World economy
US consumer confidence remains high in June
29 Jun 2013
'Bad English' saved Japan's banks from global crisis: Japanese Dy PM
28 Jun 2013
Lax understanding of English helped Japanese banks emerge largely unscathed from the global financial crisis, says Japan's deputy prime minister and finance minister Taro Aso
New US immigration bill gets Senate nod
28 Jun 2013
US Vice President Joe Biden says bringing hard working immigrants out of the shadows and into the US economy will improve the country's balance sheet by nearly a trillion dollars over the next 20 years
OFT calls for review of payday lenders
28 Jun 2013
Rudd back as Australian PM after Gillard loses labour ballot
27 Jun 2013
Julia Gillard lost the Labour Party leadership ballot just months ahead of the general elections due in September to rival Kevin Rudd, whom she had ousted in 2010
Pak agency formally charges Musharraf with Benazir killing
25 Jun 2013
The chargesheet submitted today contained the statements of four witnesses, including two American reporters
Italy’s ex-PM Berlusconi gets 7-yr sentence in sex scandal
25 Jun 2013
Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to seven years in jail and banned from public office by a lower court in Milan
Qatar's emir hands over power to 33-year-old son
25 Jun 2013
Climate change, Afghanistan top Kerry’s agenda on Indian visit
24 Jun 2013
The US and India have begun high-level talks on a wide range of issues, including nuclear cooperation, India’s role in the upcoming Afghanistan elections, and climate change
UK, China reach £21-bn currency swap deal
24 Jun 2013
New US trade chief wants India to relax rules for new trade deals
22 Jun 2013
Former deputy national security advisor Michael Froman, who has taken charge as the new US trade representative, wants India to open its markets to US agricultural exports
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