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

European Parliament toughens criminal penalties for cyber attacks

06 Jul 2013

US Federal Reserve to draft tough rules for banks

05 Jul 2013

Emerging markets output index at four-year low: HSBC

05 Jul 2013

Army to allow peaceful protests in Egypt

05 Jul 2013

IMF agrees to $5.3-bn bailout package for Pakistan

05 Jul 2013

ECB opts to keep rates at record lows

04 Jul 2013

US state department spent $630,000 to win Facebook `likes’

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

Prices at UK shops falling at the fastest pace over six years

03 Jul 2013

Nigeria’s Heirs Holdings to invest $2.5 bn in ‘Power Africa’ initiative

03 Jul 2013

British business confidence at peak since 2007 crisis

03 Jul 2013

Egypt’s Morsi defiant as army’s ‘quit’ deadline nears

03 Jul 2013

Bolivian President’s plane forced to Vienna on Snowden issue

03 Jul 2013

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

Big Japanese manufactures upbeat for first time since September 2011

01 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.

New US immigration bill to hit earnings of IT firms in India, US

29 Jun 2013

China’s central bank steps in to calm fears over banking crisis

29 Jun 2013

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

US charges Chinese wind-turbine firm Sinovel of technology theft

28 Jun 2013

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