Joseph Lazzaro

Joseph Lazzaro, U.S. Editor, served as Managing Editor of New York-based financial news web sites WallStreetEurope.com/WallStreetItalia.com, 1999-2004, and as Economics/Markets Editor for AOL’s DailyFinance.com, 2008-2011.

Articles by Joseph Lazzaro

  • US Supreme Court Upholds Ohio's Early Voting

    October 16 2012 1:04 PM

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied Ohio's request to curtail early voting in the state leading up to the Nov. 6 presidential election.

  • Netanyahu Denies Report Of Golan, Syria Deal

    October 12 2012 10:59 AM

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied a newspaper report on Friday that said he had agreed in principle to hand back land annexed from Syria as part of secret U.S.-mediated peace talks that broke off last year.

  • 1 Russian Punk Rocker Freed, 2 Others Still Held

    October 10 2012 9:39 AM

    A member of punk band Pussy Riot was freed on appeal on Wednesday but a Moscow court upheld prison sentences for two others imposed over a raucous cathedral protest against Vladimir Putin, who said they had got the jail terms they deserved.

  • EADS, BAE Call Off Aviation/Defense Merger

    October 10 2012 9:03 AM

    EADS and BAE Systems called off the world's largest defense and aviation merger on Wednesday, and sources close to the talks blamed Germany for wrecking the $45 billion deal.

  • Chevron Fails To Block $18.2B Ecuador Judgment

    October 09 2012 3:59 PM

    Chevron Corp on Tuesday lost a U.S. Supreme Court bid to block an $18.2 billion judgment against it in Ecuador in a case over pollution in the Amazon jungle.

  • Obama, Romney Now Tied At 45%: Reuters/Ipsos Poll

    October 09 2012 3:03 PM

    Republican Mitt Romney has erased President Barack Obama's advantage in the race for the White House and the two candidates are now tied among likely voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll released on Tuesday.

  • 11 Euro States Back Financial Transaction Tax

    October 09 2012 12:59 PM

    Eleven euro zone countries agreed on Tuesday to press ahead with a disputed tax on financial transactions designed to help pay for the cost of fixing a crisis that has rocked the single currency area.

  • Merkel Arrives In Greece Amid Protestors

    October 09 2012 8:58 AM

    Germany's Angela Merkel arrived inGreece on her first visit since Europe's debt crisis erupted here three years ago, braving protests to deliver a message of support - but no new money - to a nation hammered by recession and fighting to stay in the euro.

  • Marathon Petro Buys BP Texas City Refinery For $2.5B

    October 08 2012 2:26 PM

    Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC.N) struck a deal to buy BP Plc's (BP.L) Texas City refinery and related infrastructure for up to $2.5 billion, a purchase that will make Marathon the fourth-largest U.S. refiner and give it a bigger potential slice of the market for refined product exports.

  • UK, Japan Scientists Win Nobel For Stem Cell Work

    October 08 2012 10:23 AM

    Scientists from Britain and Japan shared a Nobel Prize on Monday for the discovery that adult cells can be transformed back into embryo-like stem cells that may one day regrow tissue in damaged brains, hearts or other organs.

  • 2012 Presidential Election: Obama Still Leads 2012 Presidential Election: Obama Still Leads

    October 07 2012 7:23 PM

    The 2012 U.S. presidential race roughly one month before Election Day remains where it was on Memorial Day: advantage Obama.

  • Remembering Steve Jobs (1955-2011) Remembering Steve Jobs (1955-2011)

    October 05 2012 10:20 PM

    Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' inventions have shaped how we live, work, and play. He may have been the greatest inventor of the Information Age.