Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET

Collin Hitt of the Illinois Policy Institute argues raising taxes on cigarettes will not help pay down debt.
European Union leaders, advised by senior officials to prepare contingency plans in case Greece decides to quit the single currency, urged the country to stay the co...
FBN’s Lou Dobbs breaks down the federal government’s spending under the Obama Administration.
The threat of exchange-traded funds backed by physical copper remains a rallying point for U.S. manufacturers and copper traders, according to a complaint filed with...
David Menlow, IPOFinancial.com president, on how Facebook’s IPO and Nasdaq’s mistakes in trading it will impact other future IPOs.
India's state-run fuel retailers said they will increase gasoline prices by as much as 11.5% from Thursday, the steepest pace ever and the first increase in six mont...
Eurozone officials have told members of the currency area to prepare contingency plans in case Greece quits the bloc, an eventuality which Germany's central bank sai...
SOPOT, Poland -(Dow Jones)- The Polish government is considering adding a new financial instrument to assist it in its continuing privatization drive--bonds exchange...
Democratic Strategist Christopher Hahn argues the president can use his health-care plan on the 2012 campaign trail.
Los Angeles City Administrator Miguel Santana discusses the city’s decision to pass a new budget without layoffs.
Japan's trade deficit widened more than expected to 520.3 billion yen ($6.5 billion) in April, data released Wednesday showed, with the gap more than six times the Û...
Spain's regional governments face debt maturities of nearly 35.8 billion euros before the end of 2012, El Pais reported in its Wednesday Internet edition, citing reg...
Argentina posted a wide trade surplus in April as strident measures to block imports more than offset a drop in exports.The country posted a trade surplus of $1.83 b...
Jan Randolph of IHS Global Insight gives his outlook for the Greek economy.
Spain's Bankia SA is set to ask the state for a more than 15 billion euros ($19 billion) bailout on Friday, marking another rise in the cost of a drawn-out rescue of...
Centurion Holdings CEO Joe Grano on Europe’s economy, U.S. government spending and the fallout from the Facebook IPO.
WSJ Senior Economics Writer Stephen Moore on government spending and the need to prevent the tax hikes slated for January of 2013.
Mortgage Market Guide’s Barry Habib on producing the show “Rock of Ages” and the outlook for mortgage lending.
You filed your tax return on time in April and now it's almost June and Uncle Sam still hasn't sent your refund check. What gives? Normally, it takes about 10-21 day...
The latest wrinkle in the Greek financial crisis is a rush by its citizens to withdraw their savings from banks. This is both a symptom of the fear that Greece might...
