World economy
Global recession drags Chinese manufacturing to record low
01 December 2008
Canon announces Canon Institute for Global Studies, Canon Foundation
01 December 2008
UK inching closer to adopting euro, says EC chief Barroso
01 December 2008
High discounts attract heavy holiday shopping in US despite economic gloom
01 December 2008
ArcelorMittal launches voluntary separation programme
29 November 2008
Christmas gloom for retailers, says CBI; winter fuel bill woes for pensioners
29 November 2008
Drug firms misusing patents to block cheaper generics: EU
28 November 2008
Spain unveils $14.3 billion recovery package to fight economic meltdown
28 November 2008
Nokia exits Japanese market
28 November 2008
Large US regional banks continue to feel credit crunch bite: S&P
28 November 2008
ArcelorMittal to lay-off 16 per cent of US workers
28 November 2008
Layoffs start to hurt Silicon Valley
28 November 2008
Google slashing contractor jobs
28 November 2008
Volcker to head Obama’s economic advisory committee
27 November 2008
EU planning €200 billion stimulus
26 November 2008
China slashes key lending, deposit rates to boost liquidity
26 November 2008
OECD suggests further cut in interest rates; sees India recovery in 2009
26 November 2008
US government unveils $800 billion second stimulus plan
26 November 2008
Rio may sell stakes in key projects to China to shed debt
25 November 2008
Pakistan secures $7.6 billion lifeline from IMF
25 November 2008
BHP Billiton abandons bid for Rio Tinto
25 November 2008
Bush spurs global action as Obama sets agenda for US
24 November 2008
Chinese officials say employment situation ‘grim’
24 November 2008
Lend or face nationalisation, UK government tells banks
24 November 2008
Obama plans to add 2.5 million jobs in US in 2 years
22 November 2008
Unemployment in Silicon Valley zooms to 6.9 per cent
22 November 2008
Retail prices of gasoline in US drop below $2 per gallon
22 November 2008
EU members agree on agriculture reforms, subsidy cuts
22 November 2008
Global crude steel output falls 12.4 per cent in October
21 November 2008
Sea piracy to impact price of crude
21 November 2008
APEC to go full steam with globalisation, dump protectionism
21 November 2008
A grim two decades ahead: US intelligence assessment
21 November 2008
Russia will emerge stronger from financial crisis: Putin
21 November 2008
Lamy pushes WTO talks to tackle problems of poor countries
20 November 2008
China, Peru complete free-trade talks
20 November 2008
European Central Bank official calls for bigger German stimulus package
20 November 2008
US auto industry bailout: In the firing line
19 November 2008
US auto industry bailout: The Big Three go up the Hill
18 November 2008
Ford, GM offload stakes to raise cash
18 November 2008
Developed economies in recession
18 November 2008
US tightens rules for foreign investors
17 November 2008
Brazilian president Lula asks rich countries to set their economies in order
17 November 2008
IMF bails out Pakistan with $7.6 billion loan
17 November 2008
G-20's Washington summit: The old order changeth, yielding place to new
17 November 2008
G-20: Declaration of the summit on financial markets and the world economy
17 November 2008
G-20 summit: Plan to reform global financial system being readied
15 November 2008
Y V Reddy nominated to UN task force
15 November 2008
G-20 summit: A walk in the woods
15 November 2008
G-20 summit: High powered Indian representation at Washington
15 November 2008
Gender pay gap narrowing in India, widening in UK
15 November 2008
Southern California holds biggest mock earthquake drill in US
14 November 2008
Recession hits Italy
14 November 2008
Belgian-French finance giant Dexia to sell troubled US insurance unit
14 November 2008
Hong Kong joins the list of major economies in recession
14 November 2008
China offers $500 million to Pakistan
14 November 2008
Japan offers $100 billion for IMF bailout fund
14 November 2008
Brussels sprouts new rules for vegetables
14 November 2008
OECD forecast says industrialized countries heading for major slowdown
13 November 2008
Bank of England governor says UK economy “very likely” in recession
