AUSTRALIA’S NEW GOV’T VOWS TO SCRAP CARBON TAX
By ROD McGUIRK Australian Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott meets with Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson, in Sydney Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013. A new government prepared to take control of Australia on…
Financial crisis
CYPRUS LAWMAKERS OVERTURN BAILOUT LAW REJECTION
MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS A demonstrator, in the background, holds a portrait banner of Cuba’s revolutionary hero Ernesto “Che” Guevara during an anti-bailout protest outside of the parliament in capital Nicosia, Thursday,…
EU UNVEILS PLAN TO CLAMP DOWN ON SHADOW BANKING
By JUERGEN BAETZ European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier addresses the media at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013. The European Commission adopted…
OBAMA REASSURES DEMS ON HEALTH CARE, IMMIGRATION
By JOSH LEDERMAN and JIM ABRAMS President Barack Obama waves as he arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 31, 2013, to meet with the House Democratic Caucus. There’s…
OFFICIALS: OBAMA NAMING NC’S WATT FOR HOUSING POST
By JIM KUHNHENN FILE – In this Sept. 2012 file photo, Rep. Melvin Watt of North Carolina addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012.…
UK IN DARK MOOD AS NEW RECESSION MAY BE CONFIRMED
By DANICA KIRKA In this photo taken Friday, April 5, 2013, volunteer Margaret Tobin checks items off a list of food to give out at a food bank in St…
NAPOLITANO RE-ELECTED ITALY’S PRESIDENT
NAPOLITANO RE-ELECTED ITALY’S PRESIDENT FILE – In this Feb. 28, 2013 file photo Italian President Giorgio Napolitano arrives for a meeting with German President Joachim Gauck at Bellevue Palace in…
GREECE SEALS DEAL WITH DEBT INSPECTORS
By ELENA BECATOROS IMF’s troika representative to Greece Poul Thomsen, right, speaks as Greek Financial Minister Yannis Stournaras listens during a conference on the economy in central Athens, Monday, April…