Italian bond yields rose on Monday nearly to levels seen in August when the ECB intervened to shore up debt markets, indicating new concerns that problems in the euro zone's third largest economy could threaten the entire bloc.
To augment his stature, Sarkozy has stood on boxes, foot-stools, even on his tippy-toes and reportedly even demanded to be photographed only among other short (or shorter) people
In early April, Jon Corzine was in a tough spot. MF Global, the company he had run for the previous year, was about to post a fourth-quarter loss, marking its fourth successive fiscal year of red ink.
A recent column in Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper described Sarkozy and Berlusconi as “pygmies.”
Tunisia's first democratic elections were marred by violent protests in the city of Sidi Bouzid on Thursday night and into Friday.
Election campaigning began in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday and organisers said the polls will go ahead on November 28 despite concerns over whether preparations have been adequate.
The leader of the Islamist party which won Tunisia's first free election appealed for calm in the town where the Arab Spring began, accusing forces linked to the ousted president of fanning violence there.
On Friday, the official campaign in DR Congo commenced.
Claiming election fraud, nearly 100 Tunisians protested Tuesday outside the headquarters of the independent electoral body, saying the country's first-ever elections have been marred.
More American companies are bending to shareholder pressure to reveal their spending to sway political campaigns despite court decisions allowing unfettered corporate cash in elections, according to a study released on Friday.
The student debt relief plan that President barack Obama announced on Wednesday was a nod to the Occupy Wall Street movement, some commentators are saying.
The Islamist Ennahda party was officially declared the winner of Tunisia's election Thursday, setting it up to form the first Islamist-led government in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings.
Never before has a presidential candidate polled as well as Herman Cain with as few political credentials, Nate Silver writes on The New York Times' FiveThirtyEight blog.
Mazibuko enjoyed the solid backing of DA national leader Helen Zille, who is white.
The Athens Stock Exchange surged as much as 6 percent in Thursday trading.
Bad social media judgments are hardly forgotten. It is especially so if you happen to be the Gov. of Alaska who tried to pull off an aggressive rhetorical campaign against Democratic representatives during last year's national midterm elections.
After becoming the first Arab Spring country to revolt against the establishment and overthrow a dictator, Tunisia has yet again set an example for emerging Middle East democracies by holding an election that, according to international observers, have been free and fair.
Tunisian Islamist leader Rachid Ghannouchi is seen by many secularists as a dangerous radical, but for some conservative clerics who see themselves as the benchmark of orthodox Islam -- he is so liberal that they call him an unbeliever.
The report, compiled by Human Rights Watch, concluded that the military's violent intervention in the Oct. 8 demonstration compromised its ability to conduct an impartial investigation. The Supreme Council of Armed Forces has ruled Egypt effectively since former president Hosni Mubarak's fall, and whether it allows a separate probe will reflect its willingness to relinquish power.
In light of his landslide win in the Ohio straw poll last weekend, should Ron Paul get more attention as a viable contender for the Republican presidential nomination?
Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed to German lawmakers from all parties on Tuesday to back plans to boost the firepower of the euro zone rescue fund in a vote set to take place hours before Wednesday's crunch EU summit.
Labor unions poised to get much-needed victory after a year of Republican-pushed laws to curtail collective bargaining.
