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January 17, 2012
• European Bond Auctions; Airbus Orders Soar; Interview with Louis Gallois; Child Labor and Chocolate; Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Disaster; Cost of Disaster; Audio Tape Emerges of Concordia Captain Being Ordered Back to Ship; Hungary Facing Legal Action from EU; Tourists Killed in Ethiopia; China's Growth Slows But Less Than Expected; CitiGroup Fourth Quarter Profits Fell; Stocks Gain Ground


January 16, 2012
• S&P Downgrades EU Bailout Fund; European Markets Up; Captain of Sunken Cruise Ship May Face Charges; Concerns About Fuel Leak From Shipwreck; Carnival Stock Tumble in London Market; Impact of Wreck on Cruise Industry; Disaster Management; Future Cities: Doha Plans for Life After Oil


January 13, 2012
• Europe Braces for Imminent Downgrade; Greece Debt Talks in Trouble; Austria Also Loses Triple-A Rating; JPMorgan Earnings Slump; US Markets Down; France Reacts to Downgrade; Top Tweets; Murdoch Admits MySpace Mistake


January 12, 2012
• Hungary Under Fire; Hungarian Envoy to Meet IMF Head; Hungary's Defense; EU's Constitutional Concerns; ECB President Says Low Confidence Undermining Recovery; Spain and Italian Yields Fall After Debt Sales; Mixed Markets in Europe; Tesco's Stocks Drop After Dismal Holiday Sales; Fungicide Found in Brazil Orange Juice; Orange Juice Futures Explained; Grain Prices Fall After Good Harvest; Turkish Finance Minister Says Economy Headed for Soft Landing; Turkish Businesses Exporting Almost 50 Percent of Goods to Europe


January 11, 2012
• European Commission Threatens Lawsuit Over Hungarian Policies; Italy Makes Progress on Austerity Measures; European Markets Down; Obama Urges CEOs to Bring Jobs Back to US; Obama`s Jobs Target; CEO Explains Why Jobs Must Come Back; Political Perspective on Jobs Plan; Gadgets Galore in Las Vegas; Buzz About Possible Apple TV


January 10, 2012
• Consumer Electronics Show; Interview with M. Jonathan Rothberg; British Government's New High Speed Rail Project; Analysis of the Race for the Republican Nomination; Fitch Slams EU Leaders; Greece Bailout Not Finalized; European Markets Rebound; IMF Chief and German Chancellor Meet; Christine Lagarde Optimistic; US Markets Up; Northern Rock Rebrands; Richard Branson of Virgin Group; Tsunami Warning in Sumatra; Footballer Eric Cantona's Play for French Presidency Publicity Stunt; Effect of Cantona's Presidential Bid on Housing Issue


January 09, 2012
• Philipp Hildebrand Quits as Head of Swiss National Bank; Sarkozy and Merkel Support Transaction Tax; Euro Rescue Plan; Bentley CEO Says US Still Key Market for Automobiles; Rolls-Royce's Turbo-Charged Growth; Future Cities: Doha's Growth Plan; Nigeria Strikes; Interview with Christine Lagarde; Interview with Reed Hastings; The Art of Investors; Interview with Alan Lo


January 06, 2012
• IMF Chief Christine Lagarde On Hungary's Crisis; U.S. Unemployment Rate Drops To 8.5; Samsung Versus Apple, The Galaxy Effect; Pay Now or Default Later; Interview with Thebe Ikalafeng; Marketing African Chicken


January 05, 2012
• Swiss Bank Exec's Ethics In Question After Spouse's Currency Deal Windfall; Goldman Sachs Exec Says Europe, Alone, Can't Dig Itself Out Of Debt; Fade to Black: Kodak's Patent Sale Misguided; Watching Wall Street; Interview with Jim O'Neill; Interview with Otmar Issing; Interview with Alessandro Benetton


January 04, 2012
• Yahoo! Hoodoo? New CEO Only Causes More Frustration Among Analysts; Rev. Jesse Jackson, In London, Clarifies Role of Occupy Protests Across the Globe; New Wave of Biometrics Will Change Air Travel; Interview with Zoltan Kovacs; Inventory at the London Zoo; The Legacy of Thatcherism


January 03, 2012
• Global Stock Market: Bulls Rush in to 2012; Iowa Presidential Caucuses Offer Plenty of Drama


