Topic: Economic Issues
ATHENS (Reuters) - Financial markets gave heavily indebted Greece a breather on Wednesday on growing expectations of a European Union rescue as civil servants staged the first major strike against Athens' crisis-driven austerity measures. The premium investors charge to buy Greek government debt rather than benchmark German bonds tumbled to its lowest in three weeks and Greek bank shares rose more ...
EL-FASHER, Sudan (Reuters) - Militias raided a Darfur refugee camp, shooting dead two people and injuring at least 10 in an escalation of tensions in Sudan's restive west, witnesses and U.N. officials said Wednesday. The raid followed the murder of a militia member's relative who appeared to be searching the camps in Kass, South Darfur for the suspect ...
Bank of America Corp., the nation's largest lender, spent $1.18 million in the fourth quarter to lobby the federal government on issues such as executive compensation, credit cards and mortgage lending practices, according to a recent disclosure report. That's up from the $820,000 ...
