2009-06-19 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, June 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Thursday that the Federal Reserve is best suited to become a super regulator to oversee large institutions whose failur

2009-06-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, June 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Wednesday unveiled new "rules of the road" for the nation's outdated financial system, the most significant regulatory transformation since

2009-06-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Supporters of Iran's defeated presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi staged their latest massive rally on Wednesday in central Tehran, Iran's state television reporte

2009-06-18 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, June 17 (Xinhua) -- The 10 large U.S. banks that were approved to repay about 68 billion U.S. dollars of government rescue fund early are expected to finish their payment on Wednesday. A

2009-06-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Supporters of both Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and defeated presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi held separate massive rallies in Tehran on Tuesday, state t

2009-06-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

GAZA, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Deposed Prime Minister of Hamas in Gaza Ismail Haneya told former U.S. President Jimmy Carter that Hamas accepts a Palestinian state established on the territories occupied b

2009-06-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, June 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama met with his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak here on Tuesday, reiterating American commitment to the defense of South Korea, one of t

2009-06-17 所属栏目:欧美文化

CHICAGO, June 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. automaker General Motors Corp.(GM) agreed Tuesday to sell Saab automobile, its struggling Swedish unit known for its family cars, to a consortium led by Swedish Koeni

2009-06-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

CAIRO, June 15 (Xinhua) -- The Cairo-based Arab League(AL) said Monday that conditions set by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a Palestinian state were "disabling" and Netanyahu made "a p

2009-06-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

PYONGYANG, June 15 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has warned it would launch a pre-emptive attack against the United States. Pak Jae Gyong, vice-minister of the DPRK

2009-06-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of people were seen on Monday at Tehran's Enghelab Avenue marching all the way west to the prestigious Azadi (liberty) square, for a massive, peaceful ra

2009-06-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

NEW YORK, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Wall Street tumbled on Monday as the U.S. dollar rose against most major currencies and the manufacturing sector in New York region contracted at a faster pace. The U

2009-06-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, June 16 -- The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China are gathering in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg today, during which they are expected to discuss ways to reduce their reliance on

2009-06-16 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Foreign direct investment (FDI) has been in decline for eight months, but the size of the fall in May was smaller than the one in April, probably signaling an easing off.

2009-06-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

TEHRAN, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defended his re-election in the country's "most glorious" presidential election on Sunday, but his major challenger Mir-Hossein Mousa

2009-06-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, June 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said the United States would enforce sanctions set in the 1874 UN Security Council Resolution on the Democratic People's Republic of Kore

2009-06-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

JERUSALEM, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday evening declared that he was prepared to see the establishment of a Palestinian state, so long as the international comm

2009-06-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. unemployment rate has hit its highest point in a quarter century, and economists still expect the numbers to climb even higher. The Labor Department announ

2009-06-15 所属栏目:欧美文化

BEIJING, June 15(Xinhuanet)-- World economists and executives hold prudent attitude towards China's economic recovery when interviewed by Xinhua during the Membership Meeting of Institute of Internat

2009-06-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

CHICAGO, June 13 (Xinhua) -- General Motors Corp. will significantly cut its senior executive pension plans as part of its bankruptcy restructuring, the company's president says. GM President and CEO

2009-06-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

KABUL, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan Independent Election Commission (IEC), after weeks of reviewing complaints against presidential candidates, on Saturday announced the final list of those on the

2009-06-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

BAGHDAD, June 13 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. military said on Saturday that over 100 military bases have been handed over to Iraqi security forces ahead of the June 30 deadline for U.S. combat troops to pull

2009-06-14 所属栏目:欧美文化

Tehran, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday urged supporters of both the winner of Friday's presidential election and defeated candidates to avoid provocativ

2009-06-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

PARIS, June 12 (Xinhua) -- An investigation of the crash of Air France Flight 447 is eying the possibility that defective airspeed sensors gave false readings to the plane's computers, but officials

2009-06-13 所属栏目:欧美文化

WASHINGTON, June 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday expressed optimism about Iran's presidential election, saying it would offer a "possibility of change" for the U.S.-Iran relation