Profile: Maria Schoenberg of Germany dumps stocks Businessweek FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — To understand why people are so cautious with their money five years after the financial crisis, The Associated Press interviewed consumers around the world. Here is what one person said: Name: Maria Schoenberg. See all stories on this topic » | |
BP trial to focus on scientists' spill estimates Washington Post NEW ORLEANS — When BP used a capping stack to seal its blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico, the device didn't just shut the source of the nation's worst offshore oil spill. Its pressure gauge also provided scientists with crucial data about the rate that crude ... See all stories on this topic » | |
School kitchens take fresh approach for healthier foods USA TODAY GREEN BAY, Wis. -- No one is likely to dispute the advantages of farm-to-school movements, but experts say initiating a program is not as easy as gathering produce from the field and trucking it to your local school cafeteria. Schools feed thousands of ... See all stories on this topic » | |
AP IMPACT: Families Hoard Cash 5 Yrs After Crisis ABC News Five years after U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed, triggering a global financial crisis and shattering confidence worldwide, families in major countries around the world are still hunkered down, too spooked and distrustful to take chances with ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Political, Popular Obstacles Block Pension Changes ABC News Detroit's bankruptcy is casting a shadow over a long list of cities across the U.S. and giving mayors new urgency in the search for solutions to the greatest challenge to face America's cities in a generation. While no other city is expected to join Detroit in ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Annual Madrid Visitors Turn Heads New York Times MADRID — Shepherds led a flock of 2,000 sheep through the streets of Spain's capital and largest city on Sunday, in defense of ancient grazing, droving and migration rights that have been increasingly threatened by urban sprawl and modern agricultural ... See all stories on this topic » | |
World Bank Lowers Growth Outlook for East Asia ABC News The World Bank cut its 2013 growth forecast for East Asia's developing countries on Monday, reflecting regional powerhouse China's slowdown plus the looming end of the United States' cheap-money stimulus policy. The international lender said it expects ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Airbus Said to Win First Order From Japan Air in Blow to Boeing Businessweek An Airbus SAS A350, produced by a unit of European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co. (EADS), prepares to land following its first flight in Toulouse, France. Photographer: Balint Porneczi/Bloomberg. Airbus SAS is poised to announce its first order from ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Profile: Kawabatas in Japan spending cautiously Businessweek KOUNOSU, Japan (AP) — To understand why people are so cautious with their money five years after the financial crisis, The Associated Press interviewed consumers around the world. Here is a profile of one couple: Names: Teruyuki and Haruna Kawabata. See all stories on this topic » | |
Boehner rules out debt limit hike without Obama concessions; Lew warns of ... Washington Post WASHINGTON — The United States moved closer to the possibility of the first-ever default on the government's debt Sunday as Speaker John Boehner adamantly ruled out a House vote on a straightforward bill to boost the borrowing authority without ... See all stories on this topic » | |
German economist: Fear to dog investors for years Businessweek NEW YORK (AP) — Investors around the world have retreated from risk before. But this time is different. So says Arne Holzhausen, a senior economist at Allianz, an insurer based in Munich. He says what's keeping people from returning to taking chances with ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Flight to China turns back to Chicago after bird strike USA TODAY CHICAGO (AP) - An American Airlines flight heading to China returned to O'Hare International Airport when the pilot declared an emergency because the plane hit a bird. American spokesman Matt Miller said 237 passengers and 15 crew members were on ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Profile: Wang of China hit hard by inflation Businessweek BEIJING (AP) — To understand why people are so cautious with their money five years after the financial crisis, The Associated Press interviewed consumers around the world. Here is a profile of one person: Name: Wang Yonghui. Home: Shijiazhuang, China. See all stories on this topic » | |
As developed countries improve, the BRICs stumble Seattle Post Intelligencer NEW YORK (AP) — The developing countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China recovered quickly from the financial crisis five years ago. Their spending helped keep a global recession from becoming a global depression. Now they're stumbling. Indians are ... See all stories on this topic » | |
