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Handing over 700 billion dollars of taxpayer money to Wall Street bankers who caused the global economic crisis was never going to be popular. And so it proved for the much maligned Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, which will begin…

French families, students and private sector workers joined mass demonstrations on Saturday as trade unions ramped up pressure on the government to drop pension reforms. Opposition to President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the…

Most Irish people think the worst is yet to come for their economy and only a minority think a change of government could improve the situation, a poll showed on Saturday. Voters' scepticism about opposition parties' economic prowess is a…

The United States is planning to warn Americans to be vigilant as they travel in Europe in light of intelligence pointing to possible attacks by al-Qaeda in Britain, France and Germany, a US official has said. The official, speaking on…

Research by uSwitch has revealed that high living costs, below average government spending on health and education, lack of holidays and late retirement have contributed to a bleak picture for Brits. To make matters worse, the UK no…

Zambia will issue oil and gas exploration licences to seven foreign and local companies by November in a bid to become an energy producer, after it passes laws on new licensing fees, Mines Minister Maxwell Mwale said. Mwale said on Friday…

New PCs could start in just seconds, thanks to an update to one of the oldest parts of desktop computers. The upgrade will spell the end for the 25-year-old PC start-up software known as Bios that initialises a machine so its operating…

CNN fired newscaster Rick Sanchez on Friday, a day after he called Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show" a "bigot" and suggested that Jews run CNN and "all the other" networks. The host of "Rick's List" made the comments Thursday during an…

BMW has announced it will recall about 350,000 luxury cars worldwide because of a problem with brakes. The German firm said the recall was due to a fault with the power-braking system but the cars were not unsafe. The recall affects V8…

Bank of America, the nation's largest bank, on Friday became the latest lender to put foreclosures on hold in 23 states because of concerns that court documents it submitted were improperly prepared. Bank of America and other mortgage…