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GDP

The gross domestic product (GDP) or gross domestic income (GDI) is a basic measure of a country's overall economic output. It is the market value of all final goods and services made within the borders of a country in a year.

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'No, we can't' - Japan's conservative values collide with plan to mobilise women for economy

By Reuters UK

Days after Kaoru Shimada and other Japanese mothers rallied in Tokyo this year to press for more public daycare, she was shocked to read a local politician's blog blasting their "shameless" demands and asserting kids should be raised at home. (7:21 am)

MORE TOPICS: GOLDMAN SACHS, JAPAN, CHILDCARE, SILVER

FedEx posts higher-than expected profit, will cut more capacity

By Reuters

FedEx Corp <FDX.N> reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday, sending its shares higher, but the world's biggest air-freight company said it was cutting more capacity between the United States and Asia. (12:35 am)

MORE TOPICS: FEDEX, TENNESSEE

Analysis: Half-way to lost decade, Europe's growth task as tough as ever

By Reuters

Half-way towards a lost decade for Europe's economy, pessimism persists about the political will to halt a worrying slide in the region's potential growth. (12:28 am)

MORE TOPICS: UNEMPLOYMENT, BANK OF AMERICA, DEUTSCHE BANK, MERRILL LYNCH, PORTUGAL, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Analysis - Half-way to lost decade, Europe's growth task as tough as ever

By Reuters UK

Half-way towards a lost decade for Europe's economy, pessimism persists about the political will to halt a worrying slide in the region's potential growth. (12:21 am)

MORE TOPICS: UNEMPLOYMENT, BANK OF AMERICA, DEUTSCHE BANK, MERRILL LYNCH, PORTUGAL, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

FedEx shares dip on growth concerns

By Reuters

FedEx Corp said on Wednesday it was cutting its capacity between the United States and Asia, sending its shares lower on concerns about future growth, even as the world's biggest air-freight company posted a stronger-than-expected profit. (11:21 pm)

MORE TOPICS: FEDEX, TENNESSEE

Slovenia's recession may last through 2014: central bank official

By Reuters UK

Slovenia's economy may contract in 2014 as well as 2013, a central bank official said on Wednesday, signalling the country's recession could last a year longer than the government expects. (6:42 pm)

Fed seen keeping options open on pace of bond buying

By Reuters UK

Federal Reserve policymakers will likely announce on Wednesday that they will keep buying bonds at a monthly pace of $85 billion, while keeping their options open to scale back the program later this year if the U.S. labour market continues to improve. (3:14 pm)

MORE TOPICS: BARACK OBAMA, FEDERAL RESERVE, UNEMPLOYMENT, BEN BERNANKE, BARCLAYS, NEW YORK

Inside Ben Bernanke’s Doomsday Device

By The Daily Reckoning Australia

Those who think the world is warming up should visit Edinburgh. It is a city made of stone. Yellow stone. Brown stone. Almost black stone. Almost every building is built of stone. And the entire city sits on a rock. (Jun 19)

MORE TOPICS: GLOBAL WARMING, FEDERAL RESERVE, BEN BERNANKE, AUSTRALIA, NEW YORK, MORTGAGE

China Air Pollution
China Introduces New Rules to Combat Air Pollution

By Industry Leaders Magazine

Beijing- China's Council has set new rules to curb air pollution one of the many environmental hazards that are plaguing the country. The council has promised to preserve the resources vowing "tough measures for tough tasks" (Jun 19)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, DEUTSCHE BANK, INVESTMENT

Sweden selling Nordea stake, could raise $2.8 billion

By Reuters UK

Sweden is selling a 5.7 percent stake in Nordea <NDA.ST>, the Nordic region's biggest bank, in a move that may give the centre-right ruling coalition some fiscal leeway ahead of an election next year. (Jun 19)

MORE TOPICS: MORGAN STANLEY, ELECTIONS, TELECOMS, CREDIT SUISSE, LONDON