The Federal Reserve could end up buying more than the $600 bln in U.S. government bonds it has committed to purchase if the economy fails to respond or unemployment stays too high,
Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker and Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti called for the issue of joint European sovereign bonds – or "E-bonds" – to assert the "irreversibility of the euro". The
— Orphanides pips Lidl on total spend in Oct-Nov — Low-cost retailer Lidl may have swamped the media with its aggressive ad campaign for the launch of its first seven stores in
The euro zone should have a bigger rescue fund for member states in trouble, and the European Central Bank should boost its bond buying to prevent the sovereign debt crisis from derailing
A senior Saudi royal demanded on on Sunday that the source of U.S. embassy cables published by WikiLeaks be "vigorously punished" and suggested the credibility of America's diplomats had been hurt by
Three Russian satellites crashed into the Pacific Ocean on Sunday after a failed launch, in a setback to a Kremlin project designed as a rival to the widely used U.S. GPS navigation
Iceland is within days of reaching a deal with Britain and the Netherlands on repaying the more than $5 bln paid to Landsbanki Icesave accounts holders after the bank collapsed, according to
Thousands of aspiring British university students from poorer backgrounds could have up to two years of their tuition fees paid for them under plans unveiled by the government on Sunday amidst criticism
Senior U.S. lawmakers said on Sunday they were optimistic about striking a deal to extend Bush-era tax cuts for all taxpayers and continue emergency jobless aid for millions of long-term unemployed Americans.
Some offer serenity, some counter culture, and others are just a good old-fashioned get-away from the city. Regardless, there's something incredibly appealing about an island in the middle of an urban setting.
