Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2167 business Business - Global Economy en-us Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:07:25 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2167 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_bi_ge/world_markets ap/20091124/world_markets AP business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:07:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_bi_ge/world_markets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091124/i/r3660633029.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=dIxZWZx5LIYou1NtxvC_gQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Phones hang from a trading terminal on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, May 19, 2009. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton" border="0" /></a>AP - Asian stock markets retreated Tuesday as China's warning to banks to control their lavish lending underlined the risks to an economic recovery driven by easy credit. European shares were lower.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_bi_ge/world_markets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091124/i/r3660633029.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=dIxZWZx5LIYou1NtxvC_gQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Phones hang from a trading terminal on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, May 19, 2009. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_prices ap/20091124/oil_prices AP business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:06:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_prices"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1256899995178-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=K57zABMxvTVJoHlIofvrEQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Oil prices retreated on Thursday one day after news of falling US energy inventories had sent them spiking above 80 dollars.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David McNew)" border="0" /></a>AP - Oil slipped to near $77 a barrel Tuesday in Asia amid mixed signs about the global economy and crude demand.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_prices"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1256899995178-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=K57zABMxvTVJoHlIofvrEQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Oil prices retreated on Thursday one day after news of falling US energy inventories had sent them spiking above 80 dollars.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David McNew)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091123/bs_afp/financeeconomyecbbank afp/20091123/financeeconomyecbbank AFP business Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:21:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091123/bs_afp/financeeconomyecbbank"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091123/capt.photo_1259000509351-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=CUIuMXJDwHJzEKlfxfNWTA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet looks on during an economic conference in Madrid. Trichet said Monday it was "premature" to declare the global financial crisis over, although the "freefall" in economic activity has been halted.(AFP/Pierre-Philippe Marcou)" border="0" /></a>AFP - European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said Monday it was "premature" to declare the global financial crisis over, although the "freefall" in economic activity has been halted.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091123/bs_afp/financeeconomyecbbank"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091123/capt.photo_1259000509351-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=CUIuMXJDwHJzEKlfxfNWTA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet looks on during an economic conference in Madrid. Trichet said Monday it was "premature" to declare the global financial crisis over, although the "freefall" in economic activity has been halted.(AFP/Pierre-Philippe Marcou)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091123/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_britain_economy ap/20091123/eu_britain_economy AP business Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:51:38 GMT AP - The international economy is still fragile and vulnerable to shocks despite recent improvements in financial markets, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund said Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/bs_nm/us_imf_economy nm/20091123/us_imf_economy Reuters business Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:23:27 GMT Reuters - The global economy is in a holding pattern and vulnerable to more upheaval, and a lasting recovery will depend on policymakers taking the proper steps in coming months, the head of the IMF said on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091123/bs_afp/oecdworldeconomygrowth afp/20091123/oecdworldeconomygrowth AFP business Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:38:04 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091123/bs_afp/oecdworldeconomygrowth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091123/capt.photo_1258974937570-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=1bjJY.Gxu8NU9NUM4IbKmg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="People walk past a shop in central London in October. Top industrialised economies broke free of recession in the third quarter despite falling output in Britain, OECD data showed, but the IMF warned that the recovery was "vulnerable" and markets sent a similar message.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Top industrialised economies broke free of recession in the third quarter despite falling output in Britain, OECD data showed Monday, but the IMF warned that the recovery was "vulnerable" and markets sent a similar message.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091123/bs_afp/oecdworldeconomygrowth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091123/capt.photo_1258974937570-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=1bjJY.Gxu8NU9NUM4IbKmg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="People walk past a shop in central London in October. Top industrialised economies broke free of recession in the third quarter despite falling output in Britain, OECD data showed, but the IMF warned that the recovery was "vulnerable" and markets sent a similar message.