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Two department stores of German retailers Karstadt and Kaufhof ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:51:00 GMT

(AFP) - Two department stores of German retailers Karstadt and Kaufhof stand side-by-side in the southern German city of Trier. Employees of the embattled German department store chain Karstadt, owned by the insolvent retail group Arcandor, agreed Saturday to take salary cuts as part of a last-ditch effort to save their jobs. Photo:Torsten Silz/AFP

Cypriot police officers stand next to the security counters ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - Cypriot police officers stand next to the security counters at the departure hall of the new Larnaca International Airport during its official opening ceremony. Cyprus opened an ultra-modern airport on Saturday that it hopes will boost flagging tourism and boost prospects of it becoming a regional transport hub. Photo:Patrick Baz/AFP

A Cypriot police officer stands in front of check-in counters ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Cypriot police officer stands in front of check-in counters displaying on their screens the national flag of Cyprus during the official opening ceremony of the airport. The 100,000 square metre (1.1 million square foot) high-tech terminal is four times larger than its predecessor, just a couple of kilometres away on the island's south coast. Photo:Patrick Baz/AFP

French food giant Danone's President for Asia and Pacific Emmanuel ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:19:00 GMT

(AFP) - French food giant Danone's President for Asia and Pacific Emmanuel Faber attends a press conference in Paris 2006. Danone has a social business project. Photo:Eric Piermont/AFP

2006 Nobel Peace Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus gives a speech ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:19:00 GMT

(AFP) - 2006 Nobel Peace Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus gives a speech before the plenary Session of the 4th European Developpment Days meeting in Stockholm in October 2009. Yunus brought ideas for creating micro 'social businesses' from Bangladesh to Germany, with backing from several of the world's leading corporations. Photo:Olivier Morin/AFP

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks with British ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:03:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks with British Treasury chief Alistair Darling, right, as they pose for a group photo during the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at St. Andrews, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Chris Clark)

US Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner (L) speaks to British ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:51:00 GMT

(AFP) - US Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner (L) speaks to British Finance Minister Alistair Darling before a G20 Finance Ministers group photograph in St Andrews, Scotland. The world's biggest economies have agreed a timetable on mutual monitoring of each other's economic policy aimed at preventing a fresh financial crisis, a G20 communique said on Saturday. Photo:Derek Blair/AFP

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown attends the G20 Finance ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:51:00 GMT

(AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown attends the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St. Andrews, in Scotland. The world's biggest economies have agreed a timetable on mutual monitoring of each other's economic policy aimed at preventing a fresh financial crisis, a G20 communique said on Saturday. Photo:Andrew Winning/AFP

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) talks to Canada's ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:28:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (L) talks to Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at a hotel in St. Andrews, Scotland November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange moments ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange moments before the closing bell on November 5. Wall Street's gravity-defying rally found new life over the past week, providing optimism for investors heading into what has historically been one of the best periods of the year. Photo:Spencer Platt/AFP

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange moments ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange moments before the closing bell in November 5. Wall Street's gravity-defying rally found new life over the past week, providing optimism for investors heading into what has historically been one of the best periods of the year. Photo:Spencer Platt/AFP

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh (R) speaks with a tribal ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:45:00 GMT

(AFP) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh (R) speaks with a tribal official during the inauguration of the Balhaf plant on the Gulf of Aden. Yemen, one of the world's poorest countries, has joined the international club of gas exporters as pumping started at the newly-built liquefied natural gas plant in the Gulf of Aden. Photo:Marwan Naamani/AFP

Yemeni soldiers guard the Balhaf plant on the Gulf of Aden. ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:45:00 GMT

(AFP) - Yemeni soldiers guard the Balhaf plant on the Gulf of Aden. Yemen, one of the world's poorest countries, has joined the international club of gas exporters as pumping started at the newly-built liquefied natural gas plant in the Gulf of Aden. Photo:Marwan Naamani/AFP

A Yemeni soldier stands guard at the Balhaf plant on the Gulf ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:45:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Yemeni soldier stands guard at the Balhaf plant on the Gulf of Aden. Yemen has begun exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its newly built LNG plant in Balhaf, with the first shipment destined for South Korea. Photo:Marwan Naamani/AFP

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown addresses the G20 Finance ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:22:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown addresses the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at a hotel in St. Andrews, Scotland November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

US Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner (left) speaks to British ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:41:00 GMT

(AFP) - US Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner (left) speaks to British Finance Minister Alistair Darling before a G20 Finance Ministers group photograph in St Andrews, Scotland. The world's largest and top emerging economies have agreed at a G20 meeting a timetable on mutual monitoring of their economic policy, a European source has told AFP. Photo:Derek Blair/AFP

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (C) speaks, as finance ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown (C) speaks, as finance minister Alistair Darling (L) listens at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting at a hotel in St. Andrews, Scotland November 7, 2009. REUTERS/Chris Clark/Pool

A worker displays gold bars at the National Indian Bullion Refinery ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - A worker displays gold bars at the National Indian Bullion Refinery (NIBR)'s gold and silver refinery in Mumbai. Sri Lanka's central bank has said it has been buying gold to diversify its reserves amid volatile currency markets, days after India announced it had purchased 200 tonnes of the precious metal. Photo:Indranil Mukherjee/AFP

