UPI Almanac for Friday, June 5, 2009.

BEIJING, April 13 (UPI) -- The Central Bank of China said the Chinese government sharply slowed its purchases of foreign bonds in January and February, but picked up the pace in March.

BERLIN, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Two dead economists are the lodestars of recovery from the economic crisis, but are their views compatible?

LOS ANGELES, CA -- Jeffrey Gundlach leans back in his chair, and rolls what seems to be a puff of smoke around in his mouth. Actually he's not smoking a cigar, but Gundlach -- the chief investment officer of Trust Company of the West, and one of the best money-management brains on the planet -- often seems to be savoring the words that are about to emerge.

UPI Almanac for Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Some 130 million American voters -- more than the entire population of Japan and enough to make them the world's 10th most populous country -- will go to the polls Tuesday in the most exciting and extraordinary election in modern times.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The global economic slowdown has triggered think tank debates about the future of laissez-faire capitalism, which French President Nicolas Sarkozy has pronounced "finished." The current system of international power is no longer an accurate reflection of current realities, let alone future ones.

LONDON, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- The recession means Britain needs to break the rules of fiscal prudence he set as chancellor of the exchequer, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Worries about the federal deficit can wait until the U.S. economy perks up again, several economic analysts said.