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MW: Europe Markets: Europe stocks mostly higher; miners drive U.K.
MW: Asia Markets: Asia markets rally on resource, financial stocks
The coming year will be a make-or-break one for the euro zone, as a crisis that began two years ago in Greece threatens to engulf countries at Europe's core.
The leaders of Germany and France set plans for a bilateral summit next week, pursuing an elusive solution to the euro-zone debt crisis.
The Arab League conceded that outside observers have failed to halt the lethal violence in Syria, exposing pitfalls of the organization's self-reinvention as a diplomatic playmaker.
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Germany's seasonally adjusted jobless figures fell sharply in December, showing that the country's labor market remains robust even against the backdrop of the euro-zone debt crisis.
The U.K.'s manufacturing sector contracted again in December but by less than in recent months as export orders picked up and the pace of output stabilized after several months of declines.
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France's Total purchased a minority stake in a swath of Chesapeake Energy's Ohio shale discovery for $2.32 billion, in a deal that shows foreign companies' appetite for U.S. oil-and-gas assets.
European stocks were mostly higher, supported by strength in the basic-resources sector, with the London market significantly outperforming as it played catch-up to its European counterparts.
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U.K. retailers are bracing for an austere January littered with company failures after a grim Christmas marked by early sales and discounts. Despite a Boxing Day boost, the hangover is likely to linger throughout 2012.
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It is tough to follow a legend. But this month, Ted Weschler -- investment assistant to Warren Buffett -- will give it a try.
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Investors go into 2012 hunkered down, frustrated and skeptical, after a year where many learned they had underestimated just how volatile and unpredictable life would be as developed economies contend with debt.
Bouts of panic. Moments of elation. Vertiginous plunges. Markets lurching on the scantiest sniffle of news from a parliamentary committee in a minor-league country. That was investing in Europe in 2011. Be prepared in 2012 for at least more of the same.
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Mitt Romney, seeking to cement his position as front-runner, sounded broad themes of patriotism as he and five GOP rivals crisscrossed Iowa a day before the first nominating contest.
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The country's navy chief said the test proved Tehran was in control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for one-sixth of the world's oil supply.
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China begins a once-a-decade leadership change in 2012 that could paralyze decision-making, stir infighting and expose flaws in an ossified political system—just when urgent action is needed to steer the world's second-largest economy.
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Intel's crusade to redefine the personal computer is entering a crucial phase, as a new breed of sleek skinny portables jostle for consumer attention.
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McCormick CEO Alan Wilson discusses rising spice prices, America's eating habits and how the company has weathered the downturn.
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Manufacturing activity continued to contract in South Korea and Taiwan in December but grew in India, as the euro-zone sovereign debt crisis and the sluggish U.S. recovery hit Asia's export economies harder.
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Britain is determined to do more to help the economy recover, and use the Olympics and the queen's Diamond Jubilee to show what it can achieve, the prime minister said.
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It was a banner year for dividend-paying stocks. That meant one of Wall Street's classic strategies, known as the Dogs of the Dow, enjoyed a second consecutive year of success.
LG and Samsung ready new widescreen TVs that are less than an inch thick, as the companies try to spark new consumer interest and drive average prices higher. But what will the new sets cost? One estimate says $8,000.
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A Chinese court accepted a lawsuit that claims that leaks from offshore oil production facilities operated by ConocoPhillips caused $78 million in damages to local fishermen.
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More than a half-century after the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed segregation in public education, a court will decide if Maryland is doing enough to support the state's historically black public colleges and universities.
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Europe's gloomy prospects—cultural turmoil, shrinking populations, economic malaise—as diagnosed by a distinguished historian. Yascha Mounk reviews "After the Fall" by Walter Laqueur.
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The latest Islamist front is in Nigeria.
While history shows that sometimes the worst-case scenario plays out, usually it doesn't
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The U.S. is the only developed nation in the world that taxes its citizens on income they earn abroad.
The EU is facing austerity measures, political turmoil and financial uncertainty. The Journal spoke with families in six euro-zone countries to hear first-hand the dinner conversations shaped by the crisis.