World economy

Polls 2014: Obama sends invite, Camaroon congratulates and Shariff wishes well

17 May 2014

Fast-food workers strike work across US cities demanding higher wages

16 May 2014

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

Russia sees little chance of Ukraine paying for gas supplies

16 May 2014

Iran begins talks with ‘big six’ powers over ending economic boycott

14 May 2014

Vietnam protesters trash Chinese-owned firms amid South China Sea dispute

14 May 2014

Turkey mine explosion kills at least 205; toll likely to rise

14 May 2014

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

Iran in preliminary talks with IAEA ahead of Vienna meet

13 May 2014

EU ups ante against Russia as East Ukraine votes against govt

13 May 2014

Hindujas top UK's 'super rich' list

12 May 2014

Arcelor Mittal posts seventh quarterly loss in a row

10 May 2014

Thais rally to "defend democracy"

10 May 2014

Ukraine crackdown kills 20 pro-Russian rebels in pitched battle

10 May 2014

Ukraine rebels bent on referendum; Kiev calls it ‘illegal’

09 May 2014

Vermont governor signs bill calling for labeling GMO foods into law

09 May 2014

UK economy surges past pre-crisis high

09 May 2014

Thai anti-graft body slaps fresh charges on ousted PM Yingluck

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

Controversial UK scheme for cheaper mortgages to be reined in

07 May 2014

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

Obamacare reduces uninsured rate to lowest since 2008

06 May 2014

No “insider advantages” from EU membership for UK: think tank

06 May 2014

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