Topic: Public Finance

The recovery in the UK has faded, with manufacturing, housing, and services all weakening in August. In response the BOE Mulls 'Second Wave' of...

Embryonic stem cell funding allowed - for now

Email Close [X] The government may resume funding of embryonic stem cell research for now, an appeals court said Thursday, but the short-term ...
Switzerland tops the overall rankings in the Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011, released Thursday by the World Economic Forum ahead of its...
Here's a follow-up to the post on immigration and Social Security:. Illegal immigration: What's the real cost to taxpayers?, by Edward...

German banker quits over rascim claims

Germany's Bundesbank has announced the resignation of controversial central bank board member Thilo Sarrazin, who has been accused of making racist ...
Along the river Main, a series of bands are cranking out the old classics on temporary stages. The crowds are joyously bouncing along and the food...

Japan as number three

China has now officially supplanted Japan as the world's second largest economy. The question for Japan is whether or not the country will continue ...

THE REASONS THE WORLD LOVES TO HATE BANKERS

Even after the passage of new financial regulations in the United States — the Dodd-Frank Act — and the publication of the Basel Committee's new...

Merkel: economic upswing should benefit workers

Email Close [X] German chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday the current economic upswing should benefit workers who were hit by the economic and ...
The Obama administration is asking a federal appeals court to lift an order blocking federal funding for some stem cell research, a day after being...