Investment

Budget Battles

  • Fed Projects Anemic Growth of 1.9 Percent

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    The Federal Reserve Board voted to do nothing more than extend Operation Twist at the policy-setting meeting that concluded Wednesday, but it must have been a close call.Fed economists are now...

  • How Low-Cost Health Innovations Yield Big Savings

    By Kate Kelland, Reuters

    Big companies like General Electric and Siemens, who build some of the world's most complex and costly pieces of healthcare kit, are working to develop cheaper medical devices that can secure sales...

  • Cyber Thieves Target European Banks: Is the U.S. Next?

    By Joseph Menn, Reuters

    Two of the most pervasive and dangerous types of software for stealing money from bank accounts have been improved and can now transfer money out automatically, without a hacker's supervision,...

  • Phew! Greeks Vote to Keep Euro, Pay Their Debts

    By RENEE MALTEZOU and Michael Stott, Reuters

    Parties committed to Greece's bailout were on course to secure a parliamentary majority on Sunday and the radical leftists who had vied for first place conceded defeat in an election that could keep...

  • Greek Vote Puts Global Central Banks on Alert

    By EVA KUEHNEN and SVEN EGENTER, Reuters

    Central banks from Tokyo to London checked their ammunition on Friday in preparation for any turmoil from Greece's election, with the European Central Bank hinting at an interest rate cut and Britain...