las Vegas. Las Vegas was second to Stockton, Calif., which was first, with 9.5 percent of all housing units receiving a foreclosure filing in 2008.
(photo: AP / Jae C. Hong, File)
World stocks muted ahead of US growth figures
my SA
| BANGKOK (AP) — World stocks faced multiple headwinds Friday after disappointing Japanese earnings, higher unemployment in Spain and weak U.S. home sales. Investors awaited quarterly growth figures from the U.S. later in the day. | Benchmark oil hovered below $100 per barrel while the dollar was lower against the euro and the yen. | European sha...
Banking
The Euro sculpture sits in front of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, central Germany, Wednesday, April 28, 2010.
(photo: AP / Michael Probst)
Hamish McRae: How much longer can the banks carry on stealing from savers?
The Independent
| I think we pretty much knew that already, but it has become even clearer in the past few days. We have had a hint from Mervyn King of a further injection of cash into the British economy. We have seen the impact of the European Central Bank's €300bn credit line to Europe's banks on sovereign bond yields – basically, the banks can borrow for t...



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