January 02, 2012
• Memorable Events Of 2011


December 30, 2011
• 2011, The Year of Investing Dangerously; The Pain in Spain Will Continue; IBM Exec Says: Biometrics Will Replace Passwords; Set New Year Career Goals


December 29, 2011
• U.S. Prosecutors Poised to File Criminal Charges in BP Deepwater Disaster; National Mood in Greece Grim; Plight of Poor Largely Ignored


December 28, 2011
• High Holiday Spirits: Italian Bonds Raise $14 B; A Charitable Giving How-To; Investor Game Plan For 2012


December 27, 2011
• Energy Analyst Mehdi Varzi Takes Iranian Threat Seriously, Predicts More Tensions In Region, Oil Prices Will Remain High in 2012


December 26, 2011
• Special Edition: Best "Future Cities" In 2011


December 23, 2011
• Volkswagen Stops After Hours E-Mail; In Focus: Miners Sue; U.S. Congress Passes Tax Break Extension for Middle Class; Best Buy Online Gift Orders Go Unfulfilled, Cancelled


December 22, 2011
• Airline Assn CEO Predicts EU's Carbon Reg Will Spark a Global Trade War; Central Bank Concerns; Interview with Jorgen Vig Knudstorp; Interview with Aaron Simpson


December 21, 2011
• Banks Snap Up Cheap ECB Loans; Football Racism Row; Spun Off; Interview with Stephen Kaufer; Russia's Parliament in Session; Interview with Oleg Deripaska; Being Santa


December 20, 2011
• Regulators Block AT&T Merger With T-Mobile; Tax Break Standoff; Interview with Glenn Hubbard; Star Wars Online; World's Oldest Stockbroker


December 19, 2011
• Kim Jong-Il Dead of Heart Attack, His Son Takes Reigns; President of ECB Says Euro Will Survive


December 16, 2011
• Britain Hits Back at French Slight on its Economy; Jeffrey Sachs: Germany Obsessed With Budget Deficits, The Perils of Office Gifting


December 15, 2011
• China, India Join Global Slowdown Club; Referendum on the Euro


December 14, 2011
• Sweden Finance Minister Anders Borg On The Recent EU Treaty; Interview with Jiri Schneider; Toy Store Shake-Up


December 13, 2011
• WTO's Lamy On Russia's Membership, Global Economic Conditions; Boeing CEO and Southwest Airlines on History Making Order; U.S. Fed Meeting; Interview with Doug Oberhelman; Prokhorov for President; Emerging Luxury


December 12, 2011
• David Cameron Rejects Treaty Changes At The Brussels Summit; Italy's Debt Crisis; Interview with Fabrizio Sacchomanni; Russia's Warning; Tin Treasure; Inside "LazyTown"


December 09, 2011
• UK Backs Out of Treaty Change Deal with EU; EuroZone Agrees In Principle to Fixes; Interview with David Lidington; A Look Back at 10 Days to Save the Euro; Africa's Green Fund; Interview with Trevor Manuel


December 08, 2011
• Reports From Euro Summit in Brussels; A Look At Patent Policies in Europe


December 07, 2011
• OECD: Out of Time; "Heineken's" New Marketing Strategy; Interview with Angel Gurria; Interview with Trevor Manuel; Interview with Alexis Nasard; How Eurobonds Work


December 06, 2011
• Interview with Brendan Howlin; Greek Budget Vote; Protests in Moscow; Interview with Bill Browder; Europe on Watch; Geithner's European Tour; Obama's "Square Deal," Age of Uncertainty


December 05, 2011
• Possible Eurozone Agreements Reached by France and Germany; Italy Announces New Austerity Measures; SAP Makes Bold Moves; "Future Cities" Goes To Dublin


December 02, 2011
• U.S. Jobs Report Show Modest Gainst; Angela Merkel: Europe Needs Economic Unity; The Euro 2012 Draw; Eight Days to Go; South Africa's Energy Dilemma; Interview with Sim Tshabalala


December 01, 2011
• Sarkozy Treaty Talks; Draghi Integration Call; Reform Revolt; interview with Crown Prince Alois of Liechtenstein; In from the Cold; Interview with Justin Knight; Use it or Lose it: Paid Vacation; Europe Discusses Options For Saving Euro


