- Los Angeles Times at 2012-02-04T02:16:27Z
The U.S. stock markets are officially leaving the bad times of the last three years behind them. Stocks surged around the globe Friday, thanks to a pair of good reports on the U.S. economy, sending the Dow Jones industrial average up to the highest level since May 2008, before Lehman Bros. went ... Related News
- Minneapolis Star Tribune at 2012-02-03T21:58:45Z
- BusinessWeek at 2012-02-04T05:29:43Z
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- Philadelphia Daily News at 2012-02-04T05:08:15Z
WASHINGTON - In a long-awaited surge of hiring, companies added 243,000 jobs in January , across the economy, up and down the pay scale and far more than just about anyone expected. Unemployment fell to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years. The job growth was the fastest since last March and April ... Related News
- Boston Globe at 2012-02-04T01:33:30Z
- Los Angeles Times at 2012-02-04T00:29:04Z
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- Businessweek at 2012-02-04T05:44:02Z
(See EXT4 for more on the euro-area financial crisis.) Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Greek talks with international creditors in a seven-month effort to wrap up a second bailout will continue today after negotiations overnight failed to clinch an agreement, with the country’s stability hanging in the ... Related News
- New York Times at 2012-02-04T05:08:15Z
- Yahoo Finance at 2012-02-04T00:36:14Z
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- Businessweek at 2012-02-03T16:43:47Z
Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- MF Global Inc. futures customers are competing to lead a lawsuit against Jon Corzine, the parent company’s former chief executive officer, over the alleged theft of $1.2 billion of their assets. Court filings show at least seven actions against Corzine by futures customers in ... Related News
- AP - msnbc.com at 2012-02-02T21:02:40Z
- Businessweek at 2012-02-03T13:23:21Z
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- The Christian Science Monitor at 2012-02-03T18:16:50Z
In the good times he was the doyen of British banking. Wealthy and courted by decision makers and knighted by Queen Elizabeth for services to his industry, Sir Fred Goodwin, head of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), seemed invincible. But then the financial crisis struck in 2008 and his one-time ... Related News
- Boston Herald at 2012-01-31T23:56:50Z
- Businessweek at 2012-01-31T17:23:08Z
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- San Jose Mercury News at 2012-02-03T19:42:44Z
DENVER (AP) -- A powerful winter storm swept across Colorado on Friday as it headed east, bringing blizzard warnings to eastern Colorado and western Kansas, and winter storm warnings for southeast Wyoming and western Nebraska. The storm stretched as far south as New Mexico, where Department of ... Related News
- msnbc.com at 2012-02-03T15:46:31Z
- CNBC at 2012-02-03T15:25:03Z
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- Salt Lake Tribune at 2012-02-03T02:46:16Z
New York • The New York Stock Exchange and German exchange Deutsche Boerse called off their planned merger Thursday, a day after the European Union said it would block the union because of concerns about a monopoly. The two exchanges announced in February 2011 that they would merge in a $10 ... Related News
- Los Angeles Times at 2012-02-02T22:50:02Z
- msnbc.com at 2012-02-02T17:20:46Z
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- Businessweek at 2012-02-04T05:22:34Z
Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- A new round of Federal Reserve bond purchases isn’t warranted because the U.S. job market and broader economy are strengthening faster than expected, according to St. Louis Fed President James Bullard. “The economic news and economic data, including today’s data, has been ... Related News
- Businessweek at 2012-02-03T22:56:01Z
- Businessweek at 2012-02-03T21:15:48Z
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- AP - msnbc.com at 2012-02-03T11:07:21Z
China's premier pledged to help Europe fight its debt crisis during a meeting Friday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel but a ruling party newspaper criticized sanctions on Iran and a human rights lawyer was blocked from meeting Merkel. China is "willing to cooperate with Europe to fight the ... Related News
- AP - msnbc.com at 2012-02-03T10:53:02Z
- Businessweek at 2012-02-03T06:13:51Z
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- Chicago Tribune at 2012-02-03T05:38:04Z
— Three years ago, the American auto industry was not just in trouble, it was imperiled, with Chrysler facing the real possibility of running out of money unless it was rescued. General Motors also was on the ropes. Both received government bailouts and took trips through bankruptcy. Chrysler also ... Related News
- CNBC at 2012-02-02T23:04:21Z
- Chicago Sun-Times at 2012-02-03T00:30:15Z
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