Category Archives: Money

  1. Vítor Gaspar, Portugal's finance minister (Lusa/José Sena Goulao)

    Portuguese Finance Minister Warns: No More Stimulus

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    Vítor Gaspar says Portugal’s deep economic recession is a “cautionary tale” of the failure of Keynesian stimulus policy.

  1. President Barack Obama looks up at the ceiling of the Cabanas Cultural Center during a trilateral meeting with Canada's prime minister Stephen Harper and Mexico's president Felipe Calderon during the North American Leaders' Summit in Guadalajara, August 10, 2009

    Mexico’s Calderón Urges US to Enter Trade Talks

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    The Mexican president said the United States should join a trade agreement with other nations bordering the Pacific.

  1. President Barack Obama during a briefing in the Situation Room of the White House, March 23, 2012

    Kirchner, Obama Punish Industry for Rising Fuel Costs

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    The presidents of Argentina and the United States both announce measures to penalize the private oil industry.

  1. Russian oil tankers (Gazprom)

    Putin’s Port Project to Divert Russia Urals Oil to Baltic

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    Shifting oil transports away from Belarus and Ukraine will afford Russia greater control over costs and delivery.

  1. An old man watches through the window of a television store in Hong Kong, China, March 16, 2009 (James Yeung)

    Europe 2020: Merchandising By Any Other Name

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    Europe 2020 is not so much a strategy as it is an escape forward; a passing of the hot potato.