November 30, 2011
• Central Banks Offer Cash on the Cheap; Britain Sees Biggest Strike in Generation; 10 Days to Save the Euro


November 29, 2011
• American Airlines Files Chapter 11; Eurozone Bailouts with Polish Foreign Minister Calling for Bigger Role by Germany; British Autumn Economic Forecast; James Murdoch Reelected as Chair of BSkyB; Analysis of American Airlines Bankruptcy; UK Braces for Strike; Dominique Strauss-Khan Political Plot Allegations; Italy in Danger Zone; Italian Entrepreneur's Campaign Urging Italians to Buy Government Debt; European Weather Outlook; Profitable Moment: Chapter 11 Working as Intended


November 28, 2011
• Stocks Soar; Double-Dip Warning; Packing a Shirt in 30 Seconds or Less


November 25, 2011
• Too Quiet for Comfort; India's Open Market; The Cost of Saying Goodbye; Belgium Downgraded by S&P; Italy Forced to Issue Bonds; Strike at Heathrow?


November 24, 2011
• German Economy Slowing to Near Standstill; Merkel, Sarkozy and Monti Met for the First time; Interview with Trevor Manuel; Interview with Carlos Ghosn; Interview with Karel De Gucht; The European Business Awards


November 23, 2011
• Interview with Colombian President; Germany Hit by Bond Failure; Interview with Swedish Finance Minister


November 22, 2011
• U.S. GDP Number Adjusted Downward; Qantas PR Drama


November 21, 2011
• Crowded Above, Tokyo Begins Building Underground; Deficit Reduction Super Committee Fail to Reach Deal; Sell-Off on Wall Street; Austerity in the U.S.; Interview with Peter Morici; Would At Work; Egyptian Protests


November 18, 2011
• An Uneasy Alliance; Taxing Trades; Contagious Continent; Blatter Says Sorry; Cocoa Farming in Ivory Coast; Interview with Kandeh Yumkella


November 17, 2011
• Interview with Stephen King; Spain Under Strain; Spain's Lost Generation; Occupying Wall Street; Budget Deadline; Virgin's Money Move; Heist of Fashion; Greek Protests


November 16, 2011
• Interview with Bob Parker; Bond Market Pressure; Greece and Risk; Youth Unemployment; Cuts and Bruises; Interview with Giuseppe Ragusa; interview with Derek Scott; "Occupy" Protesters Return; Fake Kiss Advert; Interview with Alessandro Benetton; Business in Cuba


November 15, 2011
• Spain Out of Work; Austerity Activists; U.S. Retail Sales Rise; U.S. Stocks Trading Higher; Global Consequences; interview with Richard Fisher


November 14, 2011
• New Greek PM Says Countrymen Must Accept Austerity; Irish Minister Says ECB Needs To Step Up, Pay Sovereign Debts; U.S. Stocks Update; Spanish Elections; CNN Freedom Project; Slim's Solution; Lost Generation


November 11, 2011
• Rise Of Technocrats In Greece, Italy; Markets Rally, For Now; Modern Warfare Record; Illegal Trade in Rhino Horns; Eco-Tourism in Africa


November 10, 2011
• Interview with Portugal's President; Interviews with John Chambers, Alan Mulally


November 09, 2011
• Bond Yields: The Italian Tipping Point; Berlusconi To Step Down; Italy on the Edge; Europe in Crisis; Energy Outlook; Interview with Alan Mulally; U.S. Markets Plunge


November 08, 2011
• Berlusconi Loses His Majority In The Italian Government; Expected To Resign


November 07, 2011
• Italy on the Edge; Interview with Pavlos Yeroulanos; Turning Spain Around; New York's Casino; Royal Relocation


November 04, 2011
• Greek Government Hours Away From Crucial No-Confidence Vote; Will Papandreou Survive? G20 Summit Update from IMF Director Christine Lagarde


November 03, 2011
• G20 Summit Embroiled In Greek Drama; ECB Cuts Rates to 1.25 Percent; Interview with Philip Jennings; Greece Confidence Crisis; How Does Frankfurt Co-Exist with London?


