World economy
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.
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
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.
Fed Beige Book optimistic on early US recovery
14 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
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