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The Weekly Standard reports that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the fiscally-conservative wonk and chairman of the House Budget Committee is still considering a run for president, citing people close to him. "One Ryan confidante used an analogy to make the point. Ryan sees running for president like taking a swan dive off a cliff. In the early stages of the race, when he started getting calls urging him to run, Ryan began walking away from the cliff at a brisk pace. Then, when Daniels announced that he was passing on a bid, Ryan stopped in place and turned around. In the weeks since, he’s slowly made his way back to the cliff and he’s now peering over the side trying to decide if he makes the leap."

House Budget chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) delivered a well-received speech at Friday's Faith and Freedom Conference in which he warned that the government needed to remove itself from the free market.

Mystery Solved. The two economists who dined with Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), sipping pricey $350 Pinot Noir, Wednesday evening are Cliff Asness, a hedge-fund manager and angry opponent of President Obama's fiscal policies, and John Cochrane, a University of Chicago professor and free-market advocate.

One of the most conservative members of Congress signaled on Monday what may be the beginning of the end for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA): Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI), chairman of the House Budget Committee and the GOP’s frontman against so-called “job killing regulations,” is officially against it.

The 60 Plus Association -- a well-moneyed group that advocates for conservative safety net policies -- is running a new ad, staring House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), to defend the GOP plan to phase out Medicare and replace it with private insurance.

President Barack Obama’s chief political opponent got pranked on April Fool’s Day this year, and not just pranked by anyone. Appearing in Milwaukee on Sunday afternoon, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) was prepared to address an affluent group of Republicans for a campaign brunch, but his staff warned that he may not get much of a turnout....

Earlier this week, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), a leading voice on shrinking entitlement spending and privatizing Medicare, spent Tuesday evening sipping $350 of wine with two economist friends. He paid for one of the bottles himself after another diner at the posh eatery Bistro Bis scolded the table for consuming the equivalent of a two-income working family's weekly budget in one sitting.

A new survey of Wisconsin from Public Policy Polling (D) finds that Rep. Paul Ryan (R), whose proposal to privatize Medicare has become the center of national controversy, is now viewed unfavorably by a plurality of voters back home in this perennial swing state.

Prosecutors in the U.S. and in Europe are close to making arrests in connection with the investigation into the possible manipulation of international benchmark interests rates, including the London interbank offered rate, or Libor, Reuters reports on its website Sunday.

Asian markets fell on Monday after Spain's borrowing costs climbed to a euro-era high, pushing the single currency down to multi-year lows against both the dollar and the yen.

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LYG) is set to signal that it will bring forward its so-called "ring fence", or separation of retail and investment banking, ahead of the 2019 deadline demanded by the Independent Commission on Banking, the Sunday Telegraph reported.

Banco Santander SA (SAN) will shut 96 high street branches as part of its effort to complete the integration of the British lenders it bought during the financial crisis, the Sunday Times reported.

Barclays PLC (BCS.LN) Deputy Chairman Michael Rake has shunned the chance to become chairman of the beleaguered bank, and Rich Ricci, Chief Executive of Barclay's investment banking arm, pulled out of the race to become CEO of the parent company, U.K. newspapers reported Sunday.

Australian mining and resources investment is close to peaking, posing downside risks for what has become a key pillar of the nation's economy, a report published Monday by Deloitte Access Economics said.

Hong Kong shares slumped sharply early Monday on escalated fears over Europe following a report that Greece may no longer receive aid from the International Monetary Fund, with heavyweight HSBC Holdings PLC fronting an across-the-board slide.

Australia's producer price index rose 0.5% in the April-June quarter, the government reported Monday.

The International Monetary Fund has signaled to Brussels it will no longer partake in financial aid for Greece, meaning the country could run out of money as early as September, according to an article published the Der Spiegel website Sunday, citing a high-ranking representative of European Union

Granting a two-year extension of Greece's deficit-cutting program would cost the country's European and international creditors as much as €40 billion euros extra, a Greek newspaper reports Sunday, twice the amount of previous government estimates.