Here is a look at unemployment rates around the world:
GERMANY German unemployment fell for a second month in October, but the effects of the financial crisis lingered and it is still too early to expect a turnaround in the economy, the country s labor ministry said. The unadjusted jobless rate in Euro...
 3.0K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 140.0 Wise approach to LNG: Be prepared
Coping with the recession has absorbed most people s energy for the past year, but looking beyond the immediate crisis is always smart. The city of Coos Bay is being prudently proactive by negotiating a financial relationship with the would-be develo...
1.9K - Nov. 5, 2009; scored 140.0 German leader urges U.S. to act on climate
WASHINGTON (AP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by exhorting the world in a speech to Congress today to tear down the walls of today and reach a deal to combat global warming. Frequently ...
5.3K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 140.0 Recession is over, but job losses aren't
WASHINGTON It s about to become official: The recession is over but not the pain. The government will release figures this week expected to show that the economy has awakened from its deepest slump since the 1930s and is in the early stages of a ...
6.2K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 180.0 100 banks have failed this year
WASHINGTON (AP) Bank closings for the year hit 100 on Friday when regulators shut down Partners Bank in Florida. Financial institutions nationwide have collapsed under the weight of soured real estate loans and the Great Recession. The Federal Depo...
5.1K - Oct. 25, 2009; scored 363.0 100 banks have failed this year
WASHINGTON (AP) Bank closings for the year hit 100 on Friday when regulators shut down Partners Bank in Florida. Financial institutions nationwide have collapsed under the weight of soured real estate loans and the Great Recession. The Federal Depo...
5.1K - Oct. 24, 2009; scored 363.0 Congress moves to create financial oversight agency
WASHINGTON Congress wants another government regulator to cut through the red tape and protect your pocketbook. But there s plenty of fine print that will limit the new agency s reach. The House Financial Services Committee was on track today to ap...
2.2K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 266.0 Deficit surges to $1.42 trillion
WASHINGTON What is $1.42 trillion? It s more than the total national debt for the first 200 years of the Republic, more than the entire economy of India, almost as much as Canada s, and more than $4,700 for every man, woman and child in t...
8.3K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 292.0 Deficit surges to $1.42 trillion
WASHINGTON What is $1.42 trillion? It s more than the total national debt for the first 200 years of the Republic, more than the entire economy of India, almost as much as Canada s, and more than $4,700 for every man, woman and child in t...
8.3K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 292.0 Jobless rate linked to foreclosures
WASHINGTON The number of households caught up in the foreclosure crisis rose more than 5 percent from summer to fall as a federal effort to assist struggling borrowers was overwhelmed by a flood of defaults among people who lost their jobs. The for...
3.8K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 180.0 UN says declining aid has increased hunger
ROME (AP) Even before the economic crisis pushed the ranks of the world s hungry to a record 1 billion, declining aid and investment in agriculture had been steadily increasing the number of undernourished people for more than a decade, a U.N. food...
1.4K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 140.0 Watchdog warns that loan relief needs improvements while Treasury says plan hits goal early
WASHINGTON (AP) The Obama administration s effort to help homeowners avoid foreclosure may not achieve its goal of helping 3 million to 4 million borrowers and may simply delay mortgage defaults for many, a government watchdog group says. The Congr...
1.5K - Oct. 9, 2009; scored 140.0 Justices think outside the court
WASHINGTON (AP) Not even Supreme Court justices are immune from the economy. Justice Sonia Sotomayor plans to keep her apartment in New York for the time being, even as she gets a place in Washing-ton. Right now I like many other Americans, it wo...
3.9K - Oct. 5, 2009; scored 180.0 Construction spending rises unexpectedly
WASHINGTON Construction spending rose unexpectedly in August on the biggest jump in housing activity in nearly 16 years, another sign the housing sector is mounting a recovery. The Commerce Department said Thursday that construction spending rose 0...
2.1K - Oct. 1, 2009; scored 140.0 Zoellick wants greater role for U.S. Treasury
WASHINGTON (AP) The president of the World Bank says he opposes giving more authority to the U.S. Federal Reserve, arguing instead that the Treasury Department is better suited to manage financial crises. Robert Zoellick suggested in a speech toda...
0.8K - Sep. 28, 2009; scored 140.0 Obama: G20 brought economy back
PITTSBURGH (AP) President Barack Obama asserted on Friday that he and other leaders of the world s 20 wealthy and developing nations took actions that brought the global economy back from the brink and saved or created millions of jobs. We leave ...
7.1K - Sep. 26, 2009; scored 280.0 G20 leaders face economic concerns
PITTSBURGH (AP) Bolstering a wobbly global economy, restraining greedy bankers and plotting a future course for sustainable growth the leaders of the world s major economies have no shortage of items on their to-do list when they meet Thursday an...
4.8K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 292.0 U.N. chief urges leaders to change
UNITED NATIONS (AP) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon challenged world leaders today to cleanse the globe of nuclear weapons, tackle the threat of catastrophic climate change and combat growing poverty from the global financial crisis. The U.N. chief w...
5.8K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 140.0 U.N. climate summit puts China, India in spotlight
UNITED NATIONS ” The highest-level conference yet on climate change opened today with 100 world leaders gathering at the United Nations to try to jump-start stalled negotiations toward a global climate pact. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-m...
5.3K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 140.0 Protectionism rising despite G-20 vows on trade
WASHINGTON ” Leaders of the world s 20 top economies vowed to resist protectionism last November and again in April as they charted a joint strategy for confronting the worst global downturn in generations. As they meet again, they ll get ...
5.2K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 140.0 | 
