World economy
UK growth forecast revised down; economy to shrink in 2012
06 Dec 2012
The UK’s Office of Budget Responsibility has slashed the country’s 2012 growth forecast from 0.8 per cent predicted in March to a 0.1-per cent contraction
Supporting climate-friendly food production
05 Dec 2012
US home prices surge 6.3 per cent October
05 Dec 2012
Egypt and the strategic balance
04 Dec 2012
Immediately following the declaration of a cease-fire in Gaza, Egypt was plunged into a massive domestic crisis, as Mohammed Morsi, elected in the first presidential election after the fall of Hosni Mubarak, passed a decree that would essentially place his executive powers above the courts By George Friedman founder and chief executive officer, Stratfor
Egypt's top judicial body to oversee referendum
04 Dec 2012
EU to disburse €39.5 bn aid to Spain next week: Junker
04 Dec 2012
Spain has requested €39.5 billion in financial aid from its eurozone partners to rescue its struggling banks
UN internet conference begins in Dubai
03 Dec 2012
Singapore HC stays Maldives action against GMR
03 Dec 2012
The Singapore High Court today stayed the Maldives government’s decision to annul the $500 million contract given to India’s GMR Infrastructure Ltd to develop and operate the Male airport
Food poverty hits 10 per cent UK citizens
03 Dec 2012
China November PMI improves economic outlook
03 Dec 2012
US government to sell wind farm leases
01 Dec 2012
Brazil reports disappointing economic growth
01 Dec 2012
Japan approves $10.7-bn stimulus to revive growth
01 Dec 2012
The money, which will be used to support small businesses and on reconstruction work in tsunami affected areas, is expected to create around 80,000 jobs and add 0.2 per cent to the country’s GDP
ECB chief warns euro zone crisis far from over
01 Dec 2012
China plans heavy investments on Australian food supply chain
30 Nov 2012
China's Heilongjiang Feng agricultural group plans to invest as much as $4 billion in wheat acreages in Western Australia, depending on the financial success of its grain supply chain
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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
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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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