* Metals fly on sentiment not fundamentals * Funds play with nickel (Recasts; updates with NY copper prices and analyst comments, adds NEW YORK dateline/byilne) NEW YORK/LONDON, Aug 13 - Copper led a broad-based advance...
* July inflation figure well below private forecasts * Analysts watching for signs of change in price data * Bonds close slightly higher (Recasts, adds market reaction) BUENOS AIRES, Aug 12 - Argentina's government reported...
* July inflation figure far below private forecasts * Economy minister seeking to restore credibility to data * Analysts watching for signs of change in price data (Adds Boudou quotes, details) BUENOS AIRES, Aug 12...
By Guo Qiang Banter and sarcasm erupted in the wake of a National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report Wednesday saying the average pre-tax wage per capita for urban employees grew 12.9 percent, year-on-year, to 14,638 yuan ($2,142.43) in the first half of this year. The seemingly inspiring and enc...
NEW YORK, Feb 10 - U.S. stocks tumbled more than 4 percent on Tuesday as investors pummeled bank shares on concerns that a reworked plan to shore up the financial sector may not be enough...
* Bank plan misgivings rattle investors * Bernanke says liquidity expansion no panacea * All 30 Dow components fall * Dow off 4.2 pct; S&P 500 off 4.4 pct; Nasdaq off 3.6 pct (Updates to...
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 - Proponents of alternative energy and energy efficiency were elated on Thursday by President-elect Barack Obama's economic stimulus speech, but some analysts warned his energy agenda could hit turbulence in Congress or...
WASHINGTON, Nov 17 - The rich nations' financial meltdown has in theory handed developing countries greater say in running the global economy, but the new stakeholders will need to offer more than rhetoric to turn...
* Group says lack of action would put 500,000 jobs at risk * Some Democrats skeptical of free trade pacts WASHINGTON, Nov 23 - President Barack Obama should look abroad for ways to boost jobs...
* Committee members skeptical of bank officials' testimony * Ex-general counsel says does not know why he was fired * Moynihan: "Facts" about Merrill losses changed * Bank of America shares fall slightly * Gifford...