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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Greece does not need financial aid after talks with Prime Minister George Papandreou in Berlin. She said Greece has not asked for financial support and that the stability of the eurozone is ‘assured’. Athens saw its most serious unrest since the financial ...Read More

By JAMES R. HAGERTY The latest effort to scale back some tax deductions on mortgage interest, one of the nation’s most-enduring tax breaks, is finding little support in Congress. President Barack Obama’s latest budget proposal, released in February, includes a provision that would shrink deductions for mortgage interest, ...Read More

ATHENS - Debt-burdened Greece launched a critical bond issue on Thursday and urged Germany and other E.U. partners to send a clear signal of confidence in Athens to financial markets that would allow it to borrow more cheaply.A day after announcing draconian new austerity measures, the government went ...Read More

Joy Global isn’t letting a rocky quarter darken its upbeat outlook for 2010. The maker of mining equipment said net profit dropped 11% to $76.2 million, or 73 cents per share, in the first quarter of the fiscal year, down from $85.7 million, or 83 cents per share, ...Read More

Government ministers in Greece are due to meet to agree a third round of tax rises and spending cuts intended to ease the country’s financial crisis. A rise in sales tax and petrol and diesel tariffs is expected, as well as a move to scrap the generous holiday ...Read More

When times are tough, it’s too easy to put tax management issues on the back burner. Sheltering your investment profits from taxes may seem like a remote concern when your accounts are a sea of red ink. And you may feel you have more pressing demands on your ...Read More

Public Storage Beats View With FFO Self-storage REIT Public Storage ( PSA - news - people ) said Saturday that its fourth-quarter funds from operations (FFO) fell 14% from last year, but results still beat analyst expectations. Article Controls forbes:http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/01/dividend-yield-lowes-markets-schlumberger-oilfield-services.html?partner=yahoobuzz The Glendale, Calif.-based company reported fourth-quarter FFO of ...Read More

By LESLIE SCISM If you haven’t already, you are likely to hear the pitch soon: Whole-life insurance—the fuddy-duddy stuff your grandparents owned—was a shining star during the financial crisis. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., New York Life Insurance Co. and others have been playing off the disappointing performance ...Read More

Every few years, critics say Warren Buffett has lost his touch. He’s too old and too old-fashioned, they claim. He doesn’t get it anymore. This time he’s wrong. It happened during the dotcom bubble, when Mr. Buffett was mocked for refusing to join the party. And it happened ...Read More

David Wessel writes: Understanding what caused the recent financial crisis is essential to successfully refining the practice of finance to reduce the odds of repeating it. So the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission on Friday and Saturday heard several academic economists’ take on what led to a near meltdown ...Read More