Finance & Economics

As Occupy Camps Close, What's Next For Movement?

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Occupy Wall Street protesters regroup in Foley Square after New York City police in riot gear removed the protesters from Zuccotti Park...

A New York Town Pull Funds From Big Bank

The Village of Hempstead, N.Y., sounds like a posh resort in the Hamptons. But if you ride the train an hour east from Penn Station, what you'll find is a working-class town of about 54,000 people, more than 80 percent of them African-American and...

Toys Safer This Holiday Season Due to Stronger Safety Rules

It's that time of year again, when parents, grandparents, and friends begin to prepare holiday toy shopping lists. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) wants consumers to know that while safety should be at the top of everyone's toy list...

Political Math: Social Security Cuts Don't Add Up

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Judy Moses, 71, prepares to be arrested during an Occupy Chicago protest...

Why Italy Is So Scary

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The moon rises above Italy's finance and economy ministry in Rome on Monday.

EU experts in Rome as Europe seeks extra budget measures

A first group of European Union experts arrived in Rome on Wednesday to enforce special surveillance on Italy's efforts to cut its debt as Europe called for extra measures to balance the budget by 2013.

Say 'No' to the Europe of Banana Republics!

The "breakthrough" by German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Oct. 25 European Union summit, proclaimed with great hoopla, was a Pyrrhic victory. It allegedly "saved" the euro by increasing investments in the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF...

Canadian Minister Fast Visits Saifee Hospital in Mumbai

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(from left to right): Dr. Vernon deSa, Medical Director of...

Want To Get In On The Farm Boom? It'll Cost You $7 Million

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It's harvest season and Kent Picht, a long-time farmer in Iowa Falls, Iowa, has just spent the day cutting and...

China for manufacturing hubs near Pakistan

China has worked out policies to transform two western border towns into key financial and manufacturing hubs linking the country's inland areas with Kazakhstan and Pakistan in particular.