World economy
Pak may prove thorny as PM leaves for Brussels
09 Dec 2010
Nigeria files bribery charges against Dick Cheney
09 Dec 2010
Last year KBR and Halliburton had agreed to pay $579 million settlement in the US after guilty plea over the $180 million Nigerian bribery charges
Confucius Peace Prize: China's wannabe Nobel Peace Prize
09 Dec 2010
The Confucius prize, says the website of the new award, is a "greater honour than the Nobel", as China has upward of a billion people while Norway is tiny and its committee ''could be inevitably biased and fallacious''.
Ireland to accelerate shrinking of banks: report
06 Dec 2010
Spain approves new austerity measures; says no need to tap EU fund
04 Dec 2010
Spain, euro zone’s fourth-largest economy, has unveiled further measures to contain the budget deficit and avoid the contagion spreading from Ireland to the Iberian Peninsula
India should help coordinate global efforts for sustainable growth: Strauss Kahn
03 Dec 2010
'The downside risks of decoupling growth from major economies would be too great, not just for these economies, but for the world as a whole'
Nouriel Roubini expects India’s growth to outpace China's within 10 years
03 Dec 2010
Roubini joins Morgan Stanley in projecting a faster pace of growth for India, which is driven by domestic demand, over China's export-led growth
Portugal says does not need bailout as debt crisis spreads
03 Dec 2010
Prime Minister Jose Socrates says Portugal does not need aid, even as investors worry that it may be next in line for a bailout, along with Spain, Belgium, and even Italy
UK manufacturing up at 16 year peak
01 Dec 2010
Irish Bailout: who next?
30 Nov 2010
The long and short of the sorry situation is that having botched two bailouts so far, the EU seems destined to repeat the mistake a third time, unless it makes clear that there is a problem with certain countries and starts dealing with it, writes CNN anchor and London correspondent Richard Quest, in an exclusive column for domain-b
Global climate change talks begin at Cancun
30 Nov 2010
Obama seeks first two-year pay freeze in US history for federal workers
30 Nov 2010
Ceding to political pressure from the Republicans, the Obama administration has proposed the first two-year pay freeze in US history for federal workers in a bid to cut the $1.3-trillion budget deficit
Ireland succumbs to EU, IMF on €85-bn bailout
29 Nov 2010
Irish crisis forces Portugal to adopt austerity budget for 2011
27 Nov 2010
In a bid to avoid a potential bailout, Portugal's parliament has given into to EU pressure to adopt an austerity budget for 2011
Japan export growth slows
25 Nov 2010
Japan has reported slower growth in exports for October than forecast, indicating a weakening of the growth engine mainly responsible for leading the nation’s recovery out of global recession.
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