World economy
Russia defies global pressure, deploys more troops in Ukraine
03 Mar 2014
Britain, the US, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, and Japan have all withdrawn from the G8 summit in the Russian city of Sochi
Lawmakers back Obama’s warning to Russia
01 Mar 2014
Revealed: MI5 ‘super-spy’ infiltrated UK Nazi ring during WWII
01 Mar 2014
A ‘super-spy’ working for MI5, the domestic arm of British intelligence, secretly controlled a vast network of UK-based Nazi sympathisers during the Second World War by pretending to have Gestapo links, newly-released files reveal
Insiders say Mt Gox fall started a year ago
28 Feb 2014
Ban ‘crime aid’ bitcoin, US senator tells regulators
28 Feb 2014
A US Democratic senator has sought a ban on the popular digital crypto-currency bitcoin, citing it as both “unregulated and unstable” in a letter to federal regulators.
Kerry says US behaving like ‘poor nation’
28 Feb 2014
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday decried what he called a "new isolationism" in the United States, saying the world’s biggest economy was beginning to behave like a poor nation
Argentina to compensate Repsol $5 bn over 2012 asset seizures
26 Feb 2014
Spanish oil giant Repsol yesterday said that its board has agreed to accept the $5-billion compensation from the Argentinean government over the seizure of the company's operations by the Christina Kirchner government
Mt Gox website down amid solvency issues
25 Feb 2014
Egypt cabinet resigns, paves way for military chief’s takeover
25 Feb 2014
Egypt’s interim cabinet resigned Monday in a surprise move that could pave the way for the nation’s military chief, Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, to announce his widely anticipated plans to run for president
Ukraine issues arrest warrant on ousted president Viktor Yanukovych
24 Feb 2014
Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said he doubted the legitimacy of the country’s new leaders and that the developments posed a real threat to Russian interest and to the lives of its citizens
G20 sets 2% annual growth target for five years
24 Feb 2014
EU brokers Ukraine president’s exit in peace deal
22 Feb 2014
The peace deal, which is not endorsed by Russia, will cost Ukraine a $15billion Russian financial lifeline it needs to stave off bankruptcy