November 02, 2011
• Papandreou Must Explain Referendum To Merkel, Sarkozy; Bond Swap Hold-Up Due To Greek Uncertainty; Emergency Meeting on European Debt Crisis; Interview with Yiannos Papantoniou; Interview with Tim Armstrong; BRICS Bailout?; On the Road in Europe


November 01, 2011
• Greek Debt Crisis Becomes Political Crisis; Papandreou Calls for National Referendum on Bailout


October 31, 2011
• Greece's PM Calls For Referendum on Aid Package; Meet Europe's Young & Jobless; Trichet: the Euro Years


October 28, 2011
• Europe Courting Chinese Cash For Greek Bailout; Larry Summers Comments Newly Minted Plan; Interview with Stavros Lambrinidis; Formula 1 Comes to India; Access to Clean Water; The Price of Piracy; Interview with Mthuli Ncube


October 27, 2011
• Europe's Grand Plan For Greece Wins Applause From Global Stock Markets; Interview with Pavlos; Interview with Bill Gates; Interview with Carolyn McCall; Interview with Siim Kallas


October 26, 2011
• Big On Promises, Short On Detail, EU Leaders Meet In Brussels Tonight; European Crisis Summit; Interview with Romano Prodi; Dreamliner's Debut


October 25, 2011
• Italy's Northern League Agrees to Berlusconi's Controversial Austerity Measures; Japanese Camera Maker Embroiled in Multi-Million Intrigue


October 24, 2011
• Nairobi Blasts; Interview with Jose Manuel Barroso; Interview with Willem Buiter; Future Cities; U.K. Euro Exit Debate; Biography of Steve Jobs; Interview with Herbert Hainer; Interview with Didler Debrosse


October 21, 2011
• Debt Deal Delay; Hair-Raising Crisis; Murdoch Faces Investors; The Q-25; CNN Freedom Project; Interview with Olafur Ragnar Grimsson; Interview with Mira Sorvino; In Focus: Trucking Industry in South Africa; Interview with Van Rex Gallard


October 20, 2011
• Quest Means Business for October 20, 2011 preempted due to breaking news from Libya


October 19, 2011
• Greek Protestors Clash Police, The Parliament Passes Deficit Cutting Measures; Just What Would It Cost to Dismantle the Eurozone? The Q- 25; Citigroup Settles SEC Charges; Interview with Julia Gillard; Rugby Revenue; Recovering from Default


October 18, 2011
• Goldman Sachs Slump; Eurozone Rescue Plan at Risk


October 17, 2011
• Pivotal Week for Greece's Investors; Citigroup's Earnings Jump 74 Percent; Interview with Robert Reich


October 14, 2011
• Aussie Treasury Secretary Wayne Swan: Eurozone Needs To 'Get Cracking', Act On The Debt Crisis; Steve Case Says Entrepreneurship Is Key To Job Creation; Interview with Andrei Kostin; iPhone 4S Frenzy; Interview with Ernest Bai Koroma; Interview with Kuseni Dlamini


October 13, 2011
• Interview with easyJet CEO; Rajaratnam Sentenced to 11 Years; Trouble in Paradise


October 12, 2011
• BlackBerry Bug Spreads; RIM Shareholders Concerned; Jose Manuel Barroso's Euro Zone Rescue Plan


October 11, 2011
• European Troika Sets Greek Bailout Into Motion; Hamas-Israeli Prisoner Swap May Free Gilad Shalit
• PREEMPTED FOR BREAKING NEWS ON TERROR PLOT


October 10, 2011
• Interview with Jose Manuel Barroso; Russian Oligarchs Fight It Out in British Court; Interview with Greek Vice President Theodores Pagalos; Interview with President of Iceland


October 07, 2011
• Fitch Downgrades Italy, Spain; Interview the Jim O'Neill, "Occupy" Protests Spread; Alabama's New Immigration Law; Africa 2.0


October 06, 2011
• Bank of England Announces QE2; Remembering Steve Jobs


October 05, 2011
• IMF Says Europe Should Shore Up The Banks; Eve Ensler, Others, Lend Their Celebrity To Bolster Occupy Wall Street Protest; Interview with Martin Wolf; Qantas Dispute; Interview with Tim Zagat; Interview with Meredith Whitney


October 04, 2011
• U.S. Stocks Officially Enter Bear Territory; Interview With Sweden's Finance Minister


