World economy

US trade deficit narrows in December

09 Feb 2013

China refutes Japan’s allegations of radar targeting

09 Feb 2013

EU budget cut for the first time

08 Feb 2013

Number of Americans seeking jobless benefits drops

08 Feb 2013

UK industrial output climbs 1.1% in December

08 Feb 2013

US imposes fresh sanctions against Iranian entities

08 Feb 2013

UK think tank calls for raising income tax rate to avoid cuts to public finances

07 Feb 2013

Boom in UK self-employment among 50+

07 Feb 2013

RBS to pay $615 million to US and British authorities

06 Feb 2013

Nikkei closes highest since October 2008 on hopes of new central bank team

06 Feb 2013

UK services sector back on growth track

06 Feb 2013

Rating agencies under cloud as US sues S&P

06 Feb 2013

Rating agency Standard & Poor’s has been accused by the US justice department of defrauding investors in mortgage-related securities of at least $5 billion by issuing inflated ratings to win hundreds of millions of dollars in fees

Banks in UK may be broken up for flouting new rules

04 Feb 2013

Banks in UK would face the threat of being broken up if they were to flout new rules intended to prevent another taxpayer bailout of the financial system, chancellor George Osborne has warned.

Slowdown in emerging Asia's positive rating momentum

01 Feb 2013

Advertising could generate £100 bn for UK economy: report

01 Feb 2013

The report, based on a cross-country analysis covering 17 markets over 14 years, says figures showed that for every £1 invested in advertising, £6 was generated towards the UK's GDP

US economy contracts 0.1% in Q4

31 Jan 2013

Global wage gap continues to widen

31 Jan 2013

Pak Railways may take over ailing private service

31 Jan 2013

India waits and watches as Kerry replaces Clinton

30 Jan 2013

Iceland wins case on refusal to cover foreign deposits in 2008

29 Jan 2013

Final day pension schemes in UK closed at alarming rate in 2012

28 Jan 2013

Russia’s Gazprom charges Ukraine $7 bn for gas contract violation

28 Jan 2013

European banks to repay €137-bn loans: ECB

28 Jan 2013

UK to buy green energy from Ireland

25 Jan 2013

UK economy close to triple-dip recession after dismal end of 2012 figures

25 Jan 2013