World economy

Markets cheer as Cyprus rejects levy on bank deposits

20 Mar 2013

Russians hold €15.4 billion of the total foreign deposits of €26.8 billion in Cyprus in the overall total of €64.8 billion

With Cypriot banks closed, RAF rushes €1-mn cash to British troops

20 Mar 2013

Eurozone trade deficit at €3.9 bn in January

19 Mar 2013

China's FDI rebounds for the first time in February since June 2012

19 Mar 2013

China's Xi moots infrastructure cooperation with India to mend ties

19 Mar 2013

Unveiling five proposals for keeping relations between India and China on the right track, Chinese President Xi Jinping suggested maintaining tranquility on the border while boosting commerce

Poorest hit hardest by tax policies

18 Mar 2013

S&P warns of socially explosive situation in Europe

18 Mar 2013

Cyprus move to tax bank accounts jolts global markets

18 Mar 2013

The move to tax bank accounts has prompted a run on banks across Cyprus and other weaker euro zone economies, which could spread to other, larger, European countries

UK sets up cyber crime reduction partnership

16 Mar 2013

Italy claims ‘solid legal ground’ for not returning killer marines

16 Mar 2013

New Chinese Premier Li assures Indian PM of seeking closer ties

16 Mar 2013

Hours after his official appointment, China’s new Premier Li Keqiang told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that Beijing would like to take strategic cooperation and partnership with New Delhi to a "new stage

Most Asia-Pacific countries might face water crisis: ADB

15 Mar 2013

BRICS seen outgrowing West by 2020

15 Mar 2013

The combined GDP of three BRICS countries - Brazil, India and China - will overtake that of the West by 2020, according to a UNDP report

Italy adamant on not returning killer marines; India furious

14 Mar 2013

Continuing to thumb its nose at India and its judicial system, Italy today remained adamant about not returning its two marines for trial in India over the killing of two fishermen off the south Indian coast in 2012

Xi Jinping formally appointed China’s president

14 Mar 2013

Though  Xi had been officially elected for a five-year term, barring extraordinary events the 59-year-old would go on to hold  the position for a decade.

Qatar considering £10-bn investment in UK infrastructure projects

14 Mar 2013

UK banks create 20,000 jobs to service mis-selling claims

13 Mar 2013

Falkland refrendum: Islanders massively support staying British territory

12 Mar 2013

US regulator charges State of Illinois with securities fraud

12 Mar 2013

US, Japan to lead global recovery; Europe picking up: OECD

12 Mar 2013

Italy sinks deeper into recession

12 Mar 2013

Data released yesterday by the Italian national statistical institute ISTAT revealed that country’s GDP has contracted 2.8 per cent in the quarter compared to a year ago

Industry groups call for construction boost to rev up flagging UK economy

11 Mar 2013

Retail sales growth down sharply in China

11 Mar 2013

UK banks in fresh row over payouts

11 Mar 2013

Assad's envoy in India to seek support for political solution

09 Mar 2013