World economy
Canada pulls out of Kyoto Protocol
13 Dec 2011
Joblessness tops world's worry list: global BBC poll
13 Dec 2011
The fear of losing jobs has become the fastest-rising worry for people around the world, reveals a BBC survey conducted among 11,000 people across 23 countries
UK recession may be deeper than expected
13 Dec 2011
The UK economy is now expected to contract by 1.3 per cent in 2012, as against a previous growth projection of 0.6 per cent, says a new forecast
US refuses to rescue indebted European nations through IMF
12 Dec 2011
Even if the US administration were to decide on backing the IMF, Congress is unlikely to allow it to do so
Thousands protest in Moscow against electoral fraud
12 Dec 2011
Nealry 50 cities across Russia have witnessed protests against alleged electoral fraud during the 4 December parliamentary vote in which prime minister Vladimir Putin’s United Russia Party won nearly 50 per cent of the vote
Moody’s downgrades French banks
10 Dec 2011
Moody’s downgrades French banks
10 Dec 2011
Eurozone deal leaves Britain isolated
09 Dec 2011
Britain, Europe’s third largest economy after Germany and France, refused to join the other 26 countries in a fiscal union
Threat of France losing triple-A rating hangs over EU summit
08 Dec 2011
S&P says France's economic forecast for 2012 was too high, despite having been lowered, and that its financial institutions were vulnerable because of their exposure to foreign debt
Income inequality at its widest in 30 years: OECD
06 Dec 2011
The widening of the income gap has been the result of deliberate action, including cuts in social spending and reduction in taxes on the wealthy
S&P warns of mass downgrade of euro zone countries
06 Dec 2011
The rating agency has threatened to downgrade 15 countries, including top-rated Germany and France, putting pressure on leaders to act.