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    Apr 25, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  1. CORRECTED-INSIGHT-Ageing deepens debt-laden Europe's economic woes

    Reuters
    (Corrects names in paragraphs 8, 35, 44) * Growth, productivity to suffer as population ages * Demographics to put Europe's social contract under strain * Emigration adds to challenge for likes of Latvia, Portugal By Alan Wheatley, Global Economics...

    Tags: Latvia, Economy, Business and Finance, United Nations, Market and Exchange, European Debt Crisis

  2. Apr 25, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  3. New $5.5 billion plan aims to rid world of polio by 2018

    Reuters
    * Governments, philanthropists pledge most of needed funds * So far in 2013, only 19 polio cases seen worldwide * Dramatic progress "puts us within sight of the endgame" By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON, April 25 (Reuters) -...

    Tags: International Organizations, Preventative Medicine, Smallpox , Finance, Family

  4. Apr 24, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel
  5. The Reinhart/Rogoff brawl

    WASHINGTON -- An insistent question of our time is how much government debt is too much. Is there some debt level that becomes crushing as opposed to merely costly? The controversy over research by economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff shows how explosive the issue is. They suggested that debt exceeding 90 percent of a country's economy (gross domestic product, or GDP) corresponds to a sharp drop in economic growth. But their work is being challenged by three other economists, who say that Reinhart and Rogoff made basic errors that invalidate their results.
    WASHINGTON -- An insistent question of our time is how much government debt is too much. Is there some debt level that becomes crushing as opposed to merely costly? The controversy over research by economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff shows how...

    Tags: Public Finance, The New York Times, United Kingdom, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Politics

  6. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  7. Jobless rates plummet in U.S. states with housing recovery

    Reuters
    (Reuters) - Unemployment rates dropped in most U.S. states in March from the year before, including California where joblessness fell to a four-year low, as the recovery picked up in places hit hard by the housing downturn. Federal data released on...

    Tags: Chris Christie, Employment, Unemployment, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace

  8. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  9. South Korea first-quarter GDP to inch up against backdrop of yen, North Korea

    Reuters
    SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's economic growth probably ticked up in the first quarter but fell short of achieving a firm recovery at a time of heightened risks from a falling yen and North Korea's war threats, a Reuters poll shows. Asia's fourth-...

    Tags: Exports, Finance, Park Geun-hye, South Korea, Economy, Business and Finance

  10. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  11. South Korea consumers hit economic brakes, add to exports slowdown

    Reuters
    SEOUL (Reuters) - Burdened with high debt and facing uncertain prospects, South Korean consumers are tightening their purse strings, dampening hopes that they will lift the economy as exports - the country's traditional growth driver - splutter. Some...

    Tags: Exports, Hyundai Motor Co., Finance, Park Geun-hye, National Government

  12. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  13. WRAPUP 1-Factory data flags slowing U.S. economic growth

    Reuters
    * Factory activity slowest in six months in April * New orders weakest in six months on soft domestic demand * New single-family home sales rise 1.5 percent in March WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - U.S. factory activity expanded at its slowest pace in...

    Tags: Real Estate Sales, Homes, Services and Shopping, Real Estate

  14. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  15. WRAPUP 2-Factory data a new sign of slowing U.S. economic growth

    Reuters
    * Factory activity slowest in six months in April * New orders weakest in six months on soft domestic demand * Central Atlantic region manufacturing contracts in April * New single-family home sales rise 1.5 percent in March By Lucia Mutikani...

    Tags: Real Estate Sales, Finance, Fannie Mae, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Economy, Business and Finance

  16. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  17. CN Railway says sector-leading efficiency on track

    Reuters
    TORONTO, April 23 (Reuters) - Canadian National Railway , the country's largest rail carrier, said on Tuesday that its industry-leading operating efficiency is sustainable, based on its view of revenue growth and productivity. Speaking at the company's...

    Tags: Railway Transportation, Transportation, Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, Travel

  18. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  19. REUTERS SUMMIT-The realities of a currency war

    Reuters
    * For other news from Reuters Global FX Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/FX13 By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, April 23 (Reuters) - The world's biggest developed nations, particularly Japan and the United States, have engaged in...

    Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Currency Values, Federal Reserve, European Central Bank

  20. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Allentown Morning Call
  21. Air Products CEO: 'We are tempering our expectations'

    Air Products' second-quarter earnings edged down amid unexpected economic headwinds that prompted the company to slash its earnings forecast. The Trexlertown company reported Tuesday it earned a profit of $300 million on sales of $2.5 billion during...

    Tags: Trexlertown, Economy, Business and Finance, Electronics, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown

  22. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Reuters
  23. For India's drought-hit states, on-track monsoon may be too late

    Reuters
    * Rains may not be enough to help some drought-hit states * Key sugar and cotton growing states suffering from drought * Risk that lower farm incomes will trim economic growth By Rajendra Jadhav JAMWADI, India, April 24 (Reuters) - India may be...

    Tags: Mumbai (India), Droughts, Natural Disasters, India, Farms

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