World economy
Japan’s central bank maintains interest rates
15 Jul 2009
Rudd warns China over Rio tinto detention
15 Jul 2009
Bowing to regulation
15 Jul 2009
Interpreting the numbers is as hard in a recession as in the good times because companies have an extraordinary ability to window dress the results, says CNN's London correspondent Richard Quest, in an exclusive article for domain-b
US deficit set to hit $2 trillion
14 Jul 2009
India, other countries want developed world to agree to 40 per cent emission reduction by 2020
13 Jul 2009
Tax row may damage UBS's reputation, say experts
11 Jul 2009
G8's NPT stance may undermine nuclear supplies to India
11 Jul 2009
The US is part of a G8 initiative to deny nuclear enrichment technology to countries that have not signed the NPT, ndermining the NSG "clean waiver'' on supplies to India
Italian PM wants G14 to resolve global crisis
10 Jul 2009
Not the G8, but an expanded forum that includes Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa is best suited for addressing and settling the global governance issues
China softens stand on India’s demand for UNSC seat
10 Jul 2009
China seems to have softened its line on India's bid for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council seat.
German exports fall 24.5 per cent in May
09 Jul 2009
El Nino weather pattern developing slowly, but surely
09 Jul 2009
An El Nino weather pattern is developing across the Pacific Basin, according to the Australian government's Bureau of Meteorology- a matter of great concern for India as this phenomenon is usually associated with floods and droughts.
El Nino weather pattern developing slowly, but surely
09 Jul 2009
An El Nino weather pattern is developing across the Pacific Basin, according to the Australian government's Bureau of Meteorology- a matter of great concern for India as this phenomenon is usually associated with floods and droughts.
G8 Summit: India says ready to discuss dollar status
08 Jul 2009
India has agreed to join a discussion on the reserve currency role of the US dollar, even as the G8 Summit failed so far to agree on the climate change goals for 2050.
Vatican finances tumble amid economic slowdown
08 Jul 2009
The Vatican said that it ran a deficit in 2008 as its finances and donations from across the world were hit by the global economic crisis.
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