World economy
Global markets rally as G-20 pledges $1.1 trillion recovery package
03 Apr 2009
Stock markets across the world have rallied after world leaders reached a $1.1-trillion deal to tackle the global economic crisis at the G-20 summit.
Group of Two: Obama, Hu to meet in Beijing
02 Apr 2009
G-20 pledges $1 trillion to stem financial meltdown
02 Apr 2009
Leaders of the G-20 nations have agreed to pump an additional $1 trillion into the troubled global economy through funding boost to agencies like the IMF, CNBC-TV18 reports.
Australia posts record slump in retail sales
02 Apr 2009
Proximity to Pine Gap facility nixes Chinese mining bid
02 Apr 2009
The real reason for the rejection of a bid by China Minmetals for OZ Minerals may have been the fact that company mines, located in the proximity of the Pine Gap intelligence facility, would have allowed Chinese spies to intercept transmissions.
G-20 draft focuses on free trade, protectionism
31 Mar 2009
BRICs to demand a bigger say at G20 meet
31 Mar 2009
As the wealthy western economies reel under recession, fast-developing Brazil, Russia, India and China are demanding a bigger say in the affairs of G20
G-20 draft backs economic stimulus; India to fight protectionism
30 Mar 2009
A draft proposal by the Group of Twenty nations wants countries to refrain from currency moves that hurt each other's economies even as India seeks action against protectionism.
UN Panel wants G-20 to discuss new global reserve currency
28 Mar 2009
A United Nations panel has called for deep reforms of global financial system and redesigning of the economic stimulus plans – both immediate and long term – and a the framing of a new set of regulations.