US Embassy tells Americans to weigh leaving Egypt

The U.S. Embassy in Egypt on Sunday recommended that Americans leave the country as soon as possible, while other nations urged their nationals to avoid […]

Greece’s EU-Mandated Pension Revamp Study Rebuffed as Bailout Review Looms - Bloomberg

Greece’s biggest actuarial firm says it won’t bid for work to assess 40 public pension funds in a study required for the nation’s 110 […]

W African central bank shuts down in Ivory Coast

The West African central bank says it’s closed down its offices in Ivory Coast after they were seized by the incumbent leader clinging to power.
The […]

Yields Rising Most Since 2008 as Igarashi Says Japan Bond Demand at Limit - Bloomberg

The biggest quarterly jump in Japanese government bond yields since 2008 may prompt policy makers to seek more foreign buyers for the nation’s debt.
“Japanese […]

Greece Has No Need to Restructure Its Debts, Minister Tells Eleftherotypia - Bloomberg

Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou reiterated that his nation doesn’t need to restructure about 300 billion euros ($409 billion) of debt.
“It can be avoided,” […]

West African Central Bank Governor Dacoury-Tabley Resigns, Xinhua Reports - Bloomberg

Henri-Philippe Dacoury-Tabley resigned as governor of the Central Bank of West African States, the Xinhua news service reported today, citing local media reports in Mali, […]

TSX closes down amid Chinese inflation fears

Resource issues led the Toronto stock market lower amid fears China will make further moves to slow its economy to deal with inflation.
The S&P/TSX composite […]

Asian shares gain on tech earnings; Europe down

World stock markets were mixed Wednesday, with Asia’s high-tech shares pushing higher after strong earnings from Apple Inc. and European indexes slightly lower amid efforts […]

Facebook lets developers save addresses, phone numbers

Facebook is now letting its application developers collect users

Partnership benefits students, biotech initiative

A machinist by trade, Dave Busby puzzled over the biotechnology positions that popped up after he listed “technician” as the key word in the Internet […]