2011-10-06 所属栏目:欧美文化

European officials are moving to add new funding for troubled banks on the continent that are weighed down by the possibility of a Greek default on its debts.German Chancellor Angela Merkel, leader of

2011-10-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

Key European banks are facing new financial worries over their Greek debt holdings, with the Belgian-French bank Dexia struggling to avoid collapse.Shares of Dexia stock plummeted Tuesday to an all-ti

2011-10-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

Malaysian plans to build a subway in Kuala Lumpur, have sparked protests and allegations of land-grabbing.Chuah Chee Peng, 56, has been living in Petaling Street, Kuala Lumpur city's historical China

2011-10-05 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told lawmakers Tuesday that monetary policy is not "panacea" for curing the U.S. economic problems, while calling for the Cong

2011-10-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

U.S. President Barack Obama has renewed his call for congressional approval of jobs legislation he sent to Capitol Hill three weeks ago. The White House confirmed Monday that free trade agreements wi

2011-10-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

The Indian government will not limit social benefits only to those who make less than 50 cents a day in villages and 66 cents a day in cities, which many had feared would be the result of a controvers

2011-10-04 所属栏目:欧美文化

U.S. stocks followed European and Asian markets into the red on Monday after Greece announced it will miss deficit reduction targets worked out in a bailout deal with lenders. Despite a series of aus

2011-10-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

Protesters decrying corporate greed and other grievances maintained a presence in New York City's financial district Sunday, one day after more than 700 of them were arrested as they attempted to mar

2011-10-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

British Prime Minister David Cameron says Europe must take urgent action to fix its financial problems or risk pulling down the global economy.Cameron spoke Sunday in Manchester on the opening day of

2011-10-03 所属栏目:欧美文化

ATHENS, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Greece is on course to miss the 2011-2012 deficit targets agreed with EU/IMF lenders, the Greek Finance Ministry confirmed on Sunday, as the cabinet approved the 2012 budget

2011-10-02 所属栏目:欧美文化

U.S. President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to quickly pass his jobs bill.During his weekly address Saturday, Obama said "It's time for Congress to get its act together and pass this jobs bill

2011-10-02 所属栏目:欧美文化

Europe moved closer Friday to adopting a bigger bailout fund to assist debt-ridden countries, with Austria the latest country to approve its expansion to $593 billion.Austria became the 14th of the 17

2011-10-02 所属栏目:欧美文化

In Indonesia's booming capital of Jakarta, it’s not just the five-star hotel lounges that are packed with businessmen talking about deals and proposals.The Coffee Tree cafe in Mall of Indonesia, Nor

2011-10-01 所属栏目:欧美文化

Radical cleric and wanted terrorist Anwar al-Awlaki was killed Friday in Yemen in what news reports say was a coordinated air strike by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Al-Awlaki was an American

2011-10-01 所属栏目:欧美文化

Europe moved closer Friday to adopting a bigger bailout fund to assist debt-ridden countries, with Austria the latest country to approve its expansion to $593 billion.Austria became the 14th of the 17

2011-10-01 所属栏目:欧美文化

Many small businesses in the United States are struggling these days because of the economic downturn, changes in technology, and competition from large national chains.In the small town of Teaneck, N

2011-10-01 所属栏目:欧美文化

Since mid-September, several hundred protesters have been camped out on a plaza in the heart of New York’s financial district. They call their leaderless movement "Occupy Wall Street" and they are op

2011-09-30 所属栏目:欧美文化

Europe's efforts to stem its financial crisis cleared a hurdle Thursday as Germany's lower house approved plans to expand a bailout fund for Greece and other shaky eurozone economies. The vote comes

2011-09-30 所属栏目:欧美文化

Years of diplomatic pressure and sanctions from the United Nations and Western powers have so far failed to persuade Iran to give up its nuclear program. This week Iran published figures claiming that

2011-09-30 所属栏目:欧美文化

After an up and down day on Wall Street, U.S. stocks posted modest gains Thursday on better than expected economic reports and relief over Germany's approval to expand the eurozone's bailout fund.

2011-09-30 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The White House on Thursday said that U.S. President Barack Obama is comfortable with next year's presidential election being a referendum on his economic policies, a

2011-09-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

Stock markets are rallying in expectation that European governments are finally committed to a comprehensive solution to their spreading debt crisis. Two of the most reluctant countries - Germany and

2011-09-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

As Europe scrambles to contain the financial crisis in the eurozone, another effort to deepen European unity is also being challenged, the Schengen passport-free travel zone.Immigration, lax controls,

2011-09-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

An Indian court has ruled that the government has acted legally in taking back agricultural land leased to a company to build a car factory in West Bengal state. The government has pledged to hand the

2011-09-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- Attorneys general in 26 U.S. states on Wednesday announced they have formally petitioned the Supreme Court to take up their case to challenge a specific mandatory clau