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What will the year 2012 bring? Well, it looks like: the Summer Olympics in London. After that, venturing a prediction is a tough task, but here are a few.

It's up to the consumer to drive the U.S. economy and lift world growth in 2012, and the outlook is far from encouraging.

Today is a huge shopping day, as you can tell by the throngs at Walmarts, Sam's, Costco, Macy's, Target and the like. Even considering that the Mayans say the world is supposed to end on Dec. 21, 2012, I still need the perfect day-planner.

Today is a huge shopping day, as you can tell by the throngs at Walmarts, Sam's, Costco, Macy's, Target and the like. Even considering that the Mayans say the world is supposed to end on Dec. 21, 2012, I still need the perfect day-planner.

The Indian economy and the stock markets for the whole of 2011 was bad. One has to forget 2011 and gear up for a challenging new year 2012.

Reflecting the isolated nation's extreme paranoia about the outside world, North Korea is virtually an armed camp.

The year 2011 was the year of the protester. What will 2012 bring?

Jamaica's opposition People's National Party (PNP) secured an upsetting 41- to 22-seat victory over the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) in Thursday's general elections, dispelling polls that had claimed the election would have been too close to call.

Gold prices fell on Thursday to their lowest level in nearly six months as tight liquidity in the euro zone forced investors to sell the metal, but strong U.S. economic data prompted a stock rally on Wall Street.

More lemurs are being hunted and eaten in Madagascar because of the eroding culture and taboos that protect the primates.

Greece could soon reach a deal with banks and private creditors on a bond swap to reduce its mountain of debt, the government spokesman said on Thursday, as it tries to resolve differences with its creditors and avoid default.

You can’t blame Americans for wanting to drop investing in U.S. stocks like a bad habit as the new year begins. Is the Dow’s recent rise above 12,000 a buy signal or another false rally?

Farmers have been blocking roads with burning tyres and refusing to sell their produce in a bid to force the government to prop up crop prices which they say barely cover costs, thus adding woes to Indian economy.

The world entered 2011 with cautious optimism that things would improve over the gloom of 2009 and 2010. However, the past year has proven to be quite turbulent. The global economy was faced with a myriad of challenges including the European debt crisis, while the overall economic performance in the industrialized world left much to be desired.

2011 was a great year to be an American corporation, as corporate profits rose and taxes fell.

Opinion polls suggest that JLP and PNP are running neck-and- neck.

Oil Shock III -- could another surge in oil prices to the stratosphere jeopardize another U.S. economic recovery? Indeed, it is possible, with oil pushing $100 per barrel as 2011 ends, and with little sign of retreating substantially despite sub-par U.S. gasoline demand.

Brazil has enjoyed a dizzying pace of economic growth in recent years due primarily to a huge escalation in commodity exports, particularly to the ravenous Chinese market.

European stocks crept higher on Tuesday, catching the tailwind of a pre-holiday U.S. rally, while the euro was hamstrung by the prospect of a large Italian debt auction later in the week.

Canada's economy stalled in October after four consecutive months of growth, pointing to a fourth-quarter slowdown as increasing global uncertainty mutes expectations for next year.

The Egyptian economy, battered after months of uncertainty and violence that has followed the political upheaval in that country, is hovering dangerously close to crisis status.