Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Umberto Bossi, the head of the second leading party in the government coalition, announced Sunday that despite a series of political defeats they would move forward with their fragile partnership.
Euro zone finance ministers postponed a final decision on extending a further 12 billion euros ($17 billion) in emergency loans to Greece, saying Athens would first have to introduce harsh austerity measures.
PM George Papandreou asked Greeks on Sunday to support austerity steps and avoid a catastrophic default, as European finance ministers discussed extending tens of billions of euros of aid to Athens.
EU put next tranche of loans for Greece on hold
The fund warned Washington and European countries that they are "playing with fire" unless they take immediate steps to reduce their budget deficits.
Air Canada and its striking workers reached a tentative contract deal Thursday shortly after the federal government introduced back-to-work legislation seeking to force the customer service agents back to their posts.
Capital One Financial Corp plans to buy ING Groep NV's US online bank for $9 billion in cash and stock, leapfrogging up the ranks of the largest US banks, the companies said on Thursday afternoon.
The United States is looking into ways to craft trade countermeasures that treat curbs on Internet commerce as nontariff barriers to trade, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said on Thursday.
Agustin Carstens, governor of the Mexican central bank, said on Thursday that China promised to take his bid to be the first non-European managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) seriously and that the Chinese government is in the process of making a final decision.
British luxury fashion brand Mulberry said it expects overseas sales to overtake those in its home market in two years, as it beat forecasts with a more than fourfold increase in profit.
South Korea and the European Union will hold talks next Tuesday to discuss preparations for their bilateral free trade pact scheduled to take effect next month, the foreign ministry here said Thursday.
Citigroup Inc. says hackers stole the account information in a recent data breach of more than 360,000 US credit card customers, much higher than initially thought
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou plans to form a new cabinet on Thursday and seek a vote of confidence from his fractious Socialist party.
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