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Governments, airlines and tour operators worked together on Monday to fly their nationals out of Egypt where protesters pressed their campaign to topple President Hosni Mubarak.

The White House will announce an effort on Monday to encourage job-creating start-up businesses in hopes of reducing the country's stubbornly high unemployment rate.

Gold eased on Monday after posting its largest daily gain in eight weeks on Friday and while the market did encounter some safe-haven buying on the back of the unrest in Egypt, this was expected to be temporary.

Moody's has downgraded Egypt's government bond ratings to Ba2 from Ba1 and has cut the outlook to negative from stable.

German retail sales fell unexpectedly in December 2010, posting a decline for a second consecutive month, the Federal Statistics Office said on Monday.

The ruling elite of Syria are likely monitoring the cataclysmic events in Egypt with both astonishment and fear

Wikileaks, by releasing damning cables from the U.S. ambassador to Tunisia, impacted the country's decision to revolt.

Thousands of angry Egyptians defied a curfew on Saturday for the second day in a row and stayed on the streets to push their demand that President Hosni Mubarak resign.

The video footage of Egyptian anti-government demonstrations included scenes of protesters (almost entirely young men) looting buildings and carrying off pieces of furniture and whatever other items they are able to seize with their bare hands.

Vulnerable economy and parental unemployment affecting students' emotional health, finds CIRP Survey

Poverty and unemployment reared their heads at the World Economic Forum on Thursday, with speakers urging the elite audience to bridge a growing gap between booming multinationals and the jobless poor.

Thousands of Yemenis took to the streets of Sanaa Thursday to demand a change of government, inspired by the unrest that has ousted Tunisia's leader and spread to Egypt this week.

Egyptian police fought protesters in two cities in eastern Egypt on Thursday and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei headed back to the country to join demonstrators trying to oust President Hosni Mubarak.

Weeks of unrest in Tunisia will hit economic growth, frighten away tourists and discourage foreign direct investment which could fall by up to a third this year, Fitch Ratings said on Thursday.

Libya has set up a $24-billion fund for investment and local development that will focus on providing housing for its rapidly growing population, the online Oea newspaper reported on Thursday.

Egyptian police fought protesters in two cities in eastern Egypt on Thursday and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei headed back to the country to join demonstrators trying to oust President Hosni Mubarak.

DR Horton Inc (DHI.N), the top U.S. homebuilder, reported a larger-than-expected quarterly loss, citing an increase in home foreclosures, and lingering anxiety among homebuyers that contributed to a sharp drop

Applications for jobless benefits in the U.S. rose unexpectedly for the week ended Jan. 22, following a sharp decline in the previous week.

New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week as harsh weather conditions in some parts of the country kept workers at home and caused a backlog in the processing

The Federal Reserve showed on Wednesday it was in no rush to cut short its rescue of the U.S. economy, saying high unemployment still justified its $600 billion bond-buying plan even though the economy has

The companies that reported earnings before the markets open on Thursday are: AT&T, Procter & Gamble, Caterpillar, Altria, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Motorola Solutions, Colgate-Palmolive, Celgene and Lockheed Martin.