A Sri Lankan stall holder waits for customners at The Sri Lanka ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:43:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Sri Lankan stall holder waits for customners at The Sri Lanka Apparel Show Gem and Jewellery Exhibition in Colombo in September. Sri Lanka's central bank has said it has been buying gold to diversify its reserves amid volatile currency markets, days after India announced it had purchased 200 tonnes of the precious metal. Photo:Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown -- pictured delivering a ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown -- pictured delivering a speech on Afghanistan at the Royal College of Defence Studies in London -- has called on the G20 to consider a tax on financial transactions among other measures to make banks more accountable to society. Photo:Oli Scarff/AFP

Job seekers look over job listings in San Francisco, California. ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:16:00 GMT

(AFP) - Job seekers look over job listings in San Francisco, California. The jump in US unemployment above 10 percent for the first time since 1983 will pressure President Barack Obama to find additional stimulus to keep a fragile economic recovery on track, analysts say. Photo:Justin Sullivan/AFP

Job seekers attend a seminar on finding jobs in San Francisco, ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:16:00 GMT

(AFP) - Job seekers attend a seminar on finding jobs in San Francisco, California. The jump in US unemployment above 10 percent for the first time since 1983 will pressure President Barack Obama to find additional stimulus to keep a fragile economic recovery on track, analysts say. Photo:Justin Sullivan/AFP

A Shell refueling station in Los Angeles, California is pictured ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Shell refueling station in Los Angeles, California is pictured in 2008. Shell Oil Company will pay California more than 19 million dollars because of environmental violations at service stations throughout the state, officials have said. Photo:David Mcnew/AFP

President and Managing Director of General Motors (GM) India ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:28:00 GMT

(AFP) - President and Managing Director of General Motors (GM) India Karl Slym is pictured during a press conference in Ahmedabad, in October. General Motors is in advanced talks with its Chinese partners on a proposal to bring their vehicles to India, according to the Press Trust of India. Photo:Sam Panthaky/AFP

The Beatles perform in 1964 at the Olympia in Paris. US online ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:06:00 GMT

(AFP) - The Beatles perform in 1964 at the Olympia in Paris. US online music service Bluebeat said it plans to fight British recording label EMI over rights to stream and sell versions of Beatles songs. Photo:/AFP

A Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) logo is seen in Toronto November ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:06:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) logo is seen in Toronto November 9, 2007. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan told CBC ...

(CBC) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:10:16 GMT

(CBC) - Former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan told CBC News Friday he makes regular visits to the Obama White House, but he denied he still influences policy-making.

A new study suggests 12 of the companies in Canada's TSX 60 ...

(CBC) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:41:32 GMT

(CBC) - A new study suggests 12 of the companies in Canada's TSX 60 index have corporate governance issues that make them a serious risk to investors. Another 10 are a moderate risk.

Gold futures jumped to yet another new record Friday, soaring ...

(CBC) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:40:40 GMT

(CBC) - Gold futures jumped to yet another new record Friday, soaring over $1,100 US an ounce.

A South Korean currency trader passes by a screen showing the ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:11:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A South Korean currency trader passes by a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The KOSPI rose 20.22 points, or 1.3 percent, to 1,572.46. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Ahn Young-joon

Workers leave the Opel plant in the western German city of Kaiserslautern ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - Workers leave the Opel plant in the western German city of Kaiserslautern on November 4. General Motors Europe head Carl-Peter Forster is quitting in disgust at GM's decision to hang on to its European unit Opel/Vauxhall, a well-informed source has told AFP. Photo:Torsten Silz/AFP

General Motors Europe head Carl-Peter Forster pictured during ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - General Motors Europe head Carl-Peter Forster pictured during the 'Goldenes Lenkrad' (Golden Wheel) awards ceremony in Berlin, November 4. Forster is quitting in disgust at GM's decision to hang on to its European unit Opel/Vauxhall, Spiegel magazine has reported in its online edition. Photo:Philipp Guelland/AFP

Protestors hold a demonstration in the town of St Andrews in ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - Protestors hold a demonstration in the town of St Andrews in Scotland ahead of a G20 Finance Ministers summit. Hosts Britain told the G20 it had 'no reason to give up' on a new climate change deal Friday, as finance ministers met for talks on bolstering the world economy and green finance. Photo:Geoff Caddick/AFP

US Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke arrives at the ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - US Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke arrives at the Fairmont Hotel in St Andrews, Scotland. Hosts Britain told the G20 it had 'no reason to give up' on a new climate change deal Friday, as finance ministers met for talks on bolstering the world economy and green finance. Photo:Derek Blair/AFP

IMF President Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrives at the Fairmont ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - IMF President Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrives at the Fairmont Hotel in St Andrews to attend a G20 Finance Ministers meeting. Ministers are to discuss how to shore up the recovery from the global financial crisis as well as funding for a still uncertain agreement on climate change. Photo:Derek Blair/AFP

Britain's Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King arrives ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:55:00 GMT

(AFP) - Britain's Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King arrives at the Fairmont Hotel, in St Andrews, Scotland. Hosts Britain told the G20 it had 'no reason to give up' on a new climate change deal Friday, as finance ministers met for talks on bolstering the world economy and green finance. Photo:Derek Blair/AFP

People wait in line at a job fair sponsored by Monster.com that ...