Thousands of Egyptians defied a ban on protests by returning to Egypt's streets on Wednesday and calling for President Hosni Mubarak to leave office, and some scuffled with police.
Americans' trust in institutions of all kinds dropped last year as persistently high unemployment sapped people's confidence in business and government, a newly released study found.
Senator Paul Ryan delivered the official Republican response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech on Thursday. The following is the full text.
New home sales in the U.S. in December climbed to 329,000 on annual basis, official data showed on Wednesday, suggesting that the housing market remained moderately robust despite an unsustainable unemployment rate and high foreclosures.
Egypt said on Wednesday it would ban demonstrations and detain protesters, seeking to draw a line under unprecedented protests against President Hosni Mubarak's rule.
President Barack Obama reminded Congress in his annual address Tuesday that in the U.S. We do big things, as he urged a united approach to resolving the nation's jobs and economic problems by spending in ways that will boost U.S. competitiveness globally while simultaneously reducing the nation's high deficits.
American Small Business League (ASBL) said President Obama relied on the same tired rhetoric, while continuing to ignore billions of dollars in job killing abuse in small business contracting programs.
Thousands of Egyptians across the nation staged protests on the streets against Hosni Mubarak’s regime demanding political concessions including ending emergency laws, freedom for political activity and a limit on the president’s tenure in office.
President Barack Obama aims to rise above party politics in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, but he must prove he is serious about tackling the budget deficit that could unleash a bitter partisan fight.
Thousands of Egyptians protested against the state on Tuesday in a rare show of strength to mark what online activists said was a Day of Wrath inspired by the revolt that toppled Tunisia's president.
Northeast Asia's booming economy and its largely untapped youth market are the cornerstone of South Korea's 2018 bid to host the first Winter Olympics in the region for 20 years, its bid chief said.
A faltering and uneven increase in jobs is holding back the overall economic recovery and unemployment is likely to continue at near record levels this year, the International Labour Organisation said on Tuesday.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it expects India to grow at 8.4 percent in 2011 and fall to 8 percent, unchanged from its prior estimate as the two-speed global recovery will continue.
Global economic recovery is not resulting in job creation, as the number of the unemployed people worldwide stood at a record 205 million last year, the International Labour Organization (ILO) warned on Monday.
Europe should strengthen its financial rescue fund to reduce the risk of renewed global instability as U.S. tax cuts and emerging economies help propel recovery elsewhere, the IMF said on Tuesday.
Economy in the U.K. grew slower in the fourth quarter though it was above economists' forecasts, according to the latest report by the U.K. Statistical Department.
Call it the price of success. China is starting to pass on the rising cost of labor and other manufacturing inputs as it restructures its economy, creating a potential new inflation headache for Western countries already grappling with surging commodity prices.
Violent crime in New York City, the nation’s largest city, has plunged over the past twenty years.
Ireland plans to use some of its 24 billion euro pension reserve fund to purchase its own bonds, a move some say is akin to national cannibalism.
The ten most “prosperous” nations on earth, according to Legatum’s system, are dominated by Europe. The top ten in order are Norway, Denmark, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden. Canada, Switzerland, Netherlands and the United States.
Optimism over the U.S. economy is improving and firms are planning to ramp up hiring in the coming months, the latest National Association for Business Economics (NABE) survey showed.
Ohio's unemployment rate in December to 9.6 percent from 9.8 percent a month earlier.
