Stocks creep up; Dow rises for seventh day running NEW YORK — The stock market crept higher Monday, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average to its seventh straight day of gains. | Boeing was the Dow's top stock, surging 2 percent. A Boeing exec... (photo: AP / Frank Franklin II) The State Dow Jones Market Photos Stock Exchange Wikipedia: Dow Jones Industrial Average |
TOKYO EXCHANGE / Nikkei renews 54-month closing high Stocks gained further ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday, with the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average rewriting its 54-month closing high, lifted by rosy U.S. jobs data and a weaker yen. | The 2... (photo: Public Domain / Bull-Doser) Daily Yomiuri Economy Market Photos Stock Wikipedia: Toyota |
India needs a ‘realist PM’, not ‘economist PM’: Rajnath BJP president Rajnath Singh on Monday said the country needed a ‘realistic PM’ to understand the feelings of the people rather than an ‘economist PM’ who was not bothered about... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) The Hindu Economy India Photos Politics Wikipedia: Rajnath Singh |
Hungarian changes stir EU action Man of the people: Hungarian Premier Viktor Orban has a two-thirds majority in parliament. Photo: Reuters | The Hungarian parliament is set to approve a constitutional amendment to curtail judicial au... (photo: EC / European Union) Canberra Times Business Hungary Photos Politics Wikipedia: Viktor Orbán |
Obama seeks new deal on deficit US President Barack Obama will go to Capitol Hill this week to try to salvage a big deficit-reduction deal, battling not only Republican resistance but also complaints from Democrats that he mishandle... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Canberra Times Business Economy Photos Politics Wikipedia: Barack Obama |
Maken speaks on "Challenges of Urbanisation" at Harvard India Conference Tweet | New Delhi, Mar. 11 (ANI): Union Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ajay Maken, who delivered a keynote address at the India Conference held at the Harvard Kennedy School and Har... (photo: PIB of India) Newstrack India Economy India Photos Politics Wikipedia: Ajay Maken |
Obama says Congress must work together to reverse effects of sequester In his weekly address President Barack Obama said politicians must find a way to end the sequester so the $85 billion in spending cuts that was enacted would not harm the economy. The latest jobs numb... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster) The Examiner Business Economy Photos Politics Wikipedia: Barack Obama |
Liam Fox to urge public spending freeze in speech Former cabinet minister Liam Fox is to use a speech to call on the government to freeze the level of public spending for five years and spend the money saved on cutting taxes and the deficit. | The ex... (photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth) BBC News Business Economy Photos Politics Wikipedia: Liam Fox |