World economy
OECD sees signs of broad economic recovery
12 Sep 2009
The OECD says that the global economy is on a recovery path in most of the OECD economies, in particular in France and Italy, as well as in China, India and Russia.
Former Taiwanese president Chen gets life term for corruption
11 Sep 2009
Chen and his representatives claim it was political revenge for his lifelong push to declare independence from China, and blasted the replacement of the judges in the middle of the trial
Australian federal court approves Viterra's acquisition of ABB Grain
11 Sep 2009
The Federal Court of Australia has cleared a scheme that will enable Canadian agribusiness Viterra to take over Australian grains marketer ABB Grain.
China's imports, exports tumble again in August
11 Sep 2009
India's exports down 19.7 per cent in August
10 Sep 2009
India's exports fell 19.7 per cent to $14.3 billion in August this year on a year-on-year basis as the slide in exports continued for the 11th consecutive month
US taxpayers likely to lose money on auto bailouts, says panel
10 Sep 2009
The panel formed last year to oversee the $700-billion Troubled Asset Relief Programme, says the bulk of the money provided to Chrysler and GM is unlikely to be recovered
China to allow foreign-invested companies to list
09 Sep 2009
China plans to expand its outsourcing business and rival India as an outsourcing destination.
United at last, but for how long?
09 Sep 2009
The G-20 may not agree on what to do about big bad bank bonuses, but on the question of the road to recovery they are, at least for the time being, reading the same map, says CNN's London correspondent Richard Quest, in an exclusive column to domain-b
Chinese ODI rises to $55.9 billion in 2008
09 Sep 2009
Greenspan warns of double-digit inflation if monetary expansion is not curbed
08 Sep 2009
The 83-year-old former policy maker said capital requirements even during non-crisis periods needed to have a larger buffer
Switzerland replaces US at top of WEF competitiveness rankings
08 Sep 2009
India and China moved up one place each in the WEF global competitiveness ranking and are now placed 49th and 29th, respectively, in the list of 133 countries.
India ready to lend up to $10 billion to IMF: Mukherjee
05 Sep 2009
The Indian pledge is part of the $80 billion that the four BRIC countries will invest to replenish the IMF fund to help countries struggling under the current financial crisis
Battered and bruised, healing isn't quite over
05 Sep 2009
Optimism may be growing, but it is only an inch thick... battered, bruised and beaten up, no-one is prepared to really celebrate just yet. There is a feeling that there could be another brush with disaster before this crisis is over, says CNN's London correspondent Richard Quest, in an exclusive column to domain-b.
UK car scrappage scheme boost sales in August
05 Sep 2009
IMF chief warns of sluggish global recovery
05 Sep 2009
Despite the global economy emerging from the worst financial and economic crisis in the post-war period, recovery will be sluggish, cautions IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn
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