World economy
UK faces worst slump since 1948
27 Dec 2008
Belying the optimistic official Treasury forecasts, analysts at Centre for Economics and Business Research say the UK's economy will face its worst decline in 60 years.
2009 to be "really bad": IMF chief
22 Dec 2008
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn says that the measures announced by the G20 nations in Washington last month might not be enough to kick-start the global economy.
Global recession gives Japan’s exports the chill
22 Dec 2008
China to prop Hong Kong economy
20 Dec 2008
China has introduced landmark measures, including currency swaps and easing travel restrictions, to boost Hong Kong's troubled economy
Japan projects no growth in 2009
19 Dec 2008
The Japanese government expects the economy to shrink this year and projects a zero growth in the year ending March 2010
Nobel jurors under probe for favouritism
19 Dec 2008
Swedish prosecutors are investgating whether Nobel prize selection committee memebers were influenced by the Chinese government, and seperately by drug firm AstraZeneca
GM goes slow on Chevrolet Volt factory
18 Dec 2008
Vauxhall offers sabbaticals to staff
15 Dec 2008
China, Japan, South Korea sign historic trilateral deal
15 Dec 2008
Leaders of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea sealed a historic tripartite partnership to tackle the global financial crisis in Japan