Uriel Sinai / Getty Sunday's resignation by Home Minister Shivraj Patil — who was already under pressure over the series of bombings that hit India's cities earlier this year — was followed by that of R.R. Patil, Home Minister of Maharasthra, the ...
1 Dec 2008
Now it's official. On Dec. 1, the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research—the widely acknowledged arbiters of when the U.S. economy enters and exits economic downturns—pegged the start of the current U.S ...
1 Dec 2008
Chicken producer Pilgrim's Pride decided the heat from creditors was too high, so it flew to the protection of bankruptcy court on Monday. Pittsburg, Texas-based Pilgrim's Pride (nyse: PPC - news - people ) said it filed for voluntary bankruptcy ...
1 Dec 2008
In a world running low on oil, several countries are still sitting on massive supplies. If only they could get to them. Details: Discovered in 2003, these three interconnected fields are among the largest oil deposits ever found. Ferdows is the ...
1 Dec 2008
TEL AVIV -- The global financial storm hasn't directly imperiled Israeli banks, but worry over some of the country's biggest tycoons is roiling financial markets -- and politics -- ahead of parliamentary elections. Israel's export-oriented economy is ...
1 Dec 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The militant group blamed for the Mumbai attacks has roots in the disputed Kashmir region where Pakistan's military has faced off against India for decades. There have long been suspicions that Pakistan's military and ...
1 Dec 2008
William Shatner?s latest cultural contribution, a talk show titled, ?Shatner?s Raw Nerve,? begins Tuesday on the Bio channel.
1 Dec 2008
Niall Ferguson?s latest book, ?The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World,? went to press in May 2008, but it shrewdly anticipates many aspects of the current financial crisis.
1 Dec 2008
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s 10-year government bonds may rise after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the U.S. central bank may purchase Treasuries, spurring speculation that the Bank of Japan will conduct similar operations.
1 Dec 2008
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s government bonds will rally over the next four months as a recession in the world’s second- largest economy deepens, Principal Global Investors and Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Co. said.
1 Dec 2008
It's official. The U.S. economy has been in a recession for the past year.
1 Dec 2008
The close ties with India that Secretary of State-nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton forged during her years as a U.S. senator and presidential candidate could complicate diplomatic perceptions of her ability to serve as a neutral broker between India and its nuclear neighbor, Pakistan.
1 Dec 2008
As a teenager, Mr. Holder, the president-elect’s nominee for Attorney General, was co-captain of the basketball team, the Peglegs, at Stuyvesant High School in New York. And he stayed on top of his game as an undergraduate and a law ...
1 Dec 2008
Dragging or pushing yourself to the computer? Too many posts starting with an apology for not having been around of ...
1 Dec 2008
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1 Dec 2008
During MSNBC’s coverage of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, on Thursday, daytime anchor Alex Witt seemed frustrated that the election of Barack Obama 23 days earlier — and the accompanying “global outpouring of affection, ...
1 Dec 2008
It was really weird, I have to say, but I thought maybe it was just me and my predisposition to question Woodward’s self-promotion motives whenever he does a teevee appearance. *g*. reply Reply. View this users Facebook profile ...
1 Dec 2008
Electricity Generating PCL (EGCO), Thailand’s second-largest private power firm, said it had indirectly bought a 23.4 percent stake in a coal-fired power plant in the Philippines, its fourth in the country. ...
1 Dec 2008
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