World economy
UK engineering sector sees resurgence
06 Sep 2010
G20 pushes the growth agenda
04 Sep 2010
G20 will meet again on Sunday to discuss issues, including reform in the global financial regulatory framework.
Roubini outlines the “new normal”
03 Sep 2010
Prof Roubini has said decoupling expectations will flop as US economic slowdown impacts China, Japan and the euro zone and that it would still feel like recession even without a double dip.
Blair memoirs hit the top spot on Amazon list
03 Sep 2010
Karzai says all’s well after run on Kabul Bank
03 Sep 2010
Afghanistan struggled to restore customer confidence after depositors began a run on the country’s biggest bank soon after the Central Bank removed its top two executives.
IMF, World Bank step up aid for flood-hit Pak
03 Sep 2010
IMF, World Bank step up aid for flood-hit Pak
03 Sep 2010
Tariff wars: EU may investigate Chinese modem exports
02 Sep 2010
With its high-tech industry under increasing threat from low cost Chinese products, the EU has said it may investigate if China is unfairly subsidising makers of wireless modems.
World trade rebounds; rises 25 pct over last year
02 Sep 2010
The WTO released figures which show global trade rebounding strongly in the first half of this year, rising by over 25 per cent from the same period last year.
Tariff wars: China slaps duties on US chicken
02 Sep 2010
In retaliation to the US Commerce Department imposing stiff countervailing duties on imports of its aluminum products, China, yesterday imposed anti-subsidy duties on US chicken products for a period of five years
Economic chill lurking ahead
01 Sep 2010
You can only enjoy the good weather when you have learned to appreciate the bad. I am not sure I can apply this to the economic outlook By CNN anchor/ correspondent Richard Quest
BIS survey: Daily forex trade at a high of $4 trillion
01 Sep 2010
Daily currency trading in global markets has grown to an average of $4 trillion a day, says a survey, with big banks losing their dominant position to hedge funds and other financial institutions.
Drug wars: Mexico nets drug lord 'La Barbie'
31 Aug 2010
Mexico confirmed on Monday the capture of Edgar Valdez Villarreal, alias "La Barbie," a drug lord blamed for a vicious turf war in Mexico.
Recession likely cause for fall in US birth rate
28 Aug 2010
US aid chief forced out of Pak by extremists
28 Aug 2010
Indian-American US aid chief Rajiv Shah created a stir when he visited a flood victims' camp in Pakistan on Wednesday where some supplies had been distributed days earlier by militant groups
US to tighten trade rules: targets Chinese goods
27 Aug 2010
The Obama administration has announced stricter rules to enforce trade laws against nations that subsidise exports of cheap goods to the US, and the primary target is likely to be China.
India overhauls Japan; now second largest Asian importer of oil
26 Aug 2010
In yet another significant statistic marking the rapid rise of India and China as global economic powers India has overtaken Japan in demand for oil among Asian nations in Q2 2010.