World economy
US economy added 1,55,000 jobs in December
05 Jan 2013
UK tax department publishes photographs of tax dodgers
05 Jan 2013
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has decided to name and shame individuals evading taxes by posting their photographs on Flickr
UK manufacturing at 15-month high in December
03 Jan 2013
China-Vietnam faceoff escalates after new law
02 Jan 2013
US House of Representatives clears 'fiscal cliff' bill
02 Jan 2013
Failure to pass the bill would have resulted in huge spending cuts and increased tax rates for more than 98 per cent of Americans
North Korea's Kim Jong Un calls for economic revamp, peace with South
01 Jan 2013
He, however, did not provide details as to what specific measures would be taken to improve the lot of the people
US over the fiscal cliff, but averts a fall with Senate deal
01 Jan 2013
The stop-gap agreement, however, did not in any way help to rein in huge annual budget deficits that has pushed US debt to the $16.4 trillion ‘fiscal cliff’
Greece needs €40.5 bn for bank recapitalisation
28 Dec 2012
Gulf states plan unified military command
26 Dec 2012
Dutch authorities impound Steve Jobs’ yacht over disputed bills
24 Dec 2012
Venus, the high-tech yacht commissioned by the late Apple founder Steve Jobs, has become the subject of a row over a disputed bill with French designer
Sen John Kerry to replace Clinton as US secretary of state
22 Dec 2012
Barack Obama on Friday nominated Senator John Kerry as his next secretary of state, replacing Hilary Rodham Clinton.