JOBLESS BILL STALLS IN SENATE
By DAVID ESPO Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., meets with reporters to urge passage of legislation to restore unemployment insurance benefits which expired Dec. 28, at the Capitol in…
Recessions and depressions
UK GOVERNMENT PREDICTING SURPLUS BY DECADE’S END
By DANICA KIRKA In this still taken from video, Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivers his autumn statement to MPs in the House of Commons, central London, Thursday…
US consumer prices drop 0.1 pct. on cheaper gas
By JOSH BOAK In the Monday, Sept. 23, 2013, photo, price tags hang on merchandise at T.J. Maxx in North Andover, Mass. The government reports on consumer prices for October…
Corporations still deal-shy even as stocks surge
By STEVE ROTHWELL FILE – In this Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, file photo, H.J. Heinz Co. CEO William Johnson, left, and 3G Capital Managing Partner, Alex Behring, speak at a…
Geithner to join private equity firm
FILE – This Feb. 2, 2012 file photo shows then Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during a news conference at the Treasury Department in Washington. The former U.S. Treasury Secretary is…
Eurozone recovery grinds to a near halt
By PAN PYLAS Lisbon municipal street cleaner Carlos Rodrigues pulls a hose as he works at Comercio square in downtown Lisbon, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Rodrigues, who earns the minimum…
US mobility for young adults falls to 50-year low
By HOPE YEN Jeremy Bills works at his job as associate director at the Nashville Education Community and Arts Television office on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. Bills,…
What’s holding the eurozone recovery back?
By PAN PYLAS Stevedores work to unload a cargo ship at Lisbon’s Santa Apolonia port, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. The recovery from recession in the 17-country eurozone nearly came to…