Global growth worries push yields to 4-week lows

U.S. Treasury debt prices rose on Tuesday, pushing benchmark yields below 2 percent for the first time in over four weeks as worries about […]

Oil drops to near $102 ahead of Iran nuclear talks

Oil prices fell to near $102 a barrel Monday in Asia amid hopes international talks this week may help avoid military action over Iran’s nuclear […]

US stock futures dip on China manufacturing data

Stock futures are slipping after the latest manufacturing report out of China which suggests that one of the world’s biggest economies may be slowing.
The Dow […]

Home Sales Probably Increased in February: U.S. Economy Preview - Bloomberg

Home purchases in the U.S. probably climbed in February to the highest level in almost two years, another sign of stabilization in the real-estate market, […]

Startups and nonprofits have legal teams at the ready

Two days after she opened her hair salon, Sahara Lannon took steps to ensure the new business would be around for years to come.
Lannon and […]

Iran Suffers

The cascade of U.S. and European sanctions imposed on Iran is crippling its ability to export oil and conduct trade, hitting the Gulf state

UK police put phone-hack victims at around 800

The total number of people whose phones were hacked by journalists at the News of the World tabloid is around 800, British police said Saturday.
Scotland […]

Spain’s likely new leader: A master of ambiguity

Spain’s likely new prime minister is a lusterless career politician who thrives on ambiguity _ rarely revealing what he thinks.
With partial results Sunday night showing […]

Europe in worst hour since World War II, Merkel says

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For Obama, a day of heavy diplomacy in Hawaii

Courting help from Asian powers, President Barack Obama on Saturday sought to improve the beleaguered American jobs outlook with an eye toward next year’s election […]