World economy
China’s exports rise beating forecasts
10 Jan 2013
Half the world’s food output is wasted: study
10 Jan 2013
The report, ‘Global Food; Waste Not, Want Not’, suggested that half the food bought in Europe and the US was thrown away while the worldwide figure is well over 30 per cent
UBS top banker admits banks were “too arrogant”
10 Jan 2013
Japan may inject ¥12 trillion to boost economy
08 Jan 2013
Japan’s newly elected Shinzo Abe government is likely to pump in additional ¥12 trillion ($136 billion) in the current fiscal year to boost economic growth in the world’s third-largest economy
US economy added 1,55,000 jobs in December
05 Jan 2013
UK tax department publishes photographs of tax dodgers
05 Jan 2013
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has decided to name and shame individuals evading taxes by posting their photographs on Flickr
UK manufacturing at 15-month high in December
03 Jan 2013
China-Vietnam faceoff escalates after new law
02 Jan 2013
US House of Representatives clears 'fiscal cliff' bill
02 Jan 2013
Failure to pass the bill would have resulted in huge spending cuts and increased tax rates for more than 98 per cent of Americans
North Korea's Kim Jong Un calls for economic revamp, peace with South
01 Jan 2013
He, however, did not provide details as to what specific measures would be taken to improve the lot of the people
US over the fiscal cliff, but averts a fall with Senate deal
01 Jan 2013
The stop-gap agreement, however, did not in any way help to rein in huge annual budget deficits that has pushed US debt to the $16.4 trillion ‘fiscal cliff’