signals

World stocks gain as Fed signals easier policy (AP)

October 13th, 2010

Tokyo money traders work under a currency rate indicator showing Japanese yen is traded 81.80-85 yen against the U.S. dollar at one moment Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 12, 2010. The dollar fell to 81.92 yen from its New York close of 82.16 yen but was off a fresh 15-year low of 81.37 yen in Sydney late Monday, nearing its post World War II low of 79.75 yen set in 1995. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **AP - World stocks rallied Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cemented expectations it will further boost the faltering U.S. economy at its next rate-setting meeting in November. Forecast-busting earnings from…

Car bomb signals new dimension to Mexican drug war (AP)

July 16th, 2010

The remains of a vehicle are cordoned off in a street in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Friday July 16, 2010. Mexican investigators ran forensic tests to determine whether drug gangs used a car bomb in an attack on police patrol trucks that killed two officers and wounded nine people on Thursday.  A car bomb would mark an unprecedented escalation of Mexico's drug war and confirm long-standing fears that the cartels are turning to explosives in their fight against security forces. (AP Photo)AP - A drug cartel has used a car bomb for the first time in Mexico’s decades-long fight against traffickers, setting a deadly trap against federal police in a city…

Iraqi vote signals shift from religious leaders (AP)

March 13th, 2010

Counting and data input workers at the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 12, 2010. Partial tallies have been released from seven of Iraq's 18 provinces, excluding Baghdad. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s political coalition took an early vote lead Saturday in the election’s all-important battleground of Baghdad, pulling away from its two closest rivals in the…