India has a much younger population than many developed countries, but this “demographic dividend” is a only a good thing when young people can find work.
Several countries in the eurozone are preparing to borrow by selling bonds. Each nation in the bloc is becoming more wary of buying the debt of its neighbors.
Jeff Horwich: Today, the environmental group Greenpeace boarded a Russian offshore oil-rig in the Arctic Sea to protest drilling in the region by Gazprom. Greenpeace has pulled stunts like this for years. But lately, the group has gone from occupying oil-rigs and fishing boats to hijacking companies’ identities online. Christopher Werth has more. Christopher Werth: […]
French President Francois Hollande travels to Berlin today to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. That comes a day after Greek prime minister Antonis Samaras asked for more time to get Greece's fiscal house in order. In fact, over the next few days, Europe's skies will be full of dignitaries crisscrossing the continent trying to find a solution to the ongoing debt crisis.
Today, the Dutch beer giant, Heineken, says its facing sluggish growth because of lagging demand in Europe. It seems, on the whole, Europeans aren’t drinking away their sorrows over the debt crisis – not with beer anyway.
The city of Dallas Texas has authorized the first aerial spraying of pesticides since the 1960s to stop an outbreak of West Nile virus. Dallas County has seen nearly 200 cases of the mosquito born illness and ten deaths.
Today, Australia's highest court ruled the government there can go ahead with plans to force tobacco companies to sell cigarettes with nothing but a plain package — no branding at all, just those graphic warnings that say tobacco can kill you.
Happiness is relative in Europe these days: Investors are cheering news the euro area's top economies did not turn in the abysmal results many had expected. Instead, things are just "garden-variety" bad.
