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Reuters UK - TOKYO, Oct 23 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures fell for a third session on Tuesday amid concerns about the U.S. economy, which pressured the commodity markets. * Front-month U.S. crude for December delivery (CLc1: Quote , Profile , Research ) was ...

International Herald Tribune - ALEXANDRIA, Virginia : With a daily roundtrip commute of 120 miles (200 kilometers), Marie Czapiewski needed good gas mileage in her new car but didn't want to give up a V6 engine for something less powerful. So when she bought another Honda Accord ...

San Diego Union-Tribune - ROME – Revenue from organized crime amounts to an estimated $127 billion annually in Italy, making it the largest segment of the economy, a lobby group for small businesses said Monday. The figure, representing about 7 percent of the country's ...

Forbes - Over the past three decades, South Korea has experienced healthy economic growth of more than eight percent annually to become the world's tenth largest economy with a GDP of nearly $1 trillion. Notably, Korea is also the United States' seventh ...

Forbes - Iran's economy is struggling, with dramatic price rises this year. The cost of housing and basic foodstuffs like vegetables have doubled or even quadrupled. The government also has imposed unpopular fuel rationing in an attempt to reduce expensive ...

CNBC - Eventually, all taxpayers will suffer if this so-called tax reform act becomes law, because on balance it is likely to extract more money from our economy and small businesses. That means fewer jobs, less income growth, and bigger government. This ...

CNBC - Our investments aimed primarily at innovation and expansion of our model lineup," said Holger Kintscher, a Skoda Auto board member in charge of economy. Volkswagen, Europe's biggest car maker, owns 100 percent of Skoda Auto. Skoda Auto sold a record of ...

CNBC - SAFE advocates reducing foreign oil dependence through tougher fuel economy standards, increased offshore drilling, and more reliance on biofuels. --Opposition mounts to Democrats' plans for delaying a corporate tax break. The provision, due to take ...

Belfast Telegraph - A tax freeze that could let homeowners keep £1,000 over three years was the instant headline from Peter Robinson's first budget. But the spending plans set out by the Executive and the Finance Minister were actually more concerned with a longer term ...

Guardian Unlimited - Growth in the UK economy is set to cool next year due to a slowdown in world economic growth, a leading thinktank says today. In its latest quarterly review, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research said weakening global demand would ...