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Egypt to reopen stock exchange before March 28
Egypt will reopen its stock exchange before March 28 so the bourse is not removed from global indices, the finance minister was quoted as saying on the prime minister's Facebook page on Saturday.
Samir Radwan said one of the reasons for…
Earthquake, Tsunami, deals a blow to Japan’s economy
The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on Friday forced multinational companies to close factories, fight fires and move workers, inflicting at least short-term damage on the Japan's fragile economy.
Assessing the full economic…
US treatment of soldier in Wikileaks case described as stupid
The US treatment of the man accused of leaking secret cables to Wikileaks is "ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid", US state department spokesman PJ Crowley has said.
Mr Crowley made the remarks about Bradley Manning to an…
Judge upholds demand for Twitter details in Wikileaks probe
A federal judge has ruled that the US government may demand that three associates of Julian Assange hand over Twitter account information in the criminal investigation into Wikileaks.
The three users of the social network had appealed…
Obama vows to stabilize fuel prices
The United States cannot drill its way out of its energy problems and must begin reforms now to reduce oil dependence, President Barack Obama said on Friday, pledging to do all he could to stabilize fuel prices.
Obama, whose prospects…
Florida gives up $2.4b for speed trains
The Obama administration has taken back the $2.4 billion allocated to Florida for high-speed trains and is inviting other states to apply for the money, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Friday.
The project, which would have…
Wisconsin state curbs collective bargaining
After weeks of demonstrations in the state capital, Wisconsin Republicans cleared a final hurdle to a controversial proposal on Thursday after the state's Assembly passed an amended version of a bill that would curtail the bargaining rights…
Oil price drops below $103 per barrel as investors worry over Saudi protests
Oil prices hovered below $103 a barrel Friday in Asia as traders worried protests in Saudi Arabia could escalate and potentially hamper production in the world's largest crude exporter.
Benchmark crude for April delivery was up 9 cents at…
Asia stocks fall after Wall Street sinks
Asian shares extended losses Friday after the Dow Jones industrial average suffered its biggest one-day drop since August and China reported unexpectedly high inflation.
Oil prices hovered near $103 a barrel as traders worried protests in…
Major earthquake hits Japan
A massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake has struck off Japan's northeastern coast, triggering a four meter tsunami that washed away cars along parts of the coastline.
Video from national broadcaster NHK showed dozens of cars, large ferries and…