Sunday, November 6, 2011

Yahoo! News: Health News

Yahoo! News: Health News


Coping with Europe's chaos (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 08:01 AM PST

Reuters - Stock investors have had to take their own self-help course on living with uncertainty due to Europe's crisis, and they may need to draw on that next week because it's never clear when the next upheaval will come.

Euro zone's political bumbling risks global gloom (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 06:56 AM PST

Reuters - The euro zone's repeated failure to tackle its debt crisis is catapulting the bloc toward recession, raising the specter of dangerous spillovers to the rest of the world economy.

Insight: Euro has new politburo but no solution yet (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 05:59 AM PST

Reuters - Europe has a new informal leadership directorate intent on finding a solution to the euro zone's debt crisis, but it has yet to prove its ability to come up with a lasting formula.

China says Europe will overcome debt crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 07:46 PM PDT

Reuters - China is confident that Europe will be able to overcome its debt crisis, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said, adding stability in the eurozone was crucial for the global economic recovery.

SNB's Hildebrand says ready for more measures: paper (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 01:04 AM PST

Swiss National Bank (SNB) Chairman Philipp Hildebrand speaks to the Swiss National TV during an statement in the SNB building in Bern September 6, 2011. REUTERS/Peter Schneider/PoolReuters - The Swiss National Bank is ready to take further measures to weaken the Swiss franc if the economic outlook and deflationary development make it necessary, its chairman said on Sunday in a newspaper interview.


A tale of 2 employment surveys, at a glance (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 03:42 PM PDT

AP - The economy gained only 80,000 net jobs in October, almost half September's gain of 158,000 and the fewest in four months. Yet the unemployment rate fell for the first time since July.

Greece talks under way in bid to avoid bankruptcy (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2011 07:34 AM PST

Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou pauses during a meeting with Greek President Karolos Papoulias, at the presidential house in Athens on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011. Embattled Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou launched efforts to form a four-month coalition government, arguing the move is vital to demonstrating Greece's commitment to remaining in the eurozone.(AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)AP - Greek leaders tried for a second day Sunday to end an ongoing political crisis, under intense pressure to ensure the country doesn't go bankrupt in the next few weeks and that it remains in the eurozone.


Thousands demonstrate against Berlusconi (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 11:12 AM PDT

Demonstrators wear masks mocking Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, right, and Reform Minister Umberto Bossi carrying placards reading: 'Silvio, change my diaper', left, and 'I'm looking for confidence, payment in cash' during a demonstration staged by the Italian Democratic party in Rome, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011. The International Monetary Fund will monitor Italy's financial reform efforts, Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Friday, a humbling step for one of the world's biggest — but also most indebted — economies as market confidence in its future wanes. Berlusconi told a press conference Friday at the end of the G-20 summit of world leaders in Cannes that Italy had turned down an offer of financial aid from the IMF. 'We don't believe this type of intervention is necessary,' he said. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Tens of thousands of opposition activists demonstrated in central Rome on Saturday for the ouster of Premier Silvio Berlusconi.


GM recalling 38,000 Pontiac G8s over air-bag issue (AP)

Posted: 05 Nov 2011 12:47 PM PDT

AP - General Motors Co. is recalling 38,400 Pontiac G8 models to reprogram the front-passenger air-bag module.

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