October 03, 2011
• Awaiting The Jury Decision On Amanda Knox's Appeal; AMR Corp. Shares Dives; Occupy Wall Street; Interview with Tyler Combelic; Safety Course


September 30, 2011
• Interview with Vyomesh Joshi; Interview with Harold Goddijn; In Focus: African Contemporary Art; Warren Buffet, At The NYSE, On The Buffet Rule, U.S. Political Gridlock, European Debt Crisis


September 29, 2011
• Germany Votes to Help Greece; U.S. Economy Shows Signs of Improvement


September 28, 2011
• Amazon Debuts An Affordable Tablet, The Kindle Fire; Interview with Andre Esteves; Interview with Andrey Kostin; Trading Sensation; Interview with Alessio Rastani; Made in Africa


September 27, 2011
• Greek Finance Minister Says His Countrymen Will Stick To Their Austerity Plan


September 26, 2011
• Greek Parliament Expected to Vote on Deeper Cuts; Interview With CEO of Aegean Airlines


September 23, 2011
• European, U.S. Stocks End Week on High Note; Interview With PIMCO's Mohamed El-Erian


September 22, 2011
• Stock Markets Sharply Lower; David Cameron Addresses the U.N. General Assembly


September 21, 2011
• U.S. Fed Launches Operation Twist; Moody's Downgrades BofA, Citigroup


September 20, 2011
• European Credit Outlook and Italy's S&P Downgrade. Fed Reboots Operation Twist. Women Employment Statistics Worldwide from the World Bank. Lufthansa Researches New Biofuels; IMF Issues Dire Report On The State Of The Global Economy; Rep. Eliot Engel Discusses His Efforts To End Child Labor In The Chocolate Industry; What Is Being Done By Candy Companies?


September 19, 2011
• Obama's Deficit Reduction Plan


September 16, 2011
• Interview With Valentijn Van Nieuwenhuijzen; Alistair Darling: Inaction By Eurozone Leaders in Dealing With Greece Has Dragged on Too Long; Ringfencing Detail?; Spain's Wealth Tax; Agriculture in Africa; Forwarding Fashion


September 15, 2011
• World's Central Banks Offer 3-Month Loans To Aid In The Europe's Debt Crisis; Interview With Finnish Finance Minister; Sending A Message; Ahead of the Game; Designer's New Digs; All Eyes on Poland


September 14, 2011
• Urgent Conference Call Between Merkel, Sarkozy, Papandreou Meant To Calm Market Fears In The Eurozone; Sir Martin Sorrell Discusses China's Continued Growth Trajectory, Doubts A Renewed Recession In U.S.; Geithner on Europe; U.S. Stocks Sharply Higher; Athens Taxi Strike; Patterns and Profits; Europe's Biggest Shopping Mall


September 13, 2011
• President Obama Hits Road to Sell Jobs Creation Plan; Merkel Hints at Greek Default


September 12, 2011
• Report Recommends Radical Changes to Operation of Banks In Britain; BofA Cuts 30,000 Jobs


September 09, 2011
• Key Member Of The ECB Resigns; From The Dow To The DAX, Stock Markets Are Sharply Lower; Technology Against Trafficking; Rugby World Cup; Diversification in Gabon; IVF Clinics in Nigeria


September 07, 2011
• German High Court Rules Greek Bailout Legal; Italy's Parliament Votes to Enact Austerity Measures


September 06, 2011
• Swiss Central Bank Takes Steps to Halt Over-Valuation of Its Currency; Italy's Parliament to Vote on New Austerity Package; End of the Euro?


September 05, 2011
• German Market Drops 5 Percent; Technology Used to Fight Human Trafficking


September 01, 2011
• Conrad Black's Rise and Fall; Mapping Libya's Future; U.S. Stocks Struggle; Brazil Rate Cut


August 31, 2011
• Department of Justice Acts To Block T-Mobile; August's Wild Ride; Watching Wall Street; Obama on Jobs; Transfer Window; Spain Tourism Boost; Corporate Tax Dodging; On the Picket Line; Cuba's Oil Hunt; Old Heroes, New Look


August 30, 2011
• Rosneft and Exxon Strike a Deal; Politics and the Markets; Wealthy Call for Higher Taxes on the Rich; Fed Governors Meeting; The Value of Gold; Indian Growth; Eye on Mongolia


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