Four European Countries to Enact Bans on Short-Selling
By LOUISE STORY and STEPHEN CASTLE
The temporary move by France, Belgium, Italy and Spain will apply to financial stocks in an effort to stop a tailspin in the markets.
The temporary move by France, Belgium, Italy and Spain will apply to financial stocks in an effort to stop a tailspin in the markets.
Markets continued this week’s pattern of wild swings between gains and losses, as earnings and jobless data got investors hunting for bargains.
LONDON — Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain said he would consult William J. Bratton, a former police commissioner in New York, and consider deploying the army.
Two years ago, the German government celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Marking its 1961 construction is more complicated.
WASHINGTON — The agency says no civilians have been killed by its drones since May 2010, but others disagree.
AMES, Iowa — The timing of the presidential campaign season’s third debate gives it a more significant feeling.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — NATO and Afghan forces are investigating a claim by Afghan police officers in Kandahar that American soldiers fired on them for no reason, killing four officers and wounding two others.
PARIS — The British prime minister said safeguards should be considered if Twitter and Facebook were "used for ill," raising the ire of free-speech campaigners.
The approval of a 1,600-apartment complex could undercut efforts to salvage Middle East peace talks.
Four families received $175,000 each from a $35 million fund created under a settlement between Pfizer and Nigeria’s northern Kano State. Despite paying the families, Pfizer denies its product caused harm.
Taliban insurgents shot down the aircraft Saturday over eastern Afghanistan, killing everyone aboard.
Nicholson Baker’s hilarious, extremely dirty novel is an episodic assortment of fantasies that celebrate desire, frailty and the comedy of life.
Racing footage in this documentary is frequently heart-stopping.
Firemen fought a forest fire that started near Viseu, in central Portugal.
Because my son and I left behind a place we love, we view our new surroundings with skepticism.
Chinese tourists see little free time with locals when they tour Taiwan.
The riots across Britain are the result of an austerity program that has cut everything from libraries to the local police.
Sifteo cubes hold great potential for new games, but there are limitations.
The op-ed columnist Roger Cohen talks about the possible motivations of Britain’s disgruntled youth.
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ArtsBeat »Stew in AfricaThe singer-songwriter Stew is guest-blogging about his trip to Kenya as part of the Sundance Institute Theater Program. |