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Financial Crisis

Report: Puerto Rico municipalities see deep population loss

Mar 23, 2017

The U.S. Census Bureau says nearly 80 percent of Puerto Rico's municipalities saw their population drop by more than 5 percent in recent years amid a deep economic crisis

Puerto Rico balks at proposed $450M public university cuts

Mar 20, 2017

Puerto Rico's governor is pushing back on a federal control board's demand for $450 million in cuts at the island's largest public university

Car sales in Europe edge up to near pre-crisis levels

Mar 16, 2017

European car sales grew a modest 2.2 percent last month, settling down after starting the year with double-digit gains

How Fed hike will affect mortgages, car loans, credit cards

Mar 16, 2017

Some questions and answers about what a rising interest rate environment could mean for consumers, businesses, investors and the economy

Trump's CFTC pick intends to slash financial regulations

Mar 15, 2017

President Donald Trump's choice to head the agency overseeing some of the riskiest corners of the financial world says he plans to ease regulations put in place following the 2008 market meltdown

Mafia appetite in Italy soars for farm, food businesses

Mar 14, 2017

Italy reports that organized crime is increasingly profiting from farm and food businesses

Dutch prime minister builds consensus the traditional way

Mar 14, 2017

Dutch prime minister builds consensus the traditional way

Stocks slip ahead of Fed meeting; pound drops on Brexit move

Mar 14, 2017

Global stock markets are drifting in slow trading as investors await the outcome of the Federal Reserve's meeting and a batch of economic and political events later this week

Asian stocks drift as investors await Fed meeting

Mar 14, 2017

Asian stock markets are drifting in slow trading as investors await the outcome of the Federal Reserve's meeting and a batch of economic and political events later this week

Board to Puerto Rico: Cut pension system, impose furloughs

Mar 14, 2017

A federal control board says Puerto Rico's government needs to cut its public pension system by 10 percent, furlough tens of thousands of workers and eliminate Christmas bonuses if it cannot generate other savings amid a nearly decade-long recession