The FINANCIAL -- Twenty-one percent (21%) of Likely U.S. Voters now say the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken the week ending Sunday, July 17.

The FINANCIAL -- Rules on the disposal of radioactive waste will be tightened – announces EU Business web-site.

The FINANCIAL -- As EU Business web-site announces, German Chancellor Angel Merkel talked down the chances Tuesday that a eurozone summit will deliver the silver bullet to resolve the debt crisis as the IMF pressed leaders to take urgent action.

The FINANCIAL -- The European Commission warned on Monday that Denmark has failed to justify a controversial decision to increase controls at its borders with Germany and Sweden, announces EU Business web-page.

The FINANCIAL --  According to the EU Business web-edition, Eurozone leaders tried to bridge sharp divisions over a second bailout for Greece ahead of a make-or-break summit Thursday as the United States pressed them to contain a deepening debt crisis.