FRENCH GOVERNMENT PREDICTS ROSY FUTURE (IN 2025)
By LORI HINNANT French President Francois Hollande, center, and government members, sit, at the start of a government seminar held at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday Aug. 19, 2013.…
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OIL FALLS BELOW $107 AS STOCK MARKETS STALL
By PABLO GORONDI Supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans during a protest in Ramses Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. Heavy gunfire rang out…
WILL FAST-FOOD PROTESTS SPUR HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE?
By SHARON COHEN Fast-food worker Michelle Osborn, 23, of Flint, Mich. shouts out chants as she and a few dozen others strike outside of a McDonald’s restaurant on Wednesday, July…
NEW JOBS DISPROPORTIONATELY LOW-PAY OR PART-TIME
By PAUL WISEMAN In this Aug. 1, 2013, photo, a “Now Hiring” sign hangs in front of a new McDonald’s restaurant under construction in Tempe, Ariz. Of the 162,000 jobs…
US HOUSING STARTS SURPASS 1 MILLION IN MARCH
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER In this Friday, March 29, 2013, photo, a worker helps frame a new home under construction in Matthews, N.C. U.S. builders, who may view the used inventory…
JC PENNEY OUSTS CEO RON JOHNSON
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO FILE – In this Wednesday, May 14, 2008, file photo, Ron Johnson, speaks to reporters in front of the central glass staircase in the Apple store on…
CYPRUS BAILOUT PROMPTS MUTED RELIEF IN MARKETS
By PAN PYLAS A TV crew reports stock princes in front of an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, March 25, 2013. A last-minute package of…
FED IS EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN STIMULATIVE PROGRAMS
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER FILE – The Federal Reserve Building is seen in Washington Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010 file photo. Don’t expect the Federal Reserve to let up in its drive…