Photo Credit: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg George Soros made almost $1 billion since November from bets that the yen would tumble, according to a person close to the billionaire’s $24 billion family office. The Japanese wager helped the...
The 17-nation bloc slipped far deeper than expected into recession in the fourth quarter as economic giant Germany suffered its sharpest contraction since the height of the global financial crisis in 2009. Euro area...
Seed giant Monsanto has won more than $23 million from hundreds of small farmers accused of replanting the company’s genetically engineered seeds. Now, another case is looming – and it could set a landmark...
Photo Credit: Reuters/Alexander Demianchuk (Reuters) – Rosneft is seeking to borrow up to $30 billion from China in exchange for possibly doubling oil supplies, making Beijing the largest consumer of Russian oil and further diverting supplies away...
http://www.facethefactsusa.org – Americans spend more than $20 billion each year on dietary supplements, many of them questionable products.
Photo: Reuters The future currency of Scotland, assuming a “yes” vote in next year’s vote on independence, has been questioned by supporters and opponents. Some argue Scotland would have to adopt the euro as...
Photo Credit: Reuters/Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force/Handout (Reuters) – China and Japan engaged on Friday in a fresh round of invective over military movements near a disputed group of uninhabited islands, fuelling tension that for months has bedeviled relations between...
CHICAGO (CBS) – Starting this week, Chicago police are changing their responses to 911 calls. They’ll no longer come right away to reports of things like criminal damage to property, vehicle thefts, garage burglaries, or...
Photo Credit: REUTERS The Greek right-wing extremist party Golden Dawn has established contacts with German neo-Nazis in Bavaria. The group, which is represented in Greek parliament, is also attempting to set up a cell in the...
Photo Credit: Jonathan Drake/Bloomberg The economy in the U.S. unexpectedly shrank in the fourth quarter, restrained by the biggest plunge in defense spending in four decades and dwindling inventory growth as household purchases picked up....
