World economy
China’s economic growth accelerates in October
11 Nov 2009
Rudd’s India visit – a bilateral opportunity
By Rajiv Singh | 11 Nov 2009
Australian prime minister, Kevin Rudd’s arrival in India on a two-day visit raises expectations that both countries will make the effort to revive political relations which is showing all the signs of slipping into stagnation. By Rajiv Singh
China seeks to conquer African resources with $10-billion soft loan
09 Nov 2009
China’s loans to African nations are without conditions that Western nations and the IMF normally impose like spending on infrastructure and poverty programmes as well as change in governance
Major economies show strong signs of economic recovery: OECD
09 Nov 2009
Italy, France, the UK, and China show strong signs of recovery, while Canada and Germany show tentative signs of growth, OECD says in its latest report
US government guarantees peaked $4.3 trillion: COP report
07 Nov 2009
The various government programmes played a major role in containing the severe financial crisis, and the income from these would likely exceed their expenditure, although
Sino-US trade dispute flares up
06 Nov 2009
India, EU defer decision on free-trade; sign energy, trade pacts
06 Nov 2009
India and the European Union today signed an agreement on India's participation in the euro 10 billion fusion energy project, ITER, besides expanding cooperation in counter-terrorism and climate change issues.
Bank of England pumps additional £25 billion to fight recession
06 Nov 2009
Global economies like France and Germany as well as the US have already showed signs of emerging from recession, while the UK still struggles
Monsanto opens biotech research center in China
04 Nov 2009
`US stimulus package created 640,000 jobs'
31 Oct 2009
President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package has created or saved more than 640,000 jobs in the US and is on track to create 3.5 million new jobs by next year through government spending on infrastucture, education, healthcare and green technology, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.
Full economic recovery depends on global factors: Pranab
30 Oct 2009
Though India has weathered the global financial crisis better than most others, a meaningful recovery depends on how quickly key economies turn the corner, says finance minister Pranab Mukherjee