Mexico’s Carlos Slim beat Bill Gates and Warren Buffett for the top spot on Forbes magazine’s annual list of billionaires, becoming the first person from outside the U.S. to lead the rankings in 16 years.
Higher-than-estimated inflation in China spurred speculation the nation will be forced to raise interest rates
Greece’s economy will contract “substantially” more this year than the government forecast in the deficit-cutting plan it gave to the European Commission, said Deutsche Bank AG economists led by Thomas Mayer.
The difference in yields between 2- and 30-year Treasuries was near the highest on record as the U.S. prepares to sell $13 billion of bonds amid signs the global recovery is gaining momentum.
Bank of America Corp.
A new report on weekly filings for first-time jobless claims was the latest indication of a slow recovery in the labor market.
The administration’s announcement comes as America’s trade deficit narrowed in January, largely because of a drop in spending on oil and cars and a decrease in exports like airplanes.
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The yearlong rally in the U.S. market has pushed the number of stocks showing unusually sharp daily gains to the highest level at least since 1994, a sign that more gains may come, according to Concept Capital.
HSBC said the theft of Swiss client data at the heart of a recent tax dispute with France was vastly larger than it had previously acknowledged, involving at least 24,000 clients.
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