By Jim Loney (Reuters) At the height of Miami's condo construction boom, a stretch of South Dixie Highway south of the city was the place to be for a painter or drywaller
By Steve Slater (Reuters) Banks exposed to emerging markets could need to cut dividends or raise capital as recessions in developed economies feed through to Asia and Latin America and leave no
By Tim Gaynor (Reuters) If you believe the media hype, there are millions of homes for sale in America and not a buyer in sight. But one person's dead market is another's
By Sarah Morris and Sonya Dowsett (Reuters) Israel Barragan and his wife Isabel Navarro are hoping for a good Christmas at their home and kitchenware store Piu e Piu in Madrid, but
By Tom Brown (Reuters) Long before she filed for bankruptcy, Ann Neukomm was "under water" — she owed more on her mortgage than her house was worth — a situation more and
By Ross Colvin (Reuters) The growing financial crisis is a double whammy for police in many U.S. cities: They face budget cuts as they brace for an expected surge in burglaries, thefts
By Golnar Motevalli (Reuters) No-one expects a fallen Master of the Universe to say sorry. But academics say an apology — for all the litigation risk it entails — can be the
By Ellen Wulfhorst (Reuters) Busy Wall Street worker Michael Pento used to relax on weekends playing with his 4-year-old son. Now he just laughs wryly at the thought of free time. The
By Teis Hald Jensen (Reuters) In times like these, no one is immune to depression. But surveys show the Danes are the happiest people in the world, and a core factor is
. Cyprus President Christofias has been basking in the joy that while he and his cabinet have often been described as the ‘only communist government in Europe’, the traditional free-economy markets of
