World economy
French jobless rate hits record high in November
27 Dec 2011
US firms acquiring assets from distressed European banks
27 Dec 2011
With Europe deep in financial trouble, US firms, eyeing an opportunity to make quick gains are buying up bank owned assets from Miami to Dublin
Banks prepare to deal in pre-euro currencies if EU collapses
26 Dec 2011
Preparing their systems to handle codes for old European currencies was one way banks were taking steps to insulate themselves from major business disruptions if any country suddenly left the euro
China’s business confidence index drops to 41.7 %: poll
23 Dec 2011
China’s business confidence index fell in the fourth quarter, the second consecutive drop, amid growing concern over rising costs and an economic slowdown
Spain’s borrowing costs fall to less than half
20 Dec 2011
New US bill targets call centre jobs overseas
20 Dec 2011
UK Chancellor to back banking shake-up
19 Dec 2011
Russia gains WTO membership
17 Dec 2011
Russia is the last major world economy to join the WTO and its membership would see over 97 per cent of all world trade take place among member countries
Village in China fights back forced land acquisition
17 Dec 2011
Wukan's villagers put up a stiff resistance battling authorities with rocks and sharpened bamboos to prevent forcible land acquisition for a luxury housing project
Russia to back India’s UN ambitions
16 Dec 2011
IMF chief warns of crisis escalating globally
16 Dec 2011
Sounding a grim warning, Christine Lagarde, managing director of the IMF said that the global economy faced the prospect of "what happened in the 30s"
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