World economy
Gold touches record high of $1,239 per ounce
12 May 2010
Tories-Lib Dems hammer out a governance deal
12 May 2010
UK: Conservatives back in the saddle after 13 years
12 May 2010
Conservative party leader, David Cameron, is the new British prime minister, stepping into the historical precincts of 10 Downing Street after the exit of Labour prime minister Gordon Brown.
Greek crisis not out of hand, say money managers
08 May 2010
The International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds today said the current debt crisis engulfing Greece is resolvable and should be contained, as Greece's position is different to that of other heavily indebted euro-zone countries
Germany forecasts big hole in tax receipts
07 May 2010
Germany, which is pressing for tougher European Union rules on deficits in light of the Greek turmoil, itself expects to borrow around 80 billion euros this year and to spend far more than it earns.
Global markets fall further on Greek debt fears
06 May 2010
The EU stumbles along
05 May 2010
In the past year the EU has had several opportunities to prove it is up to the job. In each case its efforts have been at best inelegant, at worst incompetent, writes CNN anchor and correspondent Richard Quest in an exclusive column to domain-b.
Moderate impact of European crisis on Asia: S&P
05 May 2010
US woos Muslims with entrepreneurship programme
28 Apr 2010
Goldman’s Blankfein refutes charges in Senate testimony
28 Apr 2010
The investment banking giant survives first round of Senate testimony unscathed with its reputation intact.
Greek debt won't be restructured: EU president
28 Apr 2010
European markets were hammered further on Wednesday amidst fears that the Greek debt crisis will spread to Portugal, Spain and even Ireland and engulf the whole of Europe.
Bernanke warns about rising US deficit
28 Apr 2010
US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has asked for reductions in the budget deficit and modifications in the tax system as the economy risked suffering “great damage” in the long run.