(AP) World markets mixed after Japan market dipBy TOBY STERLINGAP Business WriterAMSTERDAMWith U.S. markets closed, world stocks ended Monday mostly higher _ with Japan the notable exception as the Nikkei sold off sharply for the second time in a week.
French Open favorite and the King of Clay Rafael Nadal survived a scare from Germany’s Daniel Brands to advance to the second round. He won 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-3. Nadal started off well before Brands started to shake him
(AP) BERLINGermany’s chancellor says she will use her country’s economic clout to hinder the European Union from imposing punitive tariffs on some Chinese products to avoid a trade war. Angela Merkel told visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday that she
(AP) Markets roiled by Nikkei’s 7.3 percent slideBy PAN PYLAS and PAMELA SAMPSONAP Business WritersLONDONFinancial markets around the world were roiled Thursday after Japanese stocks suffered their biggest slide since the country was hit by a devastating tsunami more than
Groucho Marx and director Sam Wood never got along. Besides their political differences (Wood was a Republican, Groucho was not), both were notoriously prickly personalities. The legend goes that during a particularly tense moment on the set, Wood said to
Saudi Arabia’s first woman film maker, Haifaa Al-Mansour, said her country was becoming “more tolerant and more accepting” as she picked up an award in Cannes on Saturday for her acclaimed film “Wadjda”. The 2012 tale of an impish young
(AFP) – A new case of the deadly coronavirus has been detected in Saudi Arabia where 15 people have already died after contracting it, the health ministry announced on Saturday on its Internet website. “One new case of novel coronavirus
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the Obama administration’s denial of asylum granted to the Romeike family, who fled Germany over its strict anti-homeschooling laws. In a press release Tuesday, Michael Farris, founder and chairman of the Home
Obstreperous unions, an embedded welfare, system and incompetent civil servants have been obvious impediments to austerity in Europe, but the real problem with austerity is that it is a dumb idea. Economic growth is necessary to get deficits down and
Outside of Chicago’s museums, gangs are killing each other at an alarming rate. But due to Chicago’s strict gun ban policies, inside those museums curators are not allowed to display historical firearms. In some cases, the museums are not even
(AFP) – Divers leap from a helicopter into the Gulf’s choppy waters to destroy a mine, while a US marine fires at a floating target, as forces from 41 countries gathered for naval manoeuvres facing Iran’s shores. The mine-sweeping exercise
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Pakistan celebrates election, but faces continued chaos Euro finance ministers hold Greece’s feet to the fire Greece’s government prepares to demand war reparations from Germany Pakistan celebrates election, but faces continued chaos Nawaz Sharif
The Bank of Japan has embarked on a deliberate act of economic warfare, aimed in part against China and the other nations of Asia. The attack is in the form of expansion of Japan’s money supply and the related decline
Germany and France plan to launch this month a “New Deal for Europe” against youth unemployment, which has topped 50 percent in several countries, with credits for companies that create jobs, a news report said Monday. Under the initiative, billions
Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Seven leading economies will meet in the English countryside on Friday for talks on spurring growth, amid US-Europe divisions over the scale of austerity. The G7 — comprising Britain, Canada,
France’s health ministry on Wednesday reported the country’s first case of a SARS-like virus that has killed 18 people so far, mostly in Saudi Arabia. An unidentified person who came back to France from a trip to the United Arab
(AP) – Just two months after recovering the last of its losses from the financial crisis, the Dow Jones industrial average charged higher Tuesday, closing above 15,000 for the first time. It was another milestone in the market’s epic ascent
On the outskirts of a sleepy West Virginia town lives 92-year-old Frederick Mayer. His current life is fairly peaceful–he still chops wood nearly every day and volunteers with Meals on Wheels. But this ninety-something’s life hasn’t always been so simple.
Frederick Mayer, 92, a World War II hero and the subject of the History Channel’s The Real Inglorious Bastards, finally received ten medals for his service during the war, presented by Senator Jay Rockefeller, on May 3rd. Mayer’s story is emblematic
A war of words has broken out in Europe between Francois Hollande’s socialist party in France and the Christian Democrats led by Angela Merkel in Germany. The split between the two nations has become so bitter that some papers are
(AP) STOCKHOLM–The latest chapter in Justin Bieber’s European tour escapade was added Thursday when Swedish police said they had found drugs and a stun gun on the pop singer’s bus. Lars Bystrom, spokesman for the Stockholm police, told The Associated
French President Francois Hollande, accompanied by a high-powered business delegation, starts a two-day visit to China Thursday, with trade rather than geopolitics at the top of the agenda. For Hollande, beset by economic woes and the aftermath of a damaging
On Tuesday, the Romeike family of Germany will be represented by the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) in a hearing to stop their deportation by the Obama administration. The family sought, and was granted, asylum in the United States
(AP) G-20 officials decry lack of global growthBy MARTIN CRUTSINGER and HARRY DUNPHYAssociated PressWASHINGTONWorld finance leaders say they are determined to attack a sluggish global economy in which growth is too weak and unemployment too high. Their problem is arriving
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Japan and Mongolia cooperate to counter China’s influence Racial hatred suspected in shooting of Bangladeshis in Greece Greece looks ‘like 1930s Germany’ as neo-Nazis gain support Japan and Mongolia cooperate to counter China’s influence
