World economy
Bank of Japan says country's economy recovering
19 Oct 2009
FDI into China up 18.9 per cent in September
15 Oct 2009
Rio Tinto reports record iron ore sales in Q3
15 Oct 2009
French bank to repay €3-billion government aid
15 Oct 2009
The Paris-based banking major is among the top five banking groups which received government support of around €20 billion to weather the global financial crisis.
Pay czar Feinberg asks AIG to withhold bonus payments
14 Oct 2009
Kenneth Feinberg has informally advised the New York-based insurance and financial services conglomerate not to pay the full $198 million employees
Recession in its last lap, says NABE survey
13 Oct 2009
The vast majority of business economists believe that the economic recovery is likely to be more moderate than those typically experienced following steep declines
WTO bats for employment-friendly trade reforms
12 Oct 2009
China raises foreign funds investment limit on securities to $1 billion
12 Oct 2009
The world’s third largest economy aims to boost foreign inflows into the country
Lloyds mulls £11-billion rights issue
12 Oct 2009
British banking and insurance major, Lloyds is keen to break-out off the UK government's Asset Protection Scheme
UK government to announce £16-billion asset sale
12 Oct 2009
To cut the government's mounting deficit, Britain’s prime minister Gordon Brown is to announce the sale of £16 billion worth of assets today, the BBC reports
US August trade deficit narrows to $30.7 billion
10 Oct 2009
India slips to 38th in WEF's global financial centre ranking
09 Oct 2009
All BRIC nations, except Brazil, have fallen in their rankings while the western economies hit hard by the financial sector tsunami still continue at the top of the ranking.
UK emerges as world’s leading financial centre
09 Oct 2009
US jobless claims off to 10-month low at 521,000
09 Oct 2009
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