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Financial Crisis

Workers, activists mark May Day with defiant rallies

May 1, 2018

Workers and activists mark May Day with rallies to demand their governments address labor issues

US Treasury says Q1 borrowing set record of $488 billion

Apr 30, 2018

US Treasury announces borrowing hit record of $488 billion in first quarter

Venezuela boosts minimum wage 155 percent to fight inflation

Apr 30, 2018

Venezuela's president says he's boosting the minimum wage by 155 percent to keep up with runaway inflation that's making it difficult for people to afford daily goods

Greek economy seen growing 2 percent this year

Apr 30, 2018

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says Greece is on track to recover from its depression, but long-term growth prospects are modest and further reforms must be pursued

Kauai woos travelers as island recovers from floods

Apr 28, 2018

Residents and businesses are still cleaning up from flooding that deluged parts of Kauai earlier this month, but community leaders are urging tourists to come regardless so locals don't suffer an economic calamity on top of a natural one

Eyes on Koreas as Southeast Asian leaders hold summit

Apr 27, 2018

Southeast Asian leaders are expected to discuss economic cooperation and Myanmar's refugee crisis at a summit in Singapore this weekend

Puerto Rico lawmakers introduce board's labor reform bill

Apr 26, 2018

For the first time in Puerto Rico's history, legislators have introduced a bill created by a federal control board overseeing the island's finances that aims to impose austerity measures the U.S. territory's government has rejected

Puerto Rico rejects labor reform measure from control board

Apr 25, 2018

Government officials in Puerto Rico are rejecting a labor reform measure that a federal control board overseeing the island's finances has submitted to the local legislature

Puerto Rico unions sue board, claim it's unconstitutional

Apr 24, 2018

Several unions in Puerto Rico sue a federal control board overseeing the U.S. territory's finances, demanding it be declared unconstitutional

Senator warns bankers that Dodd-Frank relief could stall

Apr 24, 2018

Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia is warning bankers that legislation rolling back financial rules put in place after the 2008 economic crisis could stall