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Goldman Sachs chief economist Jim O’Neill coined the acronym BRIC in 2001—for Brazil, Russia, India, and China—to highlight these countries’ rapid economic expansion. Eight years later, the four ...

Bulgarians have begun withdrawing euros for the first time after the former communist nation joined the euro currency union as its 21st member. Cash machines in the capital, Sofia, dispensed brand new ...