French Business Confidence Climbs From Low - Bloomberg

French business confidence climbed from a two-year low last month and industrial output increased in November, indicating the euro-region

Pay Jumps 25% for Brazilian Investment Bankers - Bloomberg

Brazilian investment bankers defecting to competitors won pay increases of as much as 25 percent in 2011 amid a shortage of experienced executives in Latin […]

Cameron Pledges Action to Tackle Excessive Pay in U.K. Financial Services - Bloomberg

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron pledged more action to deal with

Canadians have holidays savings cushion: TD

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Bud Light names new ad agencies

Bud Light has a new ad shop. Two, actually.
Anheuser-Busch InBev said Monday that it has hired McGarry Bowen as lead creative agency for the nation’s […]

Italian government approves new measures

Italy’s new government has approved emergency austerity and growth measures aimed at helping save the euro from collapse.
Premier Mario Monti announced approval of the measures […]

Raids target computers suspected in ‘Anonymous’ cyber-attack

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Egypt’s military takes credit for election turnout

Egypt’s military rulers were quick to take credit Tuesday for a strong turnout in the first elections since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, a vote that appeared […]

Yemen sets date for presidential vote

Yemen’s official news agency says the vice president has called for a presidential vote to be held on Feb. 21 in line with a power-sharing […]

Younger investors find gold alluring

The allure of gold is thousands of years old, but nowadays the precious metal has a youthful look.
Gold’s spectacular, decade-long run, coupled with the sovereign-debt […]