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U.S. unemployment rate drops below 8 percent for the first time since 2009
The U.S. unemployment rate dropped below 8 percent for the first time since the month President Obama took office, a surprising lift for both the economy and his re-election hopes in the final weeks of the campaign. The rate, the most-watched measure...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Labor Markets, Employment, George W. Bush, European Central Bank
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Stocks soar after ECB unveils bond buying effort
AP Business WritersThe last time the stock market was this high, the Great Recession was just getting started and stocks were pointed toward a head-first descent. But on Thursday, the market moved swiftly in the other direction. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index soared...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Financial Markets, Central Bank, Labor Markets, Italy
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U.S. hiring outlook improves, but economy still weak
The outlook for the U.S. job market brightened a little Thursday after the government said fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week and surveys of private companies showed hiring increased in June. The economy is still far from healthy....
Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Labor Markets, Central Bank, Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Employment
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U.S. and EU agree to launch free-trade talks
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. and the European Union will begin talks next month on an ambitious free-trade deal between the two rich regions that exchanged more than $645 billion in goods last year. But the announcement, made Monday ahead of the Group...
Tags: France, David Cameron, Summits, G8, European Union
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Europe rethinks its pursuit of austerity
LONDON — After years of unrelenting austerity, Europe seems to have turned a corner on its debt crisis — right into a dead-end street. Since the turmoil erupted in 2009, countries from Ireland to Greece have focused almost exclusively on...
Tags: Finance, Germany, Pension and Welfare, Italy, Central Bank
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Mortgage debt catches up with the Netherlands
WEESP, Netherlands — The Dutch dream isn't that different from the American one. Nor is the nightmare that many people have woken up to. Hundreds of thousands of residents rushed to buy homes in the Netherlands as property values rocketed in the...Tags: Finance, Netherlands, Property, Religion and Belief, Real Estate
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U.S. adds 175K jobs in May
Tribune staff and wire reportU.S. employers stepped up hiring in May, a sign the economy was growing modestly but not strong enough to convince the Federal Reserve to scale back the amount of cash it is pumping into the banking system. The United States added 175,000 jobs last...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Connecticut Labor Markets, Career and Workplace, Federal Reserve, Labor Markets
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Cyprus locked in tense talks with international lenders
ATHENS -- Officials from Cyprus and international lenders were locked in long and tortuous talks Sunday, trying to strike a deal on a rescue plan that would keep the island’s failing banks from collapsing while maintaining membership in Europe&...
Tags: Finance, Central Bank, Central African Republic, European Union, Nicos Anastasiades
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Europe has no exit
WASHINGTON -- For most Americans, Europe is out of sight and out of mind. We figure that the worst of its debt crisis has passed. Italy has a new government. To mute social unrest, some countries are slightly relaxing austerity policies. The European...
Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Finance, Germany, Italy, Labor Markets
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Harsh words fly between Germany and France over economic plans
BERLIN -- Europe's most important relationship is under increasing strain after French officials accused Germany's leader of "egotistical intransigence" and leaders in Berlin shot back by describing France as the continent's "biggest problem child."...
Tags: Germany, France, Career and Workplace, Employment, Berlin (Germany)
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Lawmakers in Cyprus pass bailout plan
ATHENS -- Despite sweeping public discord, Cyprus lawmakers on Tuesday approved a controversial $13-billion bailout imposed by international lenders to keep the island financially afloat, and its economy anchored to Europe’s single currency....
Tags: Finance, Justice System, Loans, Cyprus, Crime, Law and Justice
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