World economy
China to lag US as FDI destination
24 Jul 2010
Europe’s bank stress test results due today
23 Jul 2010
In a few hours Europe’s bank stress test results will be out revealing to investors around the world which of its banks would fail under certain market conditions and which would survive.
Fed delivers a downbeat assessment of US economy
22 Jul 2010
Financial markets tumbled on Wednesday after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke’s downbeat assessment of the US economic outlook, which he dubbed as "unusually uncertain."
EU bank stress test markers
21 Jul 2010
Here are some markers that will guide responses on Friday when the EU releases results of the stress tests it has conducted on the banks of its member nations.
Impending bank stress tests results make EU markets jittery
21 Jul 2010
European Union member nations are stress-testing a large number of their banks in an effort to reassure financial markets about their health and are due to publish the results on Friday.
Kabul conference to accept 2014 as hand-over date to Afghans
20 Jul 2010
The international community seems inclined to go along with Afghan president Hamid Karzai’s date of 2014 for Afghans to assume responsibility for their country’s security.
Tough EU sanctions to tighten screws on Iran
20 Jul 2010
The EU is set to adopt “comprehensive and robust” sanctions against Iran which will include banning investment in the oil and gas sector and tightening restrictions on shipping and finance.
ADB cautious on East Asia recovery
20 Jul 2010
India says peace process must be 'Afghan-led, Afghan-owned'
20 Jul 2010
The Indian representative to the international conference in Kabul, SM Krishna, has stressed that any new process to stabilise the situation here must be fully "Afghan-led and Afghan-owned."
International donors’ conference opens at Kabul
20 Jul 2010
An international donors conference in Kabul, amongst others things, will also look at reconciliation with the Taliban and set the pace for geo-political manoeuvrings in the Indian sub-continent region.
Afghanistan, Pakistan land transit agreement excludes Delhi
19 Jul 2010
Afghanistan and Pakistan have signed an agreement which allows Afghanistan to use Pakistani land routes to access India and allow reciprocal Pakistani access to Central Asian destinations.
Clinton unveils $500 million in aid for Pakistan
19 Jul 2010
The US further loosened its purse strings for Pakistan with secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton announcing more than $500 million worth of development projects on Monday.
BASF, Siemens chiefs hit out at Chinese investment policies during China visit
19 Jul 2010
The chief executives of Germany’s Siemens accompanying Chancellor Angela Merkel on her four-day state visit to China have criticised Beijing’s policies on foreign investment
IMF calls for hike in tax to trim Japan debt
15 Jul 2010
The International Monetary Fund has asked Japan to rein in its huge public debt through gradual increase in consumption tax
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