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Obama Budget 2016 Funds Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance

The president proposed $1.2 billion to tamp down the nation’s overuse of antibiotics and to find new ways to fight superbugs.

ECB Considering Leaving Troika: Handelsblatt

The debate about whether to withdraw reflects concerns within the ECB that its sovereign bond-buying plan could lead to conflicts of interest.

Iran Sweetens Oil Contracts To Counter Sanctions And Price Plunge

Companies may also require greater persuasion to invest in Iranian fields due to low crude prices.

RBI Holds Rates, Says Tracking Inflation, Govt Fiscal Action

The RBI also announced a slew of initiatives to develop markets.

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Obama’s 'Precision Medicine' Database: How Safe And Private Is The Patient Data?

Patients who volunteer their genomic and medical data to a new nationwide study will be signing up for limited protection and the potential for ethical quandaries.

Wall Street’s Week Ahead: Dow Jones Industrial Average Wavers As Economists Eye Jobs Report

U.S. stocks fluctuated Monday as economists sorted through a series of mixed data ahead of Friday's highly anticipated jobs report.

How The Keystone XL Pipeline Decision Will Influence UN Climate Change Talks In Paris

The Obama administration is on track to issue its final verdict of the Canada-to-Texas pipeline early this spring after a crucial Monday deadline passed.

Exports Boost UK Manufacturing In January As Factories Cut Prices: PMI

British manufacturing output is still around 5.3 percent below its pre-downturn peak in early 2008.

Tsipras Says No To Possible Russian Aid; Says Greece Will Stay In Euro Zone During First Foreign Trip

Alexis Tsipras, Greece's leftist prime minister, says he intends to pursue his mandate of renegotiating debt terms with Europe.

Eurozone Factories Post 'Meagre' Growth In Activity In January: PMI

The survey's results were mostly collected before the European Central Bank announced a near-trillion euro quantitative easing program.

One Billion Indians To Have UID Numbers By Year-End As India Seeks To Boost Social Security

India's experiment to bring social benefits to a billion people with a unique ID is moving fast, according to Nandan Nilekani.

China Jan HSBC Factory PMI Contracts For Second Month, Misses Flash Estimate

The dour data mirrored two official reports released by the government on Sunday.

Venezuela Jails Store Owners Accused Of Creating Queues: Maduro

Maduro accuses a rapacious business elite of waging an "economic war" to bring down his administration.

Greece Says It Wants To Go 'Cold Turkey' On Debt; Will Come Up With A Plan For Outstanding Obligations

Greece has enough money on hand to meet its February and March obligations of 3.5 billion euros ($3.95 billion) but not anything beyond that.

Obama 2016 Budget Proposal: Foreign Earnings Tax Would Pay Half Of $478B Public Works Program

The White House apparently believes it can drum up bipartisan support for the proposal, which will be sent to Congress Monday.

U.S. Federal Reserve Board Building, Oct. 28, 2014

Federal Reserve’s ‘Solid’ Growth View Faces Test, While Greek Drama Takes Stage

The Federal Reserve last week lifted its assessment of the U.S. expansion to “solid” from “moderate.”

Greece Hires US Investment Bank Lazard To Advise On Country's $270B Debt Burden To Europe

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says he is confident “we will soon manage to reach a mutually beneficial agreement" with Europe.

Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko

Scared By Ukraine War, Belarus Strongman Lukashenko Mulls Ditching Russia

Even the Belarusian president dubbed "the last dictator in Europe" is distancing himself from Moscow these days.

Dow Jones Industrial Average Plunges 250 Points, Down 3.7% In 2015

U.S. stocks were hit hard in January, with the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping 3.7 percent.

Dow Jones Industrial Average Drops 100 Points As US Economic Growth Cools, Global Fears Mount

Global fears weighed on the financial markets Friday after the U.S. economy grew slower than expected last quarter.

Health Insurers Use Price Gimmicks In Obamacare To Discriminate Against Chronically Ill Patients: Analysts

Pricing mechanisms on the federal health marketplace may be meant to discourage HIV patients from enrolling in certain plans.

Russian Central Bank Makes Surprise Interest Rate Cut

The bank hiked its key rate by a total of 11.5 percentage points last year in response to panic on the currency market and soaring inflation.

Slowing Japan Inflation Keeps BOJ Under Pressure But Output Rebounds

But factory output rose 1.0 percent in December helped by a much-awaited rebound in exports.

Dow Jones Industrial Average Leaps 100 Points Ahead Of Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc. Earnings

U.S. stocks rebounded Thursday as tech giants Google and Amazon prepare to unveil quarterly results.

$15.3B In US Reconstruction Aid For Afghanistan Overseen By Agency On The Ground

The U.S. still has $15.3 billion to spend in Afghanistan, and someone’s got to keep an eye on it.

Dow Jones Industrial Average Drops 100 Points After Fed Statement As Oil Prices Tumble

Despite the central bank remaining "patient" on hiking rates, the Dow dropped after oil prices plunged.

Federal Reserve System: 3 Things To Watch From FOMC Meeting

Global economies are showing signs of weakness — and economists fear that cheap oil could negatively impact a burgeoning U.S. economy.

India Will Not Pursue Tax Case Against Vodafone

In what could be a positive signal to attract foreign investors, India says it will not pursue a tax-liability case against Vodafone.

Dow Jones Industrial Average Gains Ahead Of Fed Meeting, Boosted By Strong Earnings From Apple Inc., Boeing Co.

The blue-chip stock index rebounded Wednesday, boosted by strong earnings from Apple and Boeing, as economists await a statement from the Fed.

Is Cheap Oil Dooming Renewable Energy?

Could cheap oil derail the renewable energy industry? Investors seem to think so, but this isn’t exactly the 1980s all over again.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Vows To 'Negotiate Debt Relief' After Syriza Victory

Greece currently owes nearly $270 billion to a "troika" of lenders.

Fed Seen Remaining Patient With Rate Guidance Amid Global Turmoil

Collapse in global oil prices is helping to push the Fed further from achieving a key policy goal of raising annual inflation to two percent.

White House To Request $534B Base Defense Budget To Boost Spending In 2016

The proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 would exceed a $499 billion spending cap on the base budget by $35 billion.

After Ebola, World Bank Chief Proposes Global Insurance Program For Future Outbreaks

World Bank chief proposes economic solution for future disease outbreaks.

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