Buy Munis, TIPs on Government Actions, Gross Says (Update2)
The recommendations build on a list of assets Gross has said will benefit from government spending aimed at curbing a global recession, after what he called a series of ?Ponzi schemes? in the economy.

Buy Munis, TIPs on Government Actions, Gross Says (Update1)
The recommendations build on a list of assets Gross has said will benefit from government spending aimed at curbing a global recession. Investors should anticipate which classes of assets the government may purchase, then buy them first, he wrote.

Investors ?Panic? Buy Credit, Shun Government Debt (Update1)
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Investors are ?panic buying? corporate bonds and shunning the safety of government debt in Europe as they seek high-yielding assets.

Canada Government to Support Auto Leasing in Budget, Globe Says
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Canadian government will announce new measures in this month?s budget to bolster financing for car loans and leases, the Globe and Mail reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.

Commerzbank to Sell Three-year Government-Backed Debt (Update1)
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Commerzbank AG , Germany?s second- biggest lender, plans to sell three-year German government- guaranteed bonds, according to a banker involved in the sale.

Vietnam Pushes Open-source Software for Government Use
Vietnam's government will mandate use of several open-source applications by the end of next year as the country tries to reduce the use of pirated software.

Vietnam Pushes Open-source Software for Government Use
Vietnam's government will mandate use of several open-source applications by the end of next year as the country tries to...

European Government Bonds Snap Four-Day Decline as Stocks Fall
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- European 10-year government bonds rose for the first time in five days as declines in stock markets around the world fueled investor demand for the safest assets.

British Government Looks At Printing More Money: Report
British Government Looks At Printing More Money: Report

European Government Bonds Snap Four-Day Decline as Stocks Fall
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- European 10-year government bonds rose for the first time in five days as falling stocks stoked demand for the safest assets even as Spain and France prepare to sell as much as 12.5 billion euros ($17.1 billion) of debt.

Commerzbank issues government-backed bond
Commerzbank AG will issue the first bond backed by the German government's multibillion-euro stabilization package, the bank said Thursday. The three-year benchmark bond, for a target of more than euro1 billion ($1.36 billion), will give the bank "additional...

Gunmen kill anti-government editor in Sri Lanka
(By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI, Associated Press Writer) Gunmen on a motorcycle Thursday shot and killed the editor of a Sri Lankan newspaper critical of the government, the second violent attack on media this week. Media rights groups have accused the government and its supporters of trying to stifle dissent in the war-wracked country by vilifying journalists seen as critical and creating an ...

Gunmen kill anti-government editor in Sri Lanka
Gunmen on a motorcycle Thursday shot and killed the editor of a Sri Lankan newspaper critical of the government, the second violent attack on media this week.

Commerzbank issues government-backed bond
Commerzbank AG will issue the first bond backed by the German government's multibillion-euro stabilization package, the bank said Thursday.

Lebanese government criticises rocket fire
The Lebanese government criticised a rocket attack from south Lebanon into Israel on Thursday, saying it was a violation of a UN Security Council resolution that halted a 2006 war between Hizbollah and the Jewish state.

Obama: Government is only solution to fixing economy
President-elect Obama on Thursday plans to highlight the need for a massive stimulus measure by saying that only the government has...

So. Africans press government to act on Zimbabwe
South Africans pressing for change in Zimbabwe plan a hunger strike and other protests in an effort to force their government to isolate President Robert Mugabe.

From Gupta to Fallows: Journalists Who Moved to Government
Sanjay Gupta isn't the first journalist to move to government. (The first of a two-part series.)

So. Africans press government to act on Zimbabwe
(By DONNA BRYSON, Associated Press Writer) South Africans pressing for change in Zimbabwe plan a hunger strike and other protests in an effort to force their government to isolate President Robert Mugabe. Methodist Bishop Paul Verryn said Thursday that South Africans needed to live up to the legacy of the struggle against apartheid, when Zimbabweans supported them. Verryn has made his ...

APD concerns to be addressed by Government
The Government has promised to investigate whether Air Passenger Duty unfairly penalises passengers from Scotland and Northern Ireland.