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Sweden tops, Yemen last in getting most out of Internet, study says
World NowWorldwide, Sweden gets the most out of using the Internet, according to a new study from a foundation that seeks to expand access to the Web.... -
German leader Angela Merkel enters the lion's den: Greece
World NowWith Europe's debt crisis deepening, German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Greece o signal her support for a country where many blame her personally for driving their economy into the ground.... -
Stock market heads higher for first time this week
Renewed speculation that the Federal Reserve will take action to stimulate the economy erased an early-morning loss and drove the stock market higher in midday trading Friday. Stocks turned around after the release of a letter in which Fed chairman Ben...
Tags: Stock Market, Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Media Industry, Finance
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Deepening recession heats up talk of Greece exiting Eurozone
World NowGlobal Focus: As the Economist recalled this week, the Eurozone was supposed to be “a Hotel California that you can never leave.” Now, with much of the continent, including Greece, mired in recession, that hopeful vision of affluence does seem... -
European Central Bank chief swears to 'preserve the euro,' Dow soars
Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, pledged Thursday that the institution “is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro,” sending financial markets soaring around the world. The Dow jumped more than 250 points in...
Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, Central Bank, Olympic Games, Federal Reserve, Mario Draghi
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Facebook dives 17% in early trading to new low; stocks otherwise up
Facebook’s short life so far as a public company continues to be inauspicious, as its stock plunged as much as 17% to a new low of $22.28 in early trading Friday. Investors are taking out their disappointment on the company after it reported less...
Tags: Earnings Forecasts, Weather, Companies and Corporations, Media Industry, Social Media
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Merkel, Hollande vow to 'do everything to protect' the euro
World NowHollande, Merkel vow to protect the euro: The leaders of Europe’s two biggest economies pledged Friday to “do everything to protect” the continent’s common currency, whose long-term survival has come under fresh doubt from... -
Double dip: Eurozone falls back into recession
The Eurozone is back in a recession, its first in three years, as gross domestic product for the debt-plagued 17-nation bloc contracted 0.1% in the third quarter from the earlier quarter. In the second quarter, the currency collective tightened 0.2%,...
Tags: Summer Olympics, Mario Draghi, Gross Domestic Product, Economic Indicator, European Union
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Confidence teetering in Eurozone, economists warn
World NowGlobal Focus: It's been more than two decades since the Iron Curtain fell and Europeans embarked on an ambitious mission to build a powerful economic, political and social union in place of the Cold War divide. And for more than two decades, Germans... -
Struggling euro nations jockey for central bank intervention
World NowDebates over austerity measures in Spain, Italy and Greece served as silent pressure on the European Central Bank (ECB) to do something at its Thursday board meeting to boost investors' confidence in the government bonds Italy and Spain need to float to... -
European Central Bank doesn't act, disappointing markets
World NowEuropean Central Bank chief Mario Draghi vowed Thursday that the euro common currency is "irreversible," but the bank's decision to not ease borrowing costs for heavily indebted Eurozone members such as Spain and Italy drove markets into renewed turmoil..... -
Palestinian women protest recent cases of domestic violence
World NowFour recent cases of women slain allegedly at the hand of either a husband or father have prompted women and human rights groups to demand tougher Palestinian laws against domestic violence....
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