World economy
US jobless claims down to seven-year low
16 May 2014
Euro-area recovery fails as economies shrink
16 May 2014
with the French economy stalling unexpectedly and economies from Italy to the Netherland shrinking the euro-area recovery failed to gather pace last quarter
Israel ex-PM Ehud Omert awarded six-year jail sentence in graft case
14 May 2014
Olmert is the first former prime minister of Israel to be convicted of bribery and to be sentenced to prison
Hindujas top UK's 'super rich' list
12 May 2014
Thais rally to "defend democracy"
10 May 2014
UK economy surges past pre-crisis high
09 May 2014
China bullies Vietnam by placing rig in disputed seas
08 May 2014
China has adopted a more aggressive posture in pursuing maritime claims in the South China Sea
Thai court orders PM Shinawatra to quit, but turmoil unlikely to end
07 May 2014
The court found Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra guilty of abusing her power by transferring a senior civil servant in 2011 to another position. It ruled that the transfer was carried out to benefit her politically-powerful family
World trade dominated by "broker" countries, according to research
By By Colin Smith, Imperial College London | 05 May 2014
Researchers have designed a new computational model to determine how networks between countries enable some to emerge stronger trading nations than others