13 November 2008
UK job losses mount as BT slashes 10,000
13 November 2008
Germany steps into recession with Q3 slump
13 November 2008
US Congress braces for showdown on bill to bail out Detroit auto giants
13 November 2008
Mafia seen tightening hold on Italy's economy
12 November 2008
Zero growth for Germany in 2009, says economic panel
12 November 2008
Oil supply-demand gap to widen sharply after 2010: IEA Outlook 2008
12 November 2008
UK unemployment rising at its fastest pace in 16 years: ONS data
12 November 2008
Auditors smell a €6 billion scam in EU grant overclaims
11 November 2008
Obama looking to appoint first chief technology officer for US
11 November 2008
No.2 American electronics retailer Circuit City files for bankruptcy
10 November 2008
China pumps $586 billion to bolster economy
10 November 2008
Iceland to get $6 billion from IMF, Europe
10 November 2008
EU asks Polish government to sell off shipyards to repay state aid
10 November 2008
BRIC nations call for a new global financial order
10 November 2008
US unemployment rate hits a 14-year high at 6.5 per cent
08 November 2008
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire reports 77-per cent drop in quarterly profit
08 November 2008
Corus raises production cuts to 30 per cent; axes 400 jobs
08 November 2008
Chicago business school gets largest ever donation of $300 million
07 November 2008
Intel CEO warns that deepest recession “in his lifetime” will only get worse
07 November 2008
Canada reeling under increase in bankruptcies cases in September
07 November 2008
IMF predicts global recession
07 November 2008
Global slowdown to slow India's GDP by 2 per cent: Deloitte
06 November 2008
Bank of England slashes lending rates by a third
06 November 2008
Motorola job cuts to affect Indian operations
05 November 2008
US job cuts see 79 per cent jump in October: report
05 November 2008
China feels the pangs as the world slows down
05 November 2008
US to extend reach of $700 billion bail-out package
04 November 2008
The collapse of the big oil bubble may not last
04 November 2008
Brown mobilises Gulf funds for IMF bail-out plans
03 November 2008
Hungary receives $25.1 billion from IMF, EU, World Bank
03 November 2008
US economy shrinks during 3Q, signalling recession as consumers ease up spending
31 October 2008
IMF loosens loan strings, for now
30 October 2008
IMF's $100-billion facility to aid crisis-hit nations
30 October 2008
Fed opens $120-billion swap lines with Brazil, Mexico, S Korea, Singapore
30 October 2008
Japan rate cut said to be in the offing
30 October 2008
Asia Pacific IT market cushioned, not immune from economic slowdown: Gartner
29 October 2008
EU urges China, Gulf States to fund IMF
29 October 2008
Wall Street brokers being lured with 100-per cent earnings as commisions
27 October 2008
Das Kapital sales shoot up amid financial crisis
27 October 2008
IMF bails out Ukraine with a whopping $16.5 billion loan
27 October 2008
Pakistan seeks IMF help
27 October 2008
Nikkei rebounds, S Korea declines despite highest rate cut
27 October 2008
IMF and the World Bank set to increase loans
27 October 2008
Lend us to sustain global growth: PM
25 October 2008
IMF approves $2-billion loan for Iceland
25 October 2008
Europe seeks succour from China as financial market crisis worsens
24 October 2008
Goldman Sachs to slash 10 per cent jobs, 3200 employees at risk
24 October 2008
Global leaders' summit in Washington on 15 November
23 October 2008
China’s growth drops to lowest in five years
22 October 2008
India, China account for 6.5 per cent of new jobs created worldwide: IBM study
22 October 2008
Sarkozy calls for European sovereign funds to buy European stocks
22 October 2008
Income inequality and poverty rising in most OECD countries
21 October 2008
Financial crisis to add 20 million jobless: ILO
21 October 2008
A global depression? Not yet
21 October 2008
Bernanke seeks fresh financial stimulus; sees low US recovery
20 October 2008
Unemployment in UK to reach 2 million by Christmas
20 October 2008
President Bush offers to host world summit to resolve financial crisis
20 October 2008
Not the end of the world!
