FRANKFURT - The German trade surplus climbed to 13.6 billion euros in October, figures released on Wednesday by the national statistics office showed. In September, the biggest European economy and one of the world's leading exporters had posted a
Job-creating legislation taking shape in the U.S. Congress could carry a price tag of $75 billion to $200 billion with much of that funded by leftover bank-bailout money, House Democrats said on Tuesday. The rough estimate by those crafting the le
SYDNEY - Australia has welcomed a 90 billion dollar deal to supply liquefied natural gas to a Japanese power company in what is believed to be the country's biggest export sales contract. Western Australia state Premier Colin Barnett said the lon
LONDON - Britain's support for its banks has hit 850 billion pounds in the wake of the global financial crisis, a watchdog report said Friday, amid tensions over performance pay for senior bankers. The National Audit Office said Prime Minister Gord
LONDON (Reuters) - Maternal deaths in developing countries could be slashed by 70 percent and newborn deaths cut by nearly half if investment in family planning and pregnancy care was doubled, the United Nations said Thursday. A U.N.-backed report s
The true cost of fighting climate change will top 300 billion dollars and developed countries may balk at footing the bill, Guyana's Prime Minister Bharrat Jagdeo said Saturday. Leading economists have calculated that the cost of action and mitigat
PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Commonwealth leaders will lobby for an international climate deal that includes $10 billion for next year to help poor and vulnerable states fight the effects of global warming, the Maldives president said on Saturday. Moha
PORT OF SPAIN - Britain and France on Friday committed to paying developing nations to combat global warming by calling for a 10-billion-dollar climate fund financed by rich countries. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Nicolas Sarkozy, atte
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