Yellen stands by Fed’s low interest rate policies
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER FILE – In this Monday, June 3, 2013, file photo, Janet Yellen, vice chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, places her name…
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The secret, dirty cost of Obama’s green power push
By DINA CAPPIELLO and MATT APUZZO In this July 20, 2013, photo, a plant that produces ethanol is next to a cornfield near Coon Rapids, Iowa. Government mandates to increase…
US consumer spending slows to 0.2 percent gain
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER In this Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, photo, costumers shop at the new Walmart Neighborhood Market in Los Angeles. The government reports how much consumers spent and earned…
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…
AROUND WORLD, THREAT OF AROUND WORLD, THREAT OF US DEFAULT INDUCES SHRUGS INDUCES SHRUGS
By BERNARD CONDON FILE – In this Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, file photo, a statue of former Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin stands outside the Treasury Building in Washington. The Treasury…
YELLEN IS OBAMA CHOICE TO SUCCEED BERNANKE AT FED
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and JIM KUHNHENN FILE – In this Monday, June 3, 2013, file photo, Janet Yellen, vice chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,…
G-20 OFFICIALS DECRY LACK OF GLOBAL GROWTH
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and HARRY DUNPHY U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, right, shakes hands with German’s Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble during a group photo of the G20 finance ministers and…
GOLD PLUNGES TO LOWEST IN MORE THAN 2 YEARS
By STEVE ROTHWELL FILE -In this Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, a technician prepares 1 Kg gold bars of 995.0 purity to pack for delivery at the Emirates Gold…