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Heritage Foundation - Thu Dec 10, 5:33 pm ET

The World Trade Organization's (WTO) Seventh Ministerial Conference held earlier this month did little to spur progress on a global trade pact.

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AGORACOM Reports 17,792 Investors From 77 Countries Participated in Online Gold and Commodities Conference-and Counting
Marketwire - 19 minutes ago
Investor Participation Smashes Initial Goals and Expectations As Investors From Around The World Embrace Access To Company and Keynote Speaker Presentations From The Comfort Of Their Homes
Stocks rise at open after better retail sales data
The Indiana Gazette - 21 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks were moderately higher in early trading Friday after a report on retail sales showed consumers are picking up their spending. The Commerce Department said retail sales rose 1.3 percent in November, more than double the 0.6 percent increase economists had expected.
Stocks Open Up After Upbeat Retail Sales Report
WCCO Minneapolis - St. Paul - 24 minutes ago
Stocks were moderately higher in early trading Friday after a report on retail sales showed consumers are picking up their spending. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 42.70, or 0.4 percent, to 10,448.53. The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 4.29, or 0.4 percent, to 1,106.64, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 9.01, or 0.4 percent, to 2,199.87.
FoxBusiness:: Stocks Open Green on Buyer Hopes - Watch Live: FoxBusiness.com LIVE
Fox News - 25 minutes ago
Buoyed by a surprisingly strong report on retail sales, Wall Street kicked off the trading day in the green on Friday, putting the Dow on track for its fifth positive day of the last six.
Ukraine Asks For $2 Billion Loan From IMF; Warns of "Unrest"
Nasdaq - 29 minutes ago
MOSCOW -(Dow Jones)- Ukraine has asked the International Monetary Fund to release a $2 billion loan to help it pay for Russian natural gas, external obligations and budget spending.
Stocks rise on retail sales
CNN Money - 37 minutes ago
A big jump in November retail sales and a rally in global markets were among the factors lifting stocks on Friday morning.
Republicans urge Obama launch free trade pact push
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 38 minutes ago
Republican U.S. congressional leaders urged President Barack Obama to work with them to win approval of long-stalled free trade pacts with Colombia, Panama and South Korea as early as possible in 2010.
Sarkozy Plans Tax on Bonuses as France Follows U.K. (Update1)
Bloomberg - 39 minutes ago
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- President Nicolas Sarkozy said France will join the U.K. in introducing a levy on bonuses, saying they’d “show the way” on taxing the financial sector.
Ukraine Expects IMF Board to Release Next Tranche (Update1)
Bloomberg - 40 minutes ago
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Ukraine expects the International Monetary Fund to release the next tranche of its bailout loan by the end of the year, Deputy Premier Hryhoriy Nemyria said.
Coping With Copenhagen
Journal of Commerce Online - 40 minutes ago
With its dependence on fossil fuels, the transportation industry is certainly an interested party as the U.N. Climate Change Conference convenes in Copenhagen next week.
U.S. agency backs risky lenders
The Tennessean - 42 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The trouble signs surrounding Lend America had been building for years. A top executive was convicted of mortgage fraud but still helped run the company. Home loans made by its headquarters were defaulting at an extremely high rate. Federal prosecutors alleged in a civil suit that the company falsified loan documents and committed fraud.
How durable a recovery?
Journal of Commerce Online - 42 minutes ago
Evidence is mounting that China is leading the world out of the global recession, but is China’s recovery, like the halting improvements in the U.S., for real or an unsustainable product of government stimulus and reckless bank lending?
RAK Free Trade Zone Awarded 'Best Website' at the World Free Zone Convention
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - 46 minutes ago
Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone marked its presence in a big way at the 9th World Free Zone Convention which was organised in Hyderabad from 9th to 10th December 2009. WFZC is an annual event and is "The No. 1 Meeting Place for the World's Free Zones".
Wall Street Opens Higher After Retail Report
New York Times - 56 minutes ago
The report showing a rise in retail sales increased hopes that consumers are starting to feel more comfortable opening their wallets after months of building up savings.
UPDATE: Greek PM: Budget Problems Internal, Not Seeking Aid
Nasdaq - 58 minutes ago
BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- Greece's debt problems are of its own making and not due to the global financial crisis, said Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, who vowed to crack down on corruption and ensure public money isn't wasted.