World economy
Ukraine-Russia stand-off to hit India’s trade with CIS
04 Mar 2014
India’s rising trade with Ukraine and other CIS countries could be hit hard if the current stand-off between Ukraine and Russia escalates
China pips US to become world's top trader
03 Mar 2014
China is now the largest trade partner of more than 120 countries and the world's second-largest importer
Russia defies global pressure, deploys more troops in Ukraine
03 Mar 2014
Britain, the US, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, and Japan have all withdrawn from the G8 summit in the Russian city of Sochi
China's Cofco buys majority stake in Dutch grain trader Nidera to secure country’s food supply
03 Mar 2014
Lawmakers back Obama’s warning to Russia
01 Mar 2014
Revealed: MI5 ‘super-spy’ infiltrated UK Nazi ring during WWII
01 Mar 2014
A ‘super-spy’ working for MI5, the domestic arm of British intelligence, secretly controlled a vast network of UK-based Nazi sympathisers during the Second World War by pretending to have Gestapo links, newly-released files reveal
Insiders say Mt Gox fall started a year ago
28 Feb 2014
Ban ‘crime aid’ bitcoin, US senator tells regulators
28 Feb 2014
A US Democratic senator has sought a ban on the popular digital crypto-currency bitcoin, citing it as both “unregulated and unstable” in a letter to federal regulators.
Kerry says US behaving like ‘poor nation’
28 Feb 2014
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday decried what he called a "new isolationism" in the United States, saying the world’s biggest economy was beginning to behave like a poor nation
Argentina to compensate Repsol $5 bn over 2012 asset seizures
26 Feb 2014
Spanish oil giant Repsol yesterday said that its board has agreed to accept the $5-billion compensation from the Argentinean government over the seizure of the company's operations by the Christina Kirchner government
Mt Gox website down amid solvency issues
25 Feb 2014
Egypt cabinet resigns, paves way for military chief’s takeover
25 Feb 2014
Egypt’s interim cabinet resigned Monday in a surprise move that could pave the way for the nation’s military chief, Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, to announce his widely anticipated plans to run for president
Ukraine issues arrest warrant on ousted president Viktor Yanukovych
24 Feb 2014
Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said he doubted the legitimacy of the country’s new leaders and that the developments posed a real threat to Russian interest and to the lives of its citizens
G20 sets 2% annual growth target for five years
24 Feb 2014
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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