<div id="subtitle">Brazil unemployment climbs in November as global slowdown spreads</div><div><p>Jobless claims rose unexpectedly in Brazil in November as the global economic slowdown spread to local labor markets.</p><p>The government's IBGE statistics institute says unemployment reached 7.6 percent, up ...
<div id="subtitle">Cuba, its people, government and economy</div><div><p>LAND — Largest island in Caribbean, covers 44,344 square miles, about the size of Pennsylvania. Sierra Maestra mountains at eastern end, but mostly flat or slightly rolling countryside.</p><p>___</p><p ...
<div id="subtitle">Colombia reports GDP growth 3.1% for 3rd quarter as once-torrid economy cools</div><div><p>Colombia's national statistics agency says the pace of growth is slowing, with third quarter GDP growth counted at 3.1 percent above the same period a year earlier.</p>< ...
<div id="subtitle">Mexico posts record monthly trade deficit of $2.8 billion</div><div><p>Mexico says it has posted its highest monthly trade deficit on record: a negative balance of $2.8 billion in November.</p><p>The National Statistics Institute says exports dropped 16.2 ...
<div id="subtitle">Venezuela's economy grew 4.9 percent this year, lowest since 2003</div><div><p>Venezuela says its economy grew 4.9 percent this year — the slowest expansion since 2003.</p><p>The South American nation has seen strong economic growth in the past few ...
<div><p>World stock markets fell Tuesday but relatively strong U.S. consumer confidence and housing data helped limit swine flu-related losses.</p><p>The FTSE 100 of leading British shares closed down 70.61 points, or 1.7 percent, at 4,096.40 while Germany's DAX fell 86.65 points ...
<div id="subtitle">Swine flu threat could deepen US recession; food and travel stocks fall sharply</div><div><p>The U.S. economy, which was showing tentative early signs of a recovery, faces a potentially grave new threat: swine flu. A widespread outbreak could batter the tourism, food and ...
<div id="subtitle">Swine flu threat keeps world businesses and investors on edge as economic fears mount</div><div><p>The threat of a swine flu pandemic kept global businesses and investors on edge Tuesday, disrupting travel plans and sending stock markets down on fears the outbreak could ...
<div id="subtitle">Mexicans send home 12 percent less money in August, biggest drop on record</div><div><p>Mexicans living in the U.S. sent home 12 percent less money in August, the largest drop on record since the Bank of Mexico began tracking remittances 12 years ago, ...
<div><p>President Raul Castro on Wednesday said his country does not need to make any "gestures" toward the United States, and demanded an end to the US economic embargo on communist Cuba.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=48952004&bid=informcom" /></div>< ...
