economy
UK : Government should act on IMF warning
Finance Secretary John Swinney has called on the UK Government to take heed of the IMF warnings on the lack of growth in the...
Munich Re’s profits drop by 71% in 2011
Munich Re's profits plummeted last year because of the eurozone debt crisis and a string of natural disasters, the reinsurer reported today.
In 2010 the...
Thailand : PM hospitalised with food poisoning
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, grappling with a devastating flood crisis, was admitted to hospital on Tuesday with food poisoning, her government said.
"She is...
LV= : why UK economic growth will persist
The prospects for economic growth in the UK are not as bad as some commentators would have us believe. Whilst growth has been disappointing...
Social Security, Medicare burning through funds
The United States is burning through its health care and retirement fund pools faster than planned, with the Medicare trust fund to be exhausted...
U.S. : jobless claims surge
New claims for US unemployment insurance benefits surged last week, official data showed Thursday in a fresh sign that a recovery of the ailing...
Suicide rises and falls with economy
More Americans have killed themselves in times of financial hardship than in times of prosperity, said a US study of suicide rates and the...
Japan can – and will – be a normal economy again
For several decades, business and economic pundits have exoticized Japan's economy. The supposed lost decades since 1990 have only heightened perceptions of a country...
Rise in private sector employment and fall in overall unemployment
Big rise in private sector employment and fall in overall unemployment welcome as the economy stabilises
Rising private sector employment and a fall in...
AIG repays $6.9 billion of US TARP bailout
Bailed-out insurance giant AIG repaid $6.9 billion of a US government bailout Tuesday, using proceeds from the sale of its stake in industry rival...
US jobless claims drop
New claims for US unemployment insurance fell last week, extending a downward trend suggesting an improving jobs market, official data showed Thursday. Initial jobless...
Billion dollar boost for US health research
Health and science research would get a billion-dollar boost under the 2012 budget proposed Monday by US President Barack Obama, including a major new...
Czech doctors accept pay deal after walk-out threat
The Czech doctors' union Wednesday said it was prepared to accept a new pay offer, as the government moved to ward off a mass...
Exhausted Davos elites hear burnout warning
After a brutal four days of world leaders' speeches, schmoozing and wild parties, exhausted global elites at the World Economic Forum were warned of...
New US jobless claims drop more than expected
New claims for US unemployment insurance fell more than expected last week after a sharp spike the week before, official data showed Thursday.
Initial jobless...
Irish dentists warn money woes can be a grind
An increasing number of cases of teeth-grinding in debt-ridden Ireland were being blamed by dentists Wednesday on patients' financial worries.
Dentists believe that the increased...
Study : Lack of toilets costs India 54 billion dollars a year
Lack of toilets and other proper sanitation facilities costs India nearly 54 billion dollars a year, a World Bank study has found, mainly through...
Iceland : joining EU is not a guaranteed life insurance
The widening debt crisis in the European Union has made Icelanders aware that joining the bloc or switching to the euro will not necessarily...
Ireland : 400-million-euro deal to shed health staff
Ireland's government unveiled a 400-million-euro (559-million-dollar) voluntary redundancy and early retirement scheme on Monday in a bid to shed staff from the health service.
Health...
Good to know : American Lung Association determined real cost for a pack of cigarettes
Having a smoke in the United States costs around 18 dollars, a study released Tuesday says. Sure, the national average for a pack of...
