Category Archives: Money

  1. President Barack Obama shakes House speaker John Boehner's hand before delivering the State of the Union address, January 25, 2011

    Obama Touts Message of Economic Nationalism

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    The president suggested that American manufacturing is in decline because foreign competitors don’t play by the rules.

  1. President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany talk in Brussels, July 2011 (Reuters)

    IMF Urges Germany to Give Up More Money

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    International pressure is mounting on Germany and its AAA allies to surrender their commitment to austerity.

  1. A cow under Dutch skies, June 17, 2007 (Willem Heerbaart)

    Russia Threatens European Cattle, Meat Import Ban

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    The outbreak of a livestock virus in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands has prompted Russia to consider an import ban.

  1. Prime Minister David Cameron speaks at a Conservative Party conference in Cardiff, March 6, 2011

    Cameron, Miliband Dispute Meaning of “Moral Capitalism”

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    Britain’s prime minister and its opposition leader both called for a “better” capitalism but disagreed as to what it means.

  1. Port facilities near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 2, 2008 (Jim Skea)

    Latin America, Riding The Commodity Boom

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    Even South American nations that are hostile to freer trade are witnessing economic expansion thanks to globalization.