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091123/bs_afp/britainworldeconomybusinesscbiimf afp/20091123/britainworldeconomybusinesscbiimf AFP business Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:25:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091123/bs_afp/britainworldeconomybusinesscbiimf"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091123/capt.photo_1258971904519-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=pzh3GWiKufBE59kFqYGBJQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Labourers work on the main terminal of Berlin's new airport, the Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport (BBI), in June. The head of the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn has said that although the worst of the global financial storm had passed, the world economy remains "highly vulnerable."(AFP/File/John Macdougall)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The head of the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn said here on Monday that although the worst of the global financial storm had passed, the world economy remains "highly vulnerable."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091123/bs_afp/britainworldeconomybusinesscbiimf"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091123/capt.photo_1258971904519-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=pzh3GWiKufBE59kFqYGBJQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Labourers work on the main terminal of Berlin's new airport, the Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport (BBI), in June. The head of the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn has said that although the worst of the global financial storm had passed, the world economy remains "highly vulnerable."(AFP/File/John Macdougall)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/bs_nm/us_usa_fed_bullard nm/20091123/us_usa_fed_bullard Reuters business Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:43:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/bs_nm/us_usa_fed_bullard"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091123/i/r1887029014.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=aRJ2N6ZhJJ9aqKe4F_b6Vg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A bank employee poses holding U.S. one hundred dollar notes during a photo opportunity at a bank in Seoul November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Choi Bu-Seok" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A senior Federal Reserve official said on Sunday the central bank should keep alive its mortgage-related assets purchase program beyond a planned end-date to give policy-makers more flexibility as they help the economy recover from a painful recession.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/bs_nm/us_usa_fed_bullard"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091123/i/r1887029014.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=aRJ2N6ZhJJ9aqKe4F_b6Vg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="A bank employee poses holding U.S. one hundred dollar notes during a photo opportunity at a bank in Seoul November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Choi Bu-Seok" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091122/bs_nm/us_goldman nm/20091122/us_goldman Reuters business Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:54:40 GMT Reuters - A New York Times editorial slammed Goldman Sachs for its role in the financial crisis and said that instead of paying big bonuses to its employees it should make a multibillion-dollar gift to help reduce the U.S. national debt. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_eu/eu_romania_presidential_elections ap/20091122/eu_romania_presidential_elections AP world Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:04:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_eu/eu_romania_presidential_elections"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091122/capt.045900753d6d40d9bfba869174e718d8.romania_elections_xvg124.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=1d6SfQxPEpv7TELnR58q5g--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Presidential candidate for the Social Democracy Party Mircea Geoana flashes victory sign upon seeing exit polls in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday Nov. 22, 2009. Romania held presidential elections, the first since the country joined the European Union in 2007.According to exit polls President in office Traian Basescu leads after the first round followed by the Social Democracy Party candidate Mircea Geoana. An election runoff will be held on Dec. 6.(AP Photo/Adriana Neagoe)" border="0" /></a>AP - A presidential election aimed at helping Romania emerge from a political and economic crisis failed to produce a winner on Sunday, and the top two candidates will compete in a runoff next month, according to two exit polls.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_eu/eu_romania_presidential_elections"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091122/capt.045900753d6d40d9bfba869174e718d8.romania_elections_xvg124.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=1d6SfQxPEpv7TELnR58q5g--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="photo" title="Presidential candidate for the Social Democracy Party Mircea Geoana flashes victory sign upon seeing exit polls in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday Nov. 22, 2009. Romania held presidential elections, the first since the country joined the European Union in 2007.According to exit polls President in office Traian Basescu leads after the first round followed by the Social Democracy Party candidate Mircea Geoana. An election runoff will be held on Dec. 6.(AP Photo/Adriana Neagoe)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091122/wl_mideast_afp/financeeconomykuwaitcompanyresults afp/20091122/financeeconomykuwaitcompanyresults AFP world Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:10:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091122/wl_mideast_afp/financeeconomykuwaitcompanyresults"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091122/capt.photo_1258880988580-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=cpqLQypZFw44OzLWSKiNgQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Traders follow the market's movement at the Stock Exchange in Kuwait City, March 2009. Total net profits of firms listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange slumped by about 73 percent in the first nine months of the year due to the global financial crisis.