French credit rating cut by S&P again
PARIS (AP) — France’s principal credit rating was downgraded again Friday by Standard & Poor’s, which said the country has limited ability to get its public finances in shape and…
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World’s top diplomats to join Iran nuclear talks
By GEORGE JAHN and JOHN HEILPRIN Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif waits for the start of two days of closed-door nuclear talks at the United Nations offices in Geneva…
ECB-driven market rally peters out after US data
A man looks at an electronic stock indicator outside a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013. Asian stock markets were mostly weaker Thursday, with a cautious mood prevailing…
ECB surprises markets with rate cut
By DAVID McHUGH President of European Central Bank Mario Draghi adjusts his glasses during a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, following a meeting of the ECB…
Greek bailout creditors get an earful in Athens
By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Members of an international debt inspection team are escorted by riot police after exiting through an emergency door during a demonstration at the Finance Ministry in Athens…
Forecast-busting US services survey jolts markets
By PAN PYLAS Investor studies share prices during the afternoon trading at a private stock market gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Global stocks markets were mixed…
EU SPYING BACKLASH THREATENS BILLIONS IN US TRADE
By JUERGEN BAETZ FILE – This is a Friday, May 18, 2012 file photo of President Barack Obama, right, greets President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso on Barroso’s…
NSA SPYING THREATENS TO HAMPER US FOREIGN POLICY
By DEB RIECHMANN Demonstrators rally near the U.S. Capitol in Washington to demand that Congress investigate the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance programs Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. ( AP Photo/Jose…