World economy
Opinion polls support Obama
15 Apr 2009
Obama warns of more job losses, foreclosures
15 Apr 2009
US President Obama yesterday said that though recent stimulus measures were starting to generate signs of economic progress, but more job loss, foreclosures lie ahead
China, Kazakhstan to seal $10 billion loan-for-oil deal
15 Apr 2009
China is likely to seal a deal with Kazakhstan under which it will loan the central Asian republic $10 billion in exchange for a larger access to the country’s oil assets.
Goldman sells $5 billion stock to repay bailout loan
14 Apr 2009
Goldman Sachs Group Inc has sold stocks worth $5 billion to repay $10 billion of a US government bailout loan.
Singapore economic outlook worse than forecast
14 Apr 2009
US lifts Cuba travel sanctions, curbs on telecom links
14 Apr 2009
US President Barack Obama is lifting some of restrictions on place on Cuba since the early 1960s
US lifts Cuba travel sanctions, curbs on telecom links
14 Apr 2009
US President Barack Obama is lifting some of restrictions on place on Cuba since the early 1960s
Harvard enrollments rise despite economic slump
13 Apr 2009
Santa Claus also hit by recession
13 Apr 2009
China eyes fresh stimulus to jumpstart economy
13 Apr 2009
Zimbabwe withdraws useless Rand, makes US dollar legal tender
13 Apr 2009
Zimbabwe has finally withdrawn its useless currency from circulation for the period of a year, switching it with the South African Rand and the US dollar.
Iraq war to cost more than Vietnam war
11 Apr 2009
The Iraq War will surpass the cost of the Vietnam War by the end of the year making it the second-most-expensive military conflict in the history of the United States, after World War II, according to Pentagon figures.
Let the building begin
09 Apr 2009
With G20 meetings over, President Obama heading back to the US this week, surely we can expect good economic times to start-a-rolling. I am afraid that is very far from the truth, says London-based CNN correspondent Richard Quest