Today, Pakistan is burning. From terrorism to economic problems, our inability to make good decisions about our leaders has set our nation on fire. While there is much...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Friday that the country will not cut budgets allocated for infrastructure programs despite the current financial...

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IF ANALOGIES with the Great Depression are scary for Americans, they are hardly less so for Latin Americans. Within a few years of the 1929 stockmarket crash, 16...

he UK government is proposing to give people more influence over the way local council budgets in England are spent - an idea that has been around for some time in...

In his bid to become the next governor of Missouri, Rep. Kenny Hulshof survived a bitter primary that at one point saw the candidates bashing each other for supporting...

Bretton Woods was the system of global financial management set up at the end of the second World War to ensure the interests of capital did not smother wider social...

The U.S. trade deficit edged down slightly in August, reflecting a drop in foreign oil from record levels. But the politically sensitive deficit with China increased as...

For what it’s worth, I almost exclusively follow global economic carnage on Bloomberg, not CNBC. Aside from the latter’s mindless cheerleading, I also take...

The government says new applications for unemployment benefits dropped last week from a seven-year high, though claims remain at elevated levels due to the struggling...

The massive stock market crash of the 1930’s and the consequent human suffering can’t happen again, can it ? I am quite disgusted at the ways in which the...

President Felipe Calderon on Wednesday unveiled plans for $4.4 billion in emergency spending on roads, schools, hospitals and an oil refinery next year to help Mexico...

With the deepening U.S. economic crisis rippling around the globe, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain seem to agree the question facing voters is: Who do...

As the son of a multi-millionaire, and the fact that I am from India (largely shielded from this shock) - I don’t give a damn about the global crises. On the contrary...

The NFL faces challenges in weathering the economic downturn despite the game’s popularity, commissioner Roger Goodell said on Wednesday.

The NFL faces challenges in weathering the economic downturn despite the game’s popularity, commissioner Roger Goodell said on Wednesday.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says weathering the economic downturn will be a challenge for the league despite the game’s popularity.

Even in the midst of a severe meltdown on Wall Street, Federal Reserve officials at their September meeting believed the risks from weaker growth and higher inflation...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warns that the financial crisis has not only darkened the country’s current economic performance but also could prolong the...

Forget about the outdated notion of thrift shops as the refuge of the working poor, the down and out or the vintage fashion hipster. In these troubled times, the...