Linda Young – AHN News Writer
Brussels, Belgium (AHN) – The European Union announced plans to reform its Common Agricultural Policy to make it greener and fairer. However, environmental, farming and taxpayer groups all have concerns about any policy [...] Continue Reading…
European Union proposes changes to agriculture policy
October 13th, 2011 
admin Eurozone inflation rate rises to 3 percent
October 1st, 2011 admin Linda Young – AHN News Writer
Brussels, Belgium (AHN) – Inflation in the eurozone rose to 3 percent in September, up from 2.5 percent in August, according to the initial estimate by the European Union statistics agency. That is [...] Continue Reading…
U.S. stocks trade in a tight range on Friday after 4 days of gains
September 19th, 2011 admin Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter
New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Many investors and traders were saying TGIF and trying to make it five days in a row for gains. Stocks in the U.S. bounced up and [...] Continue Reading…
Wall Street dips on fears on Europe debt crisis, U.S. downturn
September 7th, 2011 admin Jupiter Kalambakal – AHN News Reporter
New yorY, NY, United States (AHN) – Plummeting stocks welcomed investors in Wall Street on Tuesday morning after a long weekend amid speculation of a worsening debt crisis in Europe and a weakening United [...] Continue Reading…
Greek banks run out of collateral acceptable to ECB
August 26th, 2011 admin Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News
Athens, Greece (AHN) – Greece activated on Wednesday night the Emergency Liquidity Assistance after the country’s lenders run out of collateral acceptable to the European Central Bank. The Greek Central Bank made the move [...] Continue Reading…
US trade deficit widens as exports plunge
August 14th, 2011 admin Linda Young – AHN News Writer
Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The United States saw its exports for the month of June fall more rapidly than imports declined. U.S. exports fell by $4.1 billion to $170.9 billion, while [...] Continue Reading…
Netanyahu may be reversing economic course
August 2nd, 2011 admin The Media Line Staff
Jerusalem, Israel (The Media Line) – Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who laid the groundwork a decade ago for Israel’s booming economy with a strategy of smaller government, may be reversing course as he faces an [...] Continue Reading…
Record donor aid, record costs dog charities
July 21st, 2011 admin DAKAR, Senegal (IRIN) – Institutional donor aid in 2010 was at its highest-ever level – US$16.7 billion – but so were aid costs, says aid watchdog Development Initiatives in its annual Global Humanitarian Assistance (GHA) report, released today. [...] Continue Reading…
European Central Bank hikes interest rates to 1.5 percent
July 9th, 2011 admin Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News
Frankfurt, Germany (AHN) – The European Central Bank raised on Thursday key lending rates by a quarter point to 1.5 percent. The rate hike aims to curb inflation, said ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet. He [...] Continue Reading…
Volkswagen postpones MAN supervisory board takeover
June 27th, 2011 admin Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor
Wolfsburg, Germany (AHN) – Volkswagen on Monday postponed its appointment of executives to truckmaker MAN’s supervisory board following advise from the European Union. The Wolfsburg-based company said it is in “constructive discussions” with [...] Continue Reading…
