MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican soldiers on Sunday paraded the bones of the heroes of the country’s Independence War down the capital’s most famous street before scientists begin trying to solve a century-old mystery by identifying the bones.
LONDON (Reuters) – The euro steadied from recent falls and world stocks were becalmed on Monday with a Chinese warning about risks to global growth and a downgrade of Spain’s credit heightening investor caution in holiday-thinned trade.
TOKYO (Reuters) – China warned on Monday that Europe’s struggle to contain ballooning debt posed a risk to global economic growth, raising the specter of a double-dip recession.
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Resignations from BP Plc’s fuel oil team have extended globally, with the departure of three traders from its U.S. office, including the team leader, and the head trader in London, three industry sources said on Monday.
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The global economic outlook is fragile as debt problems persist in rich nations and the recovery remains anemic, especially in the United States, economist Nouriel Roubini said on Monday.
DETROIT (Reuters) – Retailers are expected to show a sizable increase in sales for the month of May, but erratic trends of consumer spending could grow more pronounced over a seasonally weaker period for shopping.
SEOUL (Reuters) – The heads of the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank on Monday both singled out emerging economies as key to global financial stability.
FOSHAN, China/TOKYO (Reuters) – Workers at a strikebound Honda Motor parts factory in southern China pressed on with a drive to win higher wages on Monday even as the Japanese carmaker lured some back to partially resume production.
TOKYO (Reuters) – Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao warned on Monday that global economic growth remained vulnerable to sovereign debt risks and the possibility of a second downturn, but said his own nation’s growth remained on track.
VIENNA/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central Bank policymaker Axel Weber on Monday urged a tight cap on its government bond buying program and warned extraordinary steps taken to ease the debt crisis were a risk to its main goal of price stability.
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