Senate Democrats circulated a jobs bill Tuesday that's light on new initiatives on boosting hiring and heavy with provisions sought by lobbyists for business groups, doctors and the satellite broadcasting industry

Germany's multi-year reign as the world's No. 1 exporter is officially over, with the crown formally passing to rising Asian power China after new figures showed that German exports slid by nearly a fifth in 2009, the biggest decline in 60 years

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Greece took further steps Tuesday to calm global markets spooked by its debt crisis, pledging to increase retirement ages and accelerate reforms, on the eve of the first nationwide strike against new austerity measures