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By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent Investments of $750 billion could create a "Green New Deal" to revive the world economy and protect the environment, perhaps aided by a tax on oil, the

Scenarios being considered U.S. lawmakers are proposing various options to try to recoup millions of dollars in bonuses paid to executives of insurer American International Group Inc <AIG.N> after it got billions

By Lisa Baertlein Ron Barnard is throwing in the towel. Like a growing number of the 8.3 million American homeowners who owe more on mortgages than their homes are worth, he's ready

. It’s that time of year again, when an earnest group of specialists tastes more than a hundred local wines and pronounces upon them. Winners get a certificate and the right to

. The changes approved by parliament to the Social Insurance bill last week did not go as far enough as the anticipated general overhaul required to keep the Fund going and to

By Nerijus Adomaitis and Patrick Lannin Populations in the EU's recession-hit Baltic states look increasingly concerned about the durability of currency pegs that authorities still see as a cornerstone of their attempts

By Steve Gorman Anyone who has visited Disneyland recently and taken a sip from a drinking fountain there may have unknowingly sampled a taste of the future — a small quantity of

By Ian Ransom Down-at-heel Xiaojiahe in Beijing's university district seems an unlikely haven for China's aspiring elite, but its reeking alleys and dank rooms offer a low-budget bolthole for graduates battling to

By Sam Cage The tidy towns and mountain vistas of Switzerland are an unlikely setting for an oil boom. Yet a wave of energy companies has in the last few months announced

By Andrew Hay Unemployment is rising faster in Spain than in any other developed country, stoking calls for labour reform, but an overhaul is unlikely before 2010 when joblessness may top 20