(AFP/File/Yasser al-Zayyat)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Total net profits of firms listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange slumped by about 73 percent in the first nine months of the year due to the global financial crisis, an economic report said on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091122/wl_mideast_afp/financeeconomykuwaitcompanyresults"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091122/capt.photo_1258880988580-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=cpqLQypZFw44OzLWSKiNgQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Traders follow the market's movement at the Stock Exchange in Kuwait City, March 2009. Total net profits of firms listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange slumped by about 73 percent in the first nine months of the year due to the global financial crisis.(AFP/File/Yasser al-Zayyat)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_sthasia_afp/indiausdiplomacy afp/20091121/indiausdiplomacy AFP world Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:12:31 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_sthasia_afp/indiausdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258794979921-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=1WYxIpTfUrrs2BaibxqGlw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (C) arrives for the winter session of Parliament in New Delhi on November 19. Singh Saturday left for the United States with talks on terrorism and the global economy expected to dominate the agenda.(AFP/File/Raveendran)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left for the United States on Saturday with talks on terrorism and the global economy expected to dominate the agenda.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091121/wl_sthasia_afp/indiausdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091121/capt.photo_1258794979921-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=1WYxIpTfUrrs2BaibxqGlw--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (C) arrives for the winter session of Parliament in New Delhi on November 19. Singh Saturday left for the United States with talks on terrorism and the global economy expected to dominate the agenda.(AFP/File/Raveendran)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/bs_nm/us_financial_clearing_limit nm/20091120/us_financial_clearing_limit Reuters business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:08:19 GMT Reuters - NYSE Euronext , LCH.Clearnet, BATS Global Markets and other firms partnered with banks have urged two U.S. legislators to drop a proposed "rigid" cap on dealer ownership of clearinghouses, according to a letter sent this week. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/bs_afp/financeeconomyworlddubai afp/20091120/financeeconomyworlddubai AFP business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:12:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/bs_afp/financeeconomyworlddubai"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258740737530-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=K4SJVKsxIodHcIqeSwLlIQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Participants are seen under the World Economic Forum logo in Davos in January 2009. The impact of the global financial crisis is still in its "first half," but there is only a brief opportunity to bring tough reforms, the World Economic Forum warned on Friday.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The impact of the global financial crisis is still in its "first half," but there is only a brief opportunity to bring tough reforms, the World Economic Forum warned on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/bs_afp/financeeconomyworlddubai"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258740737530-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=K4SJVKsxIodHcIqeSwLlIQ--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Participants are seen under the World Economic Forum logo in Davos in January 2009. The impact of the global financial crisis is still in its "first half," but there is only a brief opportunity to bring tough reforms, the World Economic Forum warned on Friday.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/india_nm/india441281 nm/20091120/india441281 Reuters world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:40:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/india_nm/india441281"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/ra3044914602.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=C6fqQNf96KnVNE00fovnxg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="People walk past a digital screen displaying India's benchmark share index in Mumbai November 3, 2009. India evaded the eye of the storm that sucked the global economy into the worst downturn since the Great Depression, and has emerged, along with China, as a leader of the nascent worldwide recovery. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe" border="0" /></a>Reuters - India evaded the eye of the storm that sucked the global economy into the worst downturn since the Great Depression, and has emerged, along with China, as a leader of the nascent worldwide recovery.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/india_nm/india441281"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/ra3044914602.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=C6fqQNf96KnVNE00fovnxg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="People walk past a digital screen displaying India's benchmark share index in Mumbai November 3, 2009. India evaded the eye of the storm that sucked the global economy into the worst downturn since the Great Depression, and has emerged, along with China, as a leader of the nascent worldwide recovery. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_sthasia_afp/indiachinaeconomyautorollsroyce afp/20091120/indiachinaeconomyautorollsroyce AFP world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:13:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_sthasia_afp/indiachinaeconomyautorollsroyce"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258727311282-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=n6AX_yds9wL.VQ.nbmxw7g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Rolls-Royce Cars Asia-Pacific director Colin Kelly in New Delhi. Rolls-Royce says the market for its ultra-luxury cars is picking up dramatically across Asia as the effects of the global financial crisis recede.