World economy

Chavez cracks down on price gouging retailers, establishments to check prices

18 Jan 2010

Online leading advertising industry recovery, says Bellwether report

18 Jan 2010

Marketing spending on the main media, such as TV, press and radio advertising, suffered most, with 22 per cent of UK companies cutting back on spending on traditional media

Poverty most serious global problem: Global poll

18 Jan 2010

Extreme global poverty outranks climate change, terrorism or the state of the global economy as a more serious problem, reveals a new annual global poll across 23 countries conducted for BBC World Service

Europe says 'No' to US model bank tax

16 Jan 2010

US to officially slam Beijing over Google attack

16 Jan 2010

The US government is preparing to issue a formal protest to Beijing, and demand an explanation for the cyber attack on Google Inc

Sovereign debt "most significant” global risk: WEF

16 Jan 2010

A report from the World Economic Forum says that sovereign debt default is the most significant amongst all the global economic risks in the world today and could lead to "full-fledged sovereign debt crises" beginning this year.

Eurozone trade surplus falls to 4.8 billion euros

16 Jan 2010

Obama unveils bank tax to raise $90 billion in 10 years

16 Jan 2010

Obama’s “Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee” targets about 35 US companies and 10 to 15 US subsidiaries of foreign firms, which have more than $50 billion in assets

China’s foreign exchange reserves touch $2.4 trillion

15 Jan 2010

Global oil demand for 2010 to be 'sluggish': IEA

15 Jan 2010

The International Energy Agency said Friday that oil demand in the developed world for 2010 would be "sluggish" with all increases being accounted for by emerging markets.

Why blame Iceland?

By CNN anchor/ correspondent | 15 Jan 2010

Threatening Iceland that its EU membership application would be looked upon less favourably if it doesn’t sign on the dotted line and hand over the cash is just bullying by another name, writes CNN's London correspondent Richard Quest in an exclusive column to domain-b

Too early to remove stimulus packages in Asia, says ADB

14 Jan 2010

The head of the Asian Development Bank today said that it was too early for Asian countries to end stimulus policies started during the financial crisis last year

Russia govt goes ‘nyet, nyet’ on Vodka

14 Jan 2010

Dubbing it a "national disaster," the Russian government has launched a campaign against alcoholism, aiming to halve alcohol consumption by 2020. Consumption of spirits is more than double the critical level set by WHO.

Corus postpones partial closure of Teesside plant by a month

14 Jan 2010

Fed Beige Book optimistic on early US recovery

14 Jan 2010

Dun & Bradstreet predicts sluggish recovery in 2010

13 Jan 2010

Obama mulls tax on banks to raise $120 billion

13 Jan 2010

US president Barack Obama is planning to raise about $120 billion over 10 years by imposing a fee on banks to help recoup losses from the Troubled Asset Relief Programme (TARP) and reduce the federal deficit

India exploring mining venure prospects in southern Africa: vice president Ansari

12 Jan 2010

China’s central bank raises interest rates to tighten grip on liquidity

08 Jan 2010

US retailers beat analysts' estimates in December

08 Jan 2010

France mulls 'Google tax' to pay for creative content

07 Jan 2010

The French government is considering a tax on internet advertising revenues of online giants such as Google to support industries hit by the digital revolution

Semiconductor sales pick up partly due to spurt in PC market

07 Jan 2010

Euro zone inflation touches 0.9 per cent

06 Jan 2010

UK construction activity shrinks for 22nd month

06 Jan 2010

Iceland's president vetoes repayment of £3.37 billion Icesave bill

05 Jan 2010