First Greece’s Papandreou, then Italy’s Berlusconi, followed by Spain’s Zapatero, and now France’s Nicolas Sarkozy. Ever since the dollar disaster erupted two decades ago, no significant Western politician has been re-elected. The truth is, a pm or chief executive has more possibility of remaining a 50 percent pint of arsenic laced with a little Sari...

Home prices in a majority of the marketplaces protected in Zillow’s House Value Prediction are set to base this period — if they have not already, according to a Zillow review launched on Thursday. “From an financial viewpoint, the latter part of the first one fourth is full of positive information as the springtime promoting period gets ongoing,” sa...

U.S. standard crude-oil futures trading checked higher in electronic business Thursday after an stock review revealed a development of resources. New You are able to Mercantile Exchange raw for May shipping CLM2 +0.12% added on 11 dollars, or 0.1%, to business at $103.66 during Oriental trading hours, with the profits following the contract’s maximum agreement weekly...

Ford will offer fuel-efficient EcoBoost™ engines in 11 vehicles in 2012, up from seven in 2011, tripling the production capacity of EcoBoost-equipped Ford vehicles. Expanded availability in high-volume nameplates helps make fuel economy more affordable for hundreds of thousands of drivers Delivering up to 20 percent better fuel economy than conventional en...

Washington Global crude prices could rise 20 to 30 per cent if Iran halts oil exports as a result of US and European Union sanctions, the International Monetary Fund said yesterday. In its first public comment on a possible Iranian oil supply disruption, the IMF said financial sanctions against Tehran may be "tantamount to an oil embargo" and would imply supply ...

Dubai A unit of Dubai Holding, a conglomerate owned by Dubai's ruler, said yesterday that it will repay $500 million in bonds maturing on February 1, while Fitch agency revised the rating of the group from negative to stable. Dubai Holding Commercial Operations – a hospitality, media and property group – said in statement to Nasdaq Dubai financial market that it co...

The stock market bounced to its highest close since spring Wednesday after the Federal Reserve pledged to keep interest rates near zero for almost three more years. Bond yields dropped sharply then climbed back later in the day when investors began looking more closely into the Fed's deliberations. The yield on the five-year Treasury note hit a low. The big moves in both ...

Australian shares added 1.1 per cent after positive Chinese trade data boosted markets already buoyed by positive US earnings and hopes for a pick-up in local buyout deals. Exports from Australia's largest trading partner rose 13.4 per cent in December compared to a year earlier as Japanese and emerging markets boosted demand for Chinese goods, government data showed. T...

Ms. Lank: In a couple of years, my wife and I will retire (we'll be 69), sell our house and rent an apartment on the fringe of suburbia for a year. In that time, we'll look for a place to retire. How long do I have to buy another dwelling before I get creamed by capital gain taxes? — email Answer: You'll be happy to hear that the rules about this changed years ago. Th...

Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 26 The State Securities Committee (SSC) of Azerbaijan registered a prospectus of non-certificated unsecured bonds of Bakcell LTD amounting to 40 million manat, the State Committee said in a statement on Friday. Some 40,000 bonds with a par value of 1.000 manat each are registered in the issue. Placement of the bonds will be closed. As part of...