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The European economy may be limping along, but Americans living there say there are other reasons why they call Europe home — or maison, casa or zuhause. More Americans are moving overseas. The Social Security Administration currently sends 613,650 retirement-benefit payments outside the U.S...
Hedge funds reduced bullish gold wagers just before prices rallied the most since June on concern that global economic growth is weakening. The net-long position in New York futures and options contracted for an eighth week, U.S. government data show...
By: Mike Paterson The Telegraph reports that a financial crash to rival the one caused by Lehman Brothers' collapse will be played out next week, in a “war game” designed to help end the “too big to fail” problem...
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch)—A stronger U.S. dollar is an obstacle to the Federal Reserve’s ability to meet its inflation mandate and will impede growth, Charles Evans, the president of the Chicago Fed, said on Saturday...
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Tighter carbon-emission standards around the world and higher fuel-economy rules in the U.S. were to mean the end of muscle cars, or at least affordable ones. But, pleasant surprise, cars have actually gotten stronger, quicker, faster...
Samsung Electronics could be the world’s cheapest mega-cap stock. Just don’t expect it to stay that way...
Back in the good old days, SAC Capital paid its traders large bonuses when they made the firm massive amounts of money. In many cases, that money was earned through less-than-ethical and sometimes illegal means...
Are you a student who wants to work in finance? Now’s the time for you to hone your pitch. – Banks everywhere are accepting applications (we have a Singapore/Hong Kong deadlines timetable here and a London deadlines timetable here...
The Faroe Islands, part of the Kingdom of Denmark, won’t observe European Union sanctions the country says make no economic sense as its fish farmers predict a surge in exports to Russia...
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Get ready for more rough sailing! Just in case this week’s string of 200-point-plus swings in the Dow (three in a row and counting, now), whipsawing currencies, and collapsing oil prices didn’t already make it clear, volatility is back...