US government shutdown makes default less likely

The federal government today shut down, after Congress was unable to pass a budget or funding...

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Two-tier job market protects Japan's corporate elite

'Non-regular' employment reached an all-time high in the April-June quarter of 2013 at 36% of...

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Five years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the United States has recovered better than...

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Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) bloc won 41.5% of the...

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On August 29, nine Supreme Court judges dismissed the opposition's challenge to the December 2012...

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Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), US consumers can purchase private health insurance through...

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Jobless claims have slowly declined over the past two years -- from 410,000 to 331,000 by...

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Bank of England (BoE) Governor Mark Carney yesterday explained further his new policy of 'forward...

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In the past two months, President Barack Obama has undertaken a series of events to lay out his...

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The focus of media and market attention to South African labour relations tends to be on the...

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