18 October 2008
Final McCain-Obama debate focuses on US auto industry bailout, energy, oil
17 October 2008
EU, US boost guarantees for bank deposits
16 October 2008
Crude at 13-month low near $71 a barrel as recession looms
16 October 2008
Finally, the world has a rescue plan
15 October 2008
Crude oil hits a 13-month low of $75.62 a barrel
15 October 2008
Europe unveils bailout plan
14 October 2008
Financial crisis may affect fund flows to poor nations, say IMF and World Bank
13 October 2008
Governments, central banks act to stem further meltdown; markets zoom again
13 October 2008
OPEC calls emergency meet as oil slides below $80
13 October 2008
Putin unveils Russian bailout package
13 October 2008
G7 may suspend trading in bank stocks; countries pledge support
13 October 2008
US trade deficit falls on declining demand for oil
11 October 2008
G7 nations fail to put their acts together
11 October 2008
China wants reports on financial health of foreign JVs
11 October 2008
GE 3Q results cheer markets despite meltdown
11 October 2008
Pakistan moves US, UK for $10 billion emergency bailout
10 October 2008
IMF creates $200-billion emergency fund to ease credit crunch
10 October 2008
Britain unveils $906-billion bailout plan for banks
10 October 2008
Iceland headed for bankruptcy; PM seeks $5.44-billion Russian loan
08 October 2008
Fed plans direct lending to corporates
07 October 2008
India raps IMF for 'ignoring' global financial crisis
07 October 2008
For India, the pain may worsen
07 October 2008
India invited to join G-8 economic summit
07 October 2008
The US loses 1,59,000 jobs, signalling recession
06 October 2008
France in recession, economy shrinking
03 October 2008
US Senate's new $700-billion package
02 October 2008
White House, lawmakers plan new bailout deal
30 September 2008
India, China have stake in solving US crisis: Manmohan Singh
30 September 2008
The Paulson Plan crashes
30 September 2008
Central bankers pump $630 billion in global financial system
30 September 2008
Shock defeat for $700-billion bail out plan
30 September 2008
New Japanese PM Aso pledges tax cuts in $17 billion economic package
29 September 2008
US lawmakers in preliminary agreement on Bush’s $700 billion bailout package
29 September 2008
US bailout package may cover 5 UK banks also
26 September 2008
Bush’s bailout plan under attack by Republican legislators
26 September 2008
Bernanke implores Congressional support as $700-billion package faces opposition
25 September 2008
Japanese economy plagued by slow growth, political stalemate: S&P
24 September 2008
G7 pledges support sans cash to Paulson plan
23 September 2008
UAE establishes $13.6-billion fund to tide over crisis
23 September 2008
Paulson for immediate approval of $700-billion package
22 September 2008
Unemployment in California, Silicon Valley at four-year high
20 September 2008
Bush administration announces $500-billion bailout package
20 September 2008
Wall Street mess: 40,000 jobs, $3 billion tax revenues at stake in New York
20 September 2008
China cuts lending rates, reserve ratio for banks as global financial markets sink
15 September 2008
China compels foreign companies to allow unions
12 September 2008
US trade deficit widens to $62.2 billion in July
11 September 2008
Put Asia on top of agenda, experts advise incoming US administration
11 September 2008
Indonesia turns net oil importer; suspends OPEC membership
10 September 2008
Iran, Venezuela moot oil production cut
08 September 2008
US unemployment rate breaches six per cent for the first time in five years
06 September 2008
Has the US economy staved off a recession?
05 September 2008
China's CNPC signs $3-billion deal to develop Iraqi oil field
04 September 2008
Argentina to pay $6.7-billion default debt to the Paris Club
04 September 2008
Venezuela to nationalise fuel distribution
04 September 2008
Oil prices drop below $110 as Huricane Gustav passes
02 September 2008
UK government suspends property stamp duty to encourage housing revival
02 September 2008
Korea weighs measures to avert US-type financial crisis
02 September 2008
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda resigns
01 September 2008
UK firms flee high taxes
01 September 2008
McCain picks Alaska governor Sarah Palin for VP
29 August 2008
Obama raises the 'outsourcing' bogey again
29 August 2008
Lehman plans to layoff 1,500
29 August 2008
Brazil considering trade sanction on US over cotton subsidies
28 August 2008
After the UK, Germany faces possible recession as consumer confidence plummets
26 August 2008
Uncertainties grip the global economy
26 August 2008
IMF sees world economic growth falling to 3.9 per cent in 2009
25 August 2008
British economy grinds to a standstill; technical recession likely, say experts
23 August 2008
Lone Star acquires IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, first German casualty of sub-prime mortgage crisis
21 August 2008
Germany moves law to block takeovers by foreign funds
21 August 2008
Venezuelan troops seize Cemex cement plant
19 August 2008
OPEC set for record profits in 2008, says US energy department
13 August 2008
US trade deficit narrows in June on strength of increased exports
13 August 2008
Lamy, Kamal Nath call for resumption of world trade talks
12 August 2008
Asia-Pacific growth prospects stable: S&P
12 August 2008
High corn hits both ethanol producers and food industry
11 August 2008
US unemployment at four-year high
01 August 2008
China to spend $3.7-billion on nuclear facility in quake-hit Sichuan
23 July 2008
Argentine senate defeats presidential tax proposal as VP votes against government
18 July 2008
India's overseas investments up 53.2 per cent at over $23 billion in FY08
17 July 2008
Venezuelan president Chavez threatens oil at $300
15 July 2008
Bush revokes executive ban on offshore drilling, seeks Congress nod
15 July 2008
Goldman Sachs predicts Indian incomes to become world-class by 2030
10 July 2008
American study says China’s economy will surpass that of the US in 2035
09 July 2008
US SEC to share financial sector information to US Fed
08 July 2008
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