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Financial Crisis

For-sale signs vanish and March home prices jump 6.8 pct

May 29, 2018

US home prices climbed in March with buyers paying a premium as the number of homes up for sale decline and mortgage rates rise

Italian concerns stalk global stock markets and hurt euro

May 29, 2018

Worries that Europe's debt crisis is about to flare up again in the wake of political uncertainty in Italy weighed heavily on stock markets on Tuesday and sent the euro skidding down to 2018 lows against the dollar.

Greece: Italy turmoil won't delay return to bond market

May 29, 2018

Greece's government says market turbulence caused by Italy's political crisis will not change plans to make full return to markets this year

Turks feel pinch from currency slide ahead of polls

May 26, 2018

Many in Turkey are feeling the pinch as the Turkish lira lost more than 20 percent of its value against the dollar since the start of the year.

Venezuela's ex-oil czar sees economic collapse accelerating

May 25, 2018

Venezuela's former oil czar said crude production in the OPEC nation will continue to plummet in the aftermath of President Nicolas Maduro's re-election

Trump signs bill easing post-2008 crisis restraints on banks

May 24, 2018

President Donald Trump has signed into law a measure loosening key restraints for banks that stemmed from the 2008 financial crisis and Great Recession

AP Interview: John Henry on reviving Liverpool

May 24, 2018

John Henry is preparing for his first Champions League final as Liverpool owner

Protests worldwide against US idea of auto import tariffs

May 24, 2018

China, Japan and the European Union are condemning the Trump administration's decision to consider tariffs on imports of vehicles and automotive parts into the United States.

Board: Smaller surplus available for Puerto Rico creditors

May 23, 2018

The federal control board overseeing Puerto Rico's public finances says there will be a smaller surplus available for creditors, while a bond insurance company has filed suit seeking to nullify a fiscal plan for ending the U.S. territory's economic crisis

Migrant remittances a big business in cash-starved Venezuela

May 23, 2018

As the number of Venezuelans fleeing their country's deepening economic and humanitarian crisis climbs, a burgeoning industry providing a crucial lifeline is emerging _ remittances