World economy
Despite Delhi bonhomie, US clarifies Pak is still a key ally
31 Jan 2015
State Department spokesperson Jen Psakisaid the United States has strong relationships with both Pakistan and India and going forward Washington would continue to have a close strategic partnership with Islamabad
US economic growth slows to 2.6% in Q4 2014
31 Jan 2015
China, the world’s second-largest economy is also slowing down, while Japan and Italy are in recession; German growth has been trimmed to 1 per cent while France posted a mere 0.3-per cent
Estimated social cost of climate change not accurate, Stanford scientists say
By By Ker Than | 30 Jan 2015
The social cost of carbon dioxide emissions may not be $37 per ton, as estimated by a recent US government study, but $220 per ton
UK recovers with 2.6% GDP growth in 2014
28 Jan 2015
The UK economy has recorded its fastest annual growth since 2007 before the onset of the global financial crisis, and is expected to grow 2.7 per cent in 2015
Super Mario strikes, finally
28 Jan 2015
It took him several years to convince the Germans, but Mario Draghi has finally committed the ECB to full blown quantitative easing. Though it's late, the flood of additional liquidity should benefit Europe. By Vivek Sharma
Russia to trim deficit as S&P “junks” its credit rating
27 Jan 2015
With continued western sanctions on some of Russia’s biggest companies over Ukraine amidst falling oil prices, S&P expects Russia's economy to slide into recession this year
Kurdish forces take control of Kobani
27 Jan 2015
An oil price rebound? Not so fast
27 Jan 2015
The real reason for the oil price collapse is probably that the market has now realised that prices were previously propped up on premises that are less valid now. When majority of the market participants accepted that, prices had only one way to go — down. By Shivshanker Verma
US Northeast braces for winter storm Juno
27 Jan 2015
The storm could affect around 60 million people across nearly a dozen states
Obama matches Modi’s ‘Make in India’ call with a push for `Made in America’ sales
27 Jan 2015
President Obama noted that specific action is required by both countries to make it easy for doing business
Leaders fret over net fragmentation at Davos
24 Jan 2015
The World (in 2030) according to Gates
24 Jan 2015
The lives of people in poor countries will improve faster over the next 15 years than at any other time in history — all driven by technology — is among the bold prediction being made by Bill and Melinda Gates, billionaire philanthropists, in the 2015 ‘annual Gates letter,’ known as Gates Notes
Climate change, N-threat push `Doomsday Clock' 3 minutes closer to Zero-hour
23 Jan 2015
The Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists cited unchecked climate change and global nuclear weapons modernisation as the basis for its decision to move the minute hand of the historic `Doomsday Clock' forward two minutes
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah dead, son Salman succeeds to throne
23 Jan 2015
Saudi Arabia's ruler King Abdullah pushed the kingdom's economic development and oversaw its accession to the World Trade Organization, while challenging conservatives with moves such as including women in the Shura Council
Pakistan bans Jamaat-ud-Dawa, Haqqani Network
22 Jan 2015
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