World Economic Crisis

Where Economic Crisis Is A Decades Old Reality

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yoani Sanchez

Exclusive to Huffington Post. When I was little and the vital underpinnings of the Cuban economy came from the Kremlin, my mother made me eat all my...

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A Financial Crisis That Just Keeps Moving

nytimes.com | GRETCHEN MORGENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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YOU know we're in trouble when we're told that the economic problems in Greece, Portugal and Spain, the most indebted countries in the euro zone, are ...

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Brazil's Lula: U.S., Sort Your Banks Out

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Francis

"Like the Titanic, no one will escape," Lula said. "First class, third class, everyone will sink with the boat. The role of everyone, from the mass media to business, labor ad politicians, must be examined."

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G-20 Must Look To Needs Of Developing World: Commentary

Times Online | Wang Qishan | Posted 05.25.2011

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The global financial crisis that started last year has taken its toll on the world economy on an unprecedented scale. To cope with the crisis, a stron...

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Japan Resorts To Isolationism As Global Economy Weakens

GlobalPost | Gavin Blair | Posted 05.25.2011

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TOKYO - In the days of VHS cassettes, a visit to a video rental shop here for a Hollywood blockbuster would often end in disappointment -- all the c...

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