Team handball can be quick and painful, as WSJ's Stu Woo finds out in another installment of his Olympic "How Hard Can It Be?" series. It's all about protection!
http://www.euronews.com/ There were fewer unemployed Britons in the period from March to May as the Olympics in London created jobs.
In a rare bit of positive news from the recession-hit British economy, the total of people without a job - using International Labour Organisation measurements - dropped by 65,000 to 2.58 million.
July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg’s Betty Liu, Dominic Chu, Josh Lipton and Sheila Dharmarajan report on today’s ten most important stocks and commodities including BlackRock, Facebook and Bank of America. They speak on Bloomberg Television's "In The Loop." (Source: Bloomberg)
July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Credit Suisse Group AG Chief Executive Officer Brady Dougan succumbed to pressure from the central bank and senior executives within his firm to increase capital by $15.6 billion. (Source: Bloomberg)
July 18 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in Washington about the Federal Reserve being ready to do what’s necessary to aid the decelerating recovery. (Source: Bloomberg)