AP PHOTOS: People playing it safe with their money Businessweek Five years after the financial crisis, people in the world's 10 biggest economies are still too spooked and distrustful to take chances with their money. Families continue to spend cautiously and have pulled hundreds of billions of dollars out of stocks. They've ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Congress 'playing with fire' on debt Sydney Morning Herald US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has warned that Congress is "playing with fire" as Republicans raise the threat of a US default if President Barack Obama refuses to negotiate on spending. Speaker John Boehner said on Sunday the Republican-controlled ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Japan PM says open to overseas expertise to help contain Fukushima ... Washington Post TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday that Japan is open to receiving overseas help to contain widening radioactive water leaks at the crippled nuclear plant in Fukushima, with leaks and mishaps reported almost daily. Abe made the comments in ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Shopping spree, old $100 bills leads to SC arrest WFTV Orlando This Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 photo shows a house owned by Lois Brown in Gaffney, S.C. Brown's husband died in 2003, hiding $100,000 in the home's basement. Police said two air conditioning workers found the money in 2010 and kept it for themselves, ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Metro contractor killed in Red Line explosion Washington Post Work on Metro's busy Red Line turned deadly this weekend after a contractor was critically injured in a Metro tunnel explosion. The contractor was transported to Howard University Hospital where he later died , Metro officials said. Two Metro employees were ... See all stories on this topic » | |
How the impasses in Washington might play out MyFox Philadelphia WASHINGTON (AP) - Key lawmakers and aides on Capitol Hill say they don't know how the battles over funding the government and increasing the nation's debt limit might be resolved. In interviews, they lay out several possibilities, all of which face huge ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Fog, pollution disrupt travel amid China holiday Houston Chronicle BEIJING (AP) — Fog and pollution descended on northern China on Sunday, forcing international golf and tennis players to play in hazardous smog and leading to flight cancellations and road closures as millions of Chinese headed home from a national ... See all stories on this topic » | |
How Obamacare Benefits Older Workers Wall Street Journal The Affordable Care Act—aka Obamacare—won't mean big changes for most older Americans, but where it does have an impact, the result will be a stronger safety net. For those 65 years or older and on Medicare, the health-care reform law doesn't require ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Ormet will close, put 700 out of work Columbus Dispatch You may want to think twice about filing a small claim on your homeowner policy. A new report commissioned by InsuranceQuotes.com found that filing ev... Other Business Features. Ormet will close, put 700 out of work · Plenty of pumpkins to be had in ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Sikorsky Aircraft Cancels Plan for Furloughs Wall Street Journal Sikorsky Aircraft on Saturday said it would drop plans to furlough almost 2,000 staff on Monday in the wake of the Pentagon's decision to call back most of its own idled civilian workforce. The maker of Black Hawk helicopters was the first major defense ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Crews clear Interstate 94 in western South Dakota San Francisco Chronicle RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — All sections of Interstate 90 that were shut down by a snowstorm in western South Dakota are now open. Workers completed plowing on the final stretch between Sturgis and the Wyoming state line at midday Sunday. Motorists are ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Treasury Secretary Says Size of Debt-Ceiling Rise Is Up to Congress New York Times WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew has declined to tell senior Senate Republicans how large an increase the Obama administration wants in the nation's soon-to-be-breached $16.7 trillion debt limit, saying that is Congress's job to decide ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Here's Why The Debt Ceiling Is Irrelevant Business Insider Here's an important point on the debt ceiling debate by Vincent Reinhart who points out that, if we actually fail to raise the debt ceiling then SOMEONE has to break the law in the USA because the laws that are currently on the books make it impossible not to. See all stories on this topic » | |
Technical glitches add to Obamacare challenges Straits Times WASHINGTON (AFP) - It's not just politics, but technology issues raising questions about the future of Obamacare, the landmark health reform spearheaded by President Barack Obama. As the enrollment system went live on October 1 for new Affordable Care ... See all stories on this topic » | |
IPO spotlights Twitter co-founders Evan Williams Economic Times "It showcases the difference between perceived power and real power," said independent Silicon Valley analyst Rob Enderle. ET SPECIAL: Get latest Dollar price updates on your mobile. Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, who sold blogging platform startup ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Consortium boosts production at Iraq oil field Bayoubuzz BAGHDAD (AP) -- An Iraqi official says a consortium led by Royal Dutch Shell has boosted production at a prized oil field in the country's south to 175,000 barrels a day, speaking at a ceremony formally inaugurating commercial production. The head of the ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Hilcorp Energy first in Pa. to test law allowing access to gas without property ... Tribune-Review Bob Svetlak has lived on his family's Lawrence County homestead since 1949, and none of it's for sale — not his house, not his trees and certainly not his gas rights. But he may not have a choice about the gas. Hilcorp Energy Co. has taken legal steps to ... See all stories on this topic » | |
Global Markets: Stocks fall for week as shutdown continues; dollar near lows GMA News NEW YORK - Major stock markets rose on Friday but posted a second week of losses while the dollar hovered near an eight-month low on fears the budget standoff in Washington will drag on until politicians reach a deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling. See all stories on this topic » | |
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