By David Randall NEW YORK | Wed Oct 31, 2012 5:44am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – As residents and businesses clean up from one of the worst storms to hit the U.S. East Coast in memory, investors are preparing for…
WASHINGTON | Wed Oct 31, 2012 9:33am EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Treasury said on Wednesday it was still on track to hit the debt limit near the end of the year though emergency tools would allow the department to…
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Trading volume is expected to surge when U.S. financial markets reopen Wednesday, two days after Superstorm Sandy prompted an unexpected shutdown on Wall Street. Throughout much of the month, an average of 3.5 billion shares have…
By Gabriela Baczynska and Timothy Heritage MOSCOW | Wed Oct 31, 2012 10:57am EDT MOSCOW (Reuters) – Tired of being lectured on democracy, the man known in Russia as “The Magician” for overseeing fraud-marred elections won by Vladimir Putin turned…
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The cultivation of illegal opium has increased in Myanmar for a sixth successive year, driven in part by a rising demand for heroin across Asia, according to the United Nations. Myanmar is the world’s second-largest producer of opium after Afghanistan, accounting…
Myanmar has rejected an offer by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to open talks aimed at quelling deadly communal violence there, according to the regional bloc’s chief. Surin Pitsuwan said on Tuesday he proposed setting up tripartite talks between ASEAN, the…
