World economy

Egypt's prime minister offers to talk; vows probe into violence

03 Feb 2011

India adding 300,000 hectares of forest every year: FAO report

03 Feb 2011

Crude on the rise over Egypt unrest

03 Feb 2011

So far, the unrest in Egypt has not affected traffic on the Suez Canal or flows on the Suez-Mediterranean (SUMED) oil pipeline

Chaos in Cairo; army calls for peace

02 Feb 2011

The prolonged curfew and mass public protests in Egypt has forced Indian companies like Dabur and Asian Paints' subsidiary SCIB Chemicals to temporarily shut.

S&P joins Moody's, Fitch in downgrading Egypt rating

02 Feb 2011

GCC not likely to be hit by Egypt unrest: report

02 Feb 2011

OPEC to boost output on oil supply disruption

02 Feb 2011

Though OPEC is concerned over unrest in Egypt, it feels there is no cause for an immediate increase in output

Indian firms in Egypt down shutters, watch and wait

01 Feb 2011

While putting up a brave front, Indian firms like Dabur, Emami, Marico, and Asian Paints, which have branches in Egypt are jittery over the political turmoil

Ethiopia invites Indian investments in commercial farming

01 Feb 2011

Rating agency Fitch issues cautious outlook on Chinese banks

31 Jan 2011

Egypt's Mubarak appoints vice president

29 Jan 2011

The president made the announcement after a crisis meeting with senior officials, television reports said

US offers helpline to Indians after closure of ‘sham varsity’

29 Jan 2011

India, Brazil, South Africa and China seek improvements to WTO negotiating package

29 Jan 2011

The ministers said there was a need to improve the July 2008 negotiating package by incorporating the development dimension of world trade

EU mulls new loans to Greece to buy back bonds

29 Jan 2011

The European Commission yesterday said it is considering a new loan from the European Financial Stability Facility to Greece to help the country tide over the financial crisis

UK frauds cost £38-bn a year

29 Jan 2011

US economy back in the black, says Geithner

28 Jan 2011

At current dollar value of GDP, the US economy was worth about $14.9 trillion in the three months ended December 2010

DP World reports 14 per cent increase in container traffic at 50 million TEU in 2010

25 Jan 2011

US mulling immunity for Kamal Nath over riots case

25 Jan 2011

Chinese espionage and French trade secrets

24 Jan 2011

The Chinese are well-known perpetrators of industrial espionage and have been caught before in France, but the details that have emerged so far about the Renault operation differ from the usual Chinese method of operation. By Sean Noonan. Republished with permission of STRATFOR

IMF approves $30-bn credit line for Poland

24 Jan 2011

Spain plans to recapitalise regional savings banks

24 Jan 2011

India-EU FTA likely by April: Smadja

22 Jan 2011

Cameron calls for ‘alliance of common interests” with northern Europe

21 Jan 2011

UK petrol price up at the highest in 10 years

21 Jan 2011

UK City leaders must rebuild trust, restore the City's 'licence to operate'

20 Jan 2011

Bankers' bonuses have burst out from the business pages of UK newspapers, and are headline news. The bonus round exposes a deep and raw nerve in British society, says Tony Manwaring, chief executive of the UK-based business-led non-profit Tomorrow's Company that works towards creating synergies between businesses, societies and environmental sustainability