U.S. government shutdown enters third week with little progress
U.S. Senate majority leader Harry Reid, who is holding talks with the top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell, said he is confident the Republicans will allow government to reopen and also…
Asian shares fall, yen firms as US debt deadline nears – Reuters
Livemint Asian shares fall, yen firms as US debt deadline nearsReutersBy Ian Chua and Dominic Lau. TOKYO/SYDNEY | Sun Oct 13, 2013 10:26pm EDT. TOKYO/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares and…
Lagarde Sees Massive Disruption If Debt Ceiling Not Fixed – Bloomberg
AFP Lagarde Sees Massive Disruption If Debt Ceiling Not FixedBloombergInternational Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said the congressional deadlock over the U.S. debt ceiling is threatening the U.S. and…
U.S. debt impasse ‘dangerous’ for global economy
The World Bank is warning of serious consequences for the global economy if politicians in the U.S. fail to increase their government’s borrowing limit. CBC | Business News…
Xerox: Access to food stamp system is restored in 17 states affected by outage – Seattle Post Intelligencer
Xerox: Access to food stamp system is restored in 17 states affected by outageSeattle Post IntelligencerUNDATED (AP) — Xerox: Access to food stamp system is restored in 17 states affected…
David Suzuki tells U.S. not to trust Harper’s Keystone XL promises
David Suzuki was part of a delegation of Canadians visiting Washington, D.C., that met with members of Congress today, and urged them to support the anti-Keystone XL pipeline campaign and…
China Export Gains Understated on Fake-Data Distortions: Economy – Bloomberg
Livemint China Export Gains Understated on Fake-Data Distortions: EconomyBloombergChina is poised to post its first slowdown in export growth in three months, a result that may understate the strength of…
Food stamp debit cards not working in many states – USA TODAY
Bakersfield Now Food stamp debit cards not working in many statesUSA TODAYPeople in Ohio, Michigan and several other states found themselves unable to buy groceries with their food stamp debit-style…
Unemployment rate dips to 6.9% as fewer people look for work
Canada’s unemployment rate declined 0.2 percentage points in September to 6.9 per cent, as the country gained 11,900 jobs, but analysts say the improvement was dampened by the fact that…
Tell me again why Jamie Dimon is still chairman of JPMorgan – Los Angeles Times
New York Times Tell me again why Jamie Dimon is still chairman of JPMorganLos Angeles TimesThe toll of JPMorgan Chase's relentless lawbreaking under Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon may finally…
