World economy
Obama signs US budget cuts as Republicans have their way
02 Mar 2013
President Barack Obama has signed an order that starts putting into effect steep across-the-board budget cuts that would net the Treasury $85 billion, after hectic talks with the opposition over Friday for a compromise failed
Italian elections stoke euro crisis fears
27 Feb 2013
Wealth inequality between whites and blacks in US worsens
27 Feb 2013
The wealth gap between blacks and whites in the US has nearly tripled over the past 25 years, largely due to inequality in home ownership, income, education and inheritances
US sees larger role for India in Afghanistan
27 Feb 2013
Japan approves $142-bn extra stimulus
27 Feb 2013
The measure, approved by the lower house of parliament two weeks ago, was cleared yesterday by the opposition-dominated upper house.
Kerry pushes US-EU free trade
26 Feb 2013
Italian elections end on inconclusive note
26 Feb 2013
White House braces for sequester
26 Feb 2013
Eight million in UK without savings: Report
25 Feb 2013
ADB president Haruhiko Kuroda expected to head Bank of Japan
25 Feb 2013
Haruhiko Kuroda, with his overseas connections and language skills, is widely expected to win foreign understanding for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s monetary policy
Despite recession, Americans spent $53 bn last year on pets
23 Feb 2013
Unable to find a job, an owner even went to the extent of selling his home to raise money to continue to be able to keep caring for his pets
Moody’s strips UK of 'AAA' sovereign rating
23 Feb 2013
The UK suffered its first ever sovereign ratings downgrade from a major agency yesterday when it was stripped of its coveted top-notch triple-A rating, by global ratings agency Moody’s
Eurozone economy to shrink 0.3-per cent in 2013
23 Feb 2013
The EU said yesterday the economic downturn in the eurozone will continue for one more year in the wake of continuing debt crisis in the region, lack of credit growth and rising unemployment
UK manufacturing activity picked up in February
22 Feb 2013
EU negotiations on bankers’ bonus stall
20 Feb 2013
Only a third of Britons want to stay in EU: Poll
18 Feb 2013
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