Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Americans have grown gloomier aboutboth the economy and the nation’s direction over the past threemonths even as the U.S. shows signs of moving from recession torecovery. Almost half the people now feel less financially secur
LA PAZ, BOLIVIA leftist president, Evo Morales, vowed Monday to increase state control over the economy and strengthen political power for indigenous groups, a day after exit polls showed that he was reelected in a landslide.Bolivia's top electora
BEIJING - Meng Ni and Fan Zhiqing said I do to each other in the same month that they said we do to their real estate agent. China is in the midst of a golden age of weddings, a boon for businesses from photo studios to global platinum miners.
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has named the 26 people for his new executive. He chose his new team of nine women and 18 men with a particular focus in mind: to revive Europe's economy. He told euronews: 'I looked to distribut
LONDON - Britain is past the worst of the recession and should return to growth in the fourth quarter, two Bank of England policymakers said, in remarks which support government forecasts the economic downturn is nearly over. Treasury sources told
LONDON - Britain remains stuck in a record recession, official data showed on Wednesday, but economists forecast a return to growth before the end of the year and ahead of a general election. The economy shrank by 0.3 percent in the third quarter,
LONDON - Britain's recession-hit economy shrank by a better-than-expected 0.3 percent in the third quarter of 2009, compared with output in the previous three months, revised official data showed on Wednesday. The latest figure for the July-Septemb
The Homecoming Scotland celebrations have boosted the economy by at least £19.4m, organisers have said.A report on the celebrations said they were also on track to beat the target of raising £44m. Organisers admitted visitor numbers from
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