World economy
ASEAN weighing an extended free-trade zone
24 Oct 2009
The Association of South East Asian Nations and its three partners meeting at the Thai beach resort of Hua Hin are weighing plans for a wider economic partnership covering India, Australia and New Zealand as well.
Germany’s Merkel announces new centre-right coalition
24 Oct 2009
German chancellor Angela Merkel has announced a new, centre-right coalition government with the pro-business Free Democratic Party, after nearly four weeks of negotiations over policy.
US bank failures touch 106; highest since 1992
24 Oct 2009
Japan trade surplus at 18-month high
22 Oct 2009
US banks: back to profits... and bonuses
21 Oct 2009
Unlike Rama who returned after 14 years in exile, the banks have returned to profitability in just about nine months. And, they haven’t done it on their own but on taxpayer money! And that is the mixed blessing of the banks’ profits, writes CNN's London correspondent Richard Quest, in his exclusive column for domain-b.
Bank of Japan says country's economy recovering
19 Oct 2009
FDI into China up 18.9 per cent in September
15 Oct 2009
Rio Tinto reports record iron ore sales in Q3
15 Oct 2009
French bank to repay €3-billion government aid
15 Oct 2009
The Paris-based banking major is among the top five banking groups which received government support of around €20 billion to weather the global financial crisis.
Pay czar Feinberg asks AIG to withhold bonus payments
14 Oct 2009
Kenneth Feinberg has informally advised the New York-based insurance and financial services conglomerate not to pay the full $198 million employees
Recession in its last lap, says NABE survey
13 Oct 2009
The vast majority of business economists believe that the economic recovery is likely to be more moderate than those typically experienced following steep declines