(AFP/Raveendran)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Rolls-Royce said Friday the market for its super-luxury cars was picking up dramatically across Asia as the effects of the global financial crisis recede.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_sthasia_afp/indiachinaeconomyautorollsroyce"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258727311282-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=n6AX_yds9wL.VQ.nbmxw7g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Rolls-Royce Cars Asia-Pacific director Colin Kelly in New Delhi. Rolls-Royce says the market for its ultra-luxury cars is picking up dramatically across Asia as the effects of the global financial crisis recede.(AFP/Raveendran)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/bs_nm/us_financial_lessons nm/20091120/us_financial_lessons Reuters business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:57:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/bs_nm/us_financial_lessons"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r3529326190.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Qq1b5l0gFKfprF.siRPCVA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Axel Weber, President of German Bundesbank, poses for the media before the annual news conference in Frankfurt March 10, 2009. Bankers and regulators should learn the lessons of the global financial crisis and drive through changes to prevent future breakdowns, financiers, including Weber, said on Friday. REUTERS/Johannes Eisele" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Banks risk becoming addicted to cheap central bank cash used to fight the financial crisis and must prepare for its eventual withdrawal, the head of the ECB warned at a Frankfurt banking conference on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/bs_nm/us_financial_lessons"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r3529326190.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Qq1b5l0gFKfprF.siRPCVA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Axel Weber, President of German Bundesbank, poses for the media before the annual news conference in Frankfurt March 10, 2009. Bankers and regulators should learn the lessons of the global financial crisis and drive through changes to prevent future breakdowns, financiers, including Weber, said on Friday. REUTERS/Johannes Eisele" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_fed_emergency_lending_programs ap/20091119/us_fed_emergency_lending_programs AP business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:30:31 GMT AP - Banks borrowed slightly less from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program over the past week, but increased their use of other credit programs designed to ease the financial crisis. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_oil_prices ap/20091119/us_oil_prices AP business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:32:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_oil_prices"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091124/i/r2850311374.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=CslI1s3leKHTkGm5L3_uvA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="REUTERS PICTURES OF THE DECADE. A man rinses soot from his face at the scene of a gas pipeline explosion near Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos December 26, 2006. Up to 500 people were burned alive on Tuesday when fuel from a vandalised pipeline exploded in Nigeria's largest city, Lagos, emergency workers said. Hundreds of residents of the Abule Egba district went to scoop fuel using plastic containers after thieves punctured the underground pipeline overnight to siphon fuel into a road tanker, locals said. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA)" border="0" /></a>AP - A global sell off on equity markets dragged down crude prices by nearly 3 percent Thursday, the first decline this week.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_oil_prices"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091124/i/r2850311374.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=CslI1s3leKHTkGm5L3_uvA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="REUTERS PICTURES OF THE DECADE. A man rinses soot from his face at the scene of a gas pipeline explosion near Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos December 26, 2006. Up to 500 people were burned alive on Tuesday when fuel from a vandalised pipeline exploded in Nigeria's largest city, Lagos, emergency workers said. Hundreds of residents of the Abule Egba district went to scoop fuel using plastic containers after thieves punctured the underground pipeline overnight to siphon fuel into a road tanker, locals said. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_canada_afp/wtotradedisputeuscanadamexicofarm afp/20091119/wtotradedisputeuscanadamexicofarm AFP world Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:39:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_canada_afp/wtotradedisputeuscanadamexicofarm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258645111520-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=AnpUagSY3Ik0UrmFPhWqZQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Ground beef is displayed for sale at a supermarket in Sunnywide, Washington, in 2003. The World Trade Organisation will rule on a challenge brought by Canada and Mexico against US regulations requiring country-of-origin labels for food.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The World Trade Organisation will rule on a challenge brought by Canada and Mexico against US regulations requiring country-of-origin labels for food.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/globaleconomy/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_canada_afp/wtotradedisputeuscanadamexicofarm"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258645111520-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=AnpUagSY3Ik0UrmFPhWqZQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Ground beef is displayed for sale at a supermarket in Sunnywide, Washington, in 2003. The World Trade Organisation will rule on a challenge brought by Canada and Mexico against US regulations requiring country-of-origin labels for food.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)