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Detroit News - On a blustery night just before Christmas, Michigan's top Democratic elder statesmen gathered at Gov. Jennifer Granholm's mansion to teach her staff a thing or two. One by one, the invited leaders spoke as Granholm and husband Dan Mulhern facilitated ...

Forbes - MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Moody's Investors Service said the growing strength and stability of the Tunisian economy has been a key factor underpinning the 'Baa2' government bond rating and stable outlook. In its annual report, the rating agency ...

Bloomberg - The performance of remaining subprime investments, which totaled $55 billion as of Sept. 30, partly depends on ``the underlying performance of the economy,'' Chief Financial Officer Gary Crittenden said in an interview yesterday. Analysts ...

International Herald Tribune - Weill, and the deepening crisis in the broader housing and credit markets, which threaten to weaken the overall economy. The troubles at Citigroup, "the House that Sandy Built," have become so deep that Charles Prince III resigned Sunday as chairman ...

International Herald Tribune - ... with them to have a good business," said Ahn Sang Soo, mayor of Incheon Metropolitan City. The mayor said Incheon is aiming to become an aviation hub for northeast Asia and take advantage of the travel boom sparked by the robust Asian economy.

Belfast Telegraph - City economists have formed the virtually unanimous view that the Bank of England will keep rates on hold when its Monetary Policy Committee meets this Thursday. A recent poll by Reuters indicated that 92 per cent of analysts expect rates to stay at ...

News.com.au - The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) Business Expectations Survey for November shows business confidence levels and investment in plant and equipment and in building are all at 13-year highs. "In fact all the indicators in this ...

Four days of heavy rain and floods seem close to overwhelming the people of central Vietnam's lowlands and the Tay Nguyen (Central Highlands), where heavy losses of life and property have been reported.

Bloomberg - Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The yuan rose and ended the year with a 7 percent advance, as strategists raised their forecasts after China's central bank signaled faster gains are needed to cool the economy. The currency advanced twice as fast as in 2006 as ...

Chicago Sun-Times - MILWAUKEE -- Tax breaks for film production are already paying off and they haven't even started: The makers of a big-budget Johnny Depp film are looking at locations in Wisconsin. The incentives, touted as some of the best in the nation, go into ...