March US Industrial Production Rises, Rebounds From Cold Weather-Related Slump
Overall industrial production was up 0.7 percent in March, beating analysts' expectations.
March US Housing Starts Rise, But Miss Estimate
Permits, a more-reliable gauge of future building activity, fell in March to a 990,000-unit annual pace.
Iran Expects Next Payment Under Nuclear Deal, Confirming Compliance
Payment will be the fifth of six installments that together will total $4.2 billion.
US Criticizes 'Unprecedented' Movement Of Yuan Even As China's GDP Growth Reduces To Slowest Pace In 18 Months
China's GDP growth slowed to its slowest pace in 18 months; as a result, officials are looking for ways to maintain the 7.5% target growth rate.
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Gunfire could be heard from the airfield at the town of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine; Ukrainian troops were seen disembarking from helicopters.
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Libya is a major supplier of oil for Mediterranean refineries, and sustained oil exports from the country should lower Brent crude prices.
EU Split Hindering Next Round Of Sanctions On Russia
European Union diplomats said there was little prospect of a special summit to discuss additional sanctions because positions are so far apart.
Russia Says Ukraine On Brink Of Civil War
The most serious East-West crisis since the end of the Cold War shows no signs of de-escalating.
NATO Ukraine: NATO Head Accuses Russia Of Deep Involvement In Eastern Ukraine
NATO called on Russia to "de-escalate the crisis ... pull back its troops from Ukraine's borders, to stop destabilizing the situation."
Georgia Feels Less Secure After Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine
Russia's intervention in Ukraine has Georgians worried about another Russia move - this time to the critical Caucuses land bridge.
March US Consumer Prices Rise 0.2 Percent, But Long-Term Inflation Remains Tame
In the 12 months through March, the core inflation rate, which excludes often-volatile food and energy prices, rose just 1.7%.
Russian Sanctions: West Moving Closer To Economic 'Nuclear Option' Of SWIFT Cutoff, But Does Russia Hold The Trump Energy Card? [Q&A]
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Obamacare To Cost Less In 2014 Than Originally Projected: CBO
CBO also estimates that 12 million more nonelderly people will have health insurance in 2014 than if Obamacare had not become law.
EU Expands Sanctions Against Russia Over Ukraine
The sanctions, not specified in the initial vote, will likely include more people under asset freezes and visa bans.
Indonesia Reforms Unlikely As Favored Political Party PDIP Failed To Deliver During Parliamentary Elections
Unexpectedly, favored presidential candidate Joko Widodo's party won only 19 percent of the parliamentary seats.
Ukraine Crisis: Separatist Unrest Spreads - Ultimatum Fails To End Uprising
Rebels in the eastern Ukraine town of Slaviansk Monday issued a bold call for Russian President Putin to help them.
Europe's Eurosceptics More United Than Many Think: Poll
Rather than being single-issue voters with narrow national interests, the survey suggests far-right Eurosceptics share a common set of values.
Turkey Accuses Twitter Of 'Tax Evasion,' Calls For Local Office
Turkey Mon. urged Twitter execs to open an office and start paying taxes in the first direct talks since a short-lived two-week ban.
Russia, China Seek To Seal Natural Gas Deal By Putin's May Visit To Beijing: Official
Earlier, Russia's Deputy Premier Arkady Dvorkovich went to China as part of a delegation to discuss cooperation in the energy sector.
US Retail Sales Post Largest Increase In 18 Months In March
Retail sales account for a third of U.S. consumer spending, and a sustained increase bodes well for GDP, earnings and job growth.
Chinese Property Developers Stake Out Shares In Commercial Banks, Intensifying Systemic Risks
Major Chinese property developers have in recent months been buying increasingly large stakes in regional banks - a problematic asset addition.
Chinese Central Bank Appointment Of Ma Jun As Chief Economist Confirms Conviction To Financial Reform
The former chief China analyst at Deutsche Bank is considered an insider in both the Western and the Chinese financial worlds.
Lafarge, Holcim Confident Their Combination Will Survive Antitrust Probes From Investigators In Canada, UK, France
Officials of the proposed French-Swiss company plan to unload billions in assets to get the regulatory blessing they need to merge.
Russia Natural Gas: Putin Says Russia Will Honor Natural Gas Deal With Europe
President Putin also said Russia has no plans to halt deliveries to Ukraine, but it might make Kiev pay up front.
US Immigration Says It Got 172,500 Guest-Worker Visa Petitions For 2015; Silicon Valley Would Like More Of These Lower-Cost H-1B Temps
The country's immigration authority said Thursday it received almost 88,000 more visas than are available before closing the door for 2015.
Nasdaq Plunges 3% Due To Profit-Taking On Big Gains In Momentum, High-Growth Shares, Selling To Pay 2013 Taxes
The taxman took a bite out of U.S. stocks Thursday as investors sold to come up with the taxes due on short- and long-term capital gains.
Earnings Preview: Bank of America Corp (BAC), Morgan Stanley (MS), Citigroup Inc (C), Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS), Intel Corporation (INTC), PepsiCo Inc (PEP)
Expectations for U.S. company earnings are on a slippery slope down Wall Street.
China Shows Off Economic And Political Prowess By Offering To Buy Back Its Lost Art From A Bankrupt American City
For Chinese investors, items in the Detroit Institute of Arts collection would be a point of national pride, not just portfolio pieces.
Brazil Skirts Organizational Disaster With The Most Expensive World Cup Ever
Like other World Cup hosts before it, the country will not gain its investment back anytime soon, and it may not be ready in time.
US House Passes Budget With Large Spending Cuts Outlined By Rep. Paul Ryan
The plan authored by U.S. Rep. Ryan, R-Wis., would eliminate the deficit, due largely to deep spending cuts to social safety net programs.
US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement's Labor Safeguards Are Failing To Keep Trade Unionists Alive
Colombia continues to be one of the most dangerous countries for union activism despite years of free trade.
NATO Satellite Photos Show Russian Military Buildup Near Ukraine
Russia military has the ability to move quickly into Ukraine, if it is ordered to do so, a NATO official added.
US Jobless Claims Plunge By 32,000 To 300,000
The 32,000-claim drop is more evidence that the U.S. job market, while not robust, continues to heal.
Doctors Reap Millions From Medicare: Data Trove
The Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has made public how much Medicare pays individual physicians in the U.S.
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