World economy
UK govt in cyber security pact with top defence firms
06 Jul 2013
The UK government has roped in nine of the world's biggest defence contractors and telecom providers to boost the country's cyber security
Army to allow peaceful protests in Egypt
05 Jul 2013
ECB opts to keep rates at record lows
04 Jul 2013
Egypt ousts Morsi, installs chief justice as interim head
04 Jul 2013
Although deposed Preident Mohamed Morsi remains popular among many Islamist supporters, other Egyptians are angry over what they see as efforts to impose religious controls and failure to rejuvenate Egypt's devastated economy
Snowden widens asylum search after Russia says ‘nyet’
02 Jul 2013
Snowden has now nowhere to go with Ecuador saying it never intended to facilitate his flight from Hong Kong and Venezuela dilly-dallying on the issue of providing asylum to the fugitive whistleblower
Apple again avoids taxes in the UK
02 Jul 2013
China’s manufacturing slows down in June
01 Jul 2013
Kuwait to invest $5 bn in UK infrastructure
01 Jul 2013
Kuwait Investment Authority, which has more than $400 billion in assets under management, has already invested $24 billion in the UK, including in HSBC, BP and Vodafone.
US consumer confidence remains high in June
29 Jun 2013
'Bad English' saved Japan's banks from global crisis: Japanese Dy PM
28 Jun 2013
Lax understanding of English helped Japanese banks emerge largely unscathed from the global financial crisis, says Japan's deputy prime minister and finance minister Taro Aso
New US immigration bill gets Senate nod
28 Jun 2013
US Vice President Joe Biden says bringing hard working immigrants out of the shadows and into the US economy will improve the country's balance sheet by nearly a trillion dollars over the next 20 years