World stocks drop as Greek debt, India hike weigh
HONG KONG (AP) -- Global stock markets fell Monday as worries about Greece's debt crisis and India's sudden interest rate hike rattled investors....
UK industry group sees 2010 growth as sluggish
LONDON (AP) -- Economic recovery in Britain will be sluggish through the middle of next year as lending remains tight and both the government and the private sector look to pay off debt, the Confederation of British Industry forecast Monday....
Market's slow, steady climb stalls on Greece doubt
END OF THE LINE, FOR NOW: The market stopped its steady climb as investors again started doubting Greece's ability to pay its debts. The concern in the market is that the country's problems will spill over to others and hurt the global recovery....
A look at the health care overhaul bill
Congressional Democrats released a final version of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul bill in advance of passage Sunday by the House. Some features of the legislation, which makes changes to the bill the Senate passed on Christmas Eve:...
Stocks fall as worries about Greek debt return
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks halted their steady climb Friday after renewed concerns about Greece's ability to pay its debts left investors questioning a global economic recovery....
A historical look at health care legislation
Pivotal moments in American health care history capped by the House vote Sunday night passing President Barack Obama's comprehensive plan:...
Germany to introduce bank levy
BERLIN (AP) -- The German government plans to introduce a levy on banks to ensure that they pay for the costs of any future crises....
Obama lauds House for passing health care bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Capping a long day and a consuming political journey, President Barack Obama celebrated the passage of health care legislation with hugs, high fives and an emboldened attitude. Said the president to the nation, "Tonight, we answered the call of history."...
House sends health care overhaul bill to Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A transformative health care bill is headed to President Barack Obama for his signature as Congress takes the final steps in Democrats' improbable and history-making push for near-universal medical coverage....
Obama achieves health law success that eluded past
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rarely does the government, that big, clumsy, poorly regarded oaf, pull off anything short of war that touches all lives with one act, one stroke of a president's pen. Such a moment has come....
German exports to China up 7 pct in 2009
BERLIN (AP) -- German data show that the country's exports to China rose by 7 percent last year despite an overall decline that saw it lose its status as the world's biggest exporter to the rising Asian power....
As farmers move from cotton to corn, jobs are lost
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- Fields of white cotton once stretched as far as the eye could see across the fertile Mississippi Delta, but now many of those acres are flush with green corn stalks....
China begins trial of 4 Rio Tinto employees
SHANGHAI (AP) -- An Australian executive and three other employees of Rio Tinto went on trial Monday on charges of stealing secrets and offering bribes, as the head of the mining giant said his company was trying to resolve its troubles with China....
French left beats Sarkozy's party in regional vote
PARIS (AP) -- The long-flailing French left made a big-time comeback Sunday, crushing Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives in regional elections colored by voters' economic worries - and informally kicking off the 2012 presidential race....
Insurers, doctor-owned hospitals get late help
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tucked into President Barack Obama's health care bill are several 11th-hour changes that help major insurance companies and doctor-owned hospitals....
Toyota shareholders sue over fallen stock price
MIAMI (AP) -- Toyota shareholders incensed over a sudden drop in the Japanese automaker's stock price are heading to court with lawsuits claiming company executives deliberately misled investors and the public about the depth of accelerator problems in millions of its vehicles....
House passes Democratic changes to health bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has passed key changes to its just-approved overhaul of health care legislation. The changes are part of a prearranged agreement to guarantee passage of the historic legislation....
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