2011-08-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

The U.S. stock market dropped again Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrials Average closing down 1.6 percent. That capped off a week of extreme volatility on Wall Street as investors continued to lose

2011-08-20 所属栏目:欧美文化

CHICAGO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange ended sharply higher on Friday, notching a new record-settlement high for the fourth time this week,

2011-08-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

Major stock indexes in the United States dropped sharply on Thursday. For many analysts, there are two main reasons for the market drop. One is the U.S. economy; the other is the European debt crisis

2011-08-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

A major American newspaper says the U.S. is investigating the financial services company that downgraded the U.S. credit rating for its faulty rating of mortgage securities that played a major role in

2011-08-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

While the U.S. economy continues to slump and company stocks plunge, trade and development experts are advising U.S. businesses of all sizes to start investing in Africa, a continent with many opportu

2011-08-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has accused Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin of undermining democracy in Russia.Gorbachev spoke to the BBC in an interview Thursday, on the eve of the 20th

2011-08-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

The European Commission supports the proposals made by France and Germany on Tuesday to shore up the eurozone, its spokesperson said Wednesday. The markets, however, have not reacted so favorably.Oliv

2011-08-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko testified against ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in her abuse of power trial in Kyiv Wednesday, while her supporters chanted "Shame! Shame!"Yushchenko

2011-08-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

Concluding a three-day bus tour of key midwestern states, President Barack Obama said he will propose that a bipartisan congressional committee find more than $1.5 trillion in additional spending cuts

2011-08-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

The Fitch rating agency is keeping its top-level credit rating on the United States. Fitch says it kept the AAA credit rating in place because the U.S. economy is flexible, diversified, and wealthy, w

2011-08-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

One company that rates investments around the world, Fitch, says Sub-Saharan Africa will continue with "robust" economic growth if it can overcome problems with infrastructure and governance.Tuesday'

2011-08-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

The leaders of Germany and France are calling for a common economic government for the 17 nations that employ the euro currency and said all the countries should approve laws by the middle of next yea

2011-08-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

President Barack Obama is in the U.S. midwest on what the White House calls an economic bus trip through politically important states as he ramps up campaigning for the 2012 presidential election. Th

2011-08-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

It may sound like the battle of the bands, but loudspeakers in Kyiv are dueling over democracy. Our correspondent reports from the tent camps outside the trial of Yulia Tymoshenko, the opposition pol

2011-08-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

British Prime Minister David Cameron says Britain must reverse what he calls a "moral collapse" that he blames for last week's deadly riots.Cameron said Monday social problems festering for decades h

2011-08-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

U.S. President Barack Obama launches a three-state midwestern tour Monday aimed at answering opposition Republicans who accuse him of doing little to pump life into the ailing economy.

The presiden

2011-08-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

Norwegian authorities say the 32-year-old gunman who confessed to killing 69 people last month on a lake island has described the killings with "many new details" during a heavily-guarded visit to the

2011-08-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

ROME, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- The day-after the Italian government approved an additional anti-crisis emergency plan worth some 45.5 billion euros (about 64 billion U.S. dollars), Economy Minister Giulio

2011-08-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday called for Congress to act on his proposals to stimulate the economy and create jobs, emphasizing putting the American people fi

2011-08-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

The president of the World Bank is warning the world's already troubled economic recovery is in even greater trouble.World Bank chief Robert Zoellick told The Weekend Australian newspaper the global

2011-08-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

Worries about government borrowing are a key reason for the recent downgrade of U.S. debt, the economic crisis in Europe, and the wild swings from gains to losses and back again on global financial ma

2011-08-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

President Barack Obama says it is time for members of Congress to put aside political brinksmanship in order to boost the United States' sluggish economic recovery and create more jobs.During his wee

2011-08-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

A media watchdog says who want to identify rioters in London and other cities through their smartphones. Reporters Without Borders said Blackberry has already provided Scotland Yard with information a

2011-08-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

Britain's prime minister says he will look to the United States for solutions to gang violence, following almost a week of riots that erupted in London and other cities across Britain.

David Camer

2011-08-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

With the price of gold hovering around $1,800 an ounce, gold buyers haven’t been this busy in many years. In New York, the buyers and traders of gold have a standing room only business.Merchants are