Unemployment rate falls to 8.5 pct., hiring surges

A burst of hiring in December pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, giving the economy a boost at the […]

Euro Falls to 11-Year Low Versus Yen After French Rates Rise at Auctions - Bloomberg

The euro fell to an 11-year low against the yen and reached the weakest in 15 months versus the dollar after French borrowing costs rose […]

Gold bullion taken to Egypt, court documents show

A man who accepted nearly $2 million in gold bars at night in a Rexdale parking lot took the gold to Egypt and gave it […]

Rajoy

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy may finally tell investors how he

Time for businesses to recycle the packaging

With living room floors so recently lost under mountains of Christmas wrapping and enough cardboard, Styrofoam and plastic packaging to build any child

Afghan official: Most Kabul Bank loans recoverable

Afghanistan’s new central bank governor expressed confidence Sunday that the government can recover up to 80 percent of the $825 million it cost to bail […]

State of siege lifted in Peru mine region

Peru’s government has lifted the state of emergency it declared last week in a northern region wracked by protests against the country’s biggest mining project.
The […]

Public sector pensions based on ‘fanciful’ returns: report

Canadian taxpayers could be on the hook for underfunded federal-government pensions, says a study from the C.D. Howe Institute.
Ottawa

Higher profits for Synergetics in first quarter

Increased sales helped Synergetics USA Inc. raise profits in the first quarter of fiscal 2012, which ended on Oct. 31. The O’Fallon, Mo.-based maker of […]

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 […]