World economy

UK retail spending up at fastest annual rate in a year last month

15 Apr 2015

Japanese court halts restart of two N-reactors as locals raise safety issues

14 Apr 2015

Global remittance flows to be sluggish in 2015: World Bank

14 Apr 2015

Hilary Clinton’s stature seen as both asset and liability

13 Apr 2015

Hilary Clinton’s prominence, and lack of serious rivals in the Democratic Party, may help her presidential bid; but at the same time her well-publicised past will provide fodder for the Republicans

Sterling down to five-year low as UK economy heads for slow down

11 Apr 2015

Obama voices concern over China bullying others in South China Sea

11 Apr 2015

Households in UK use 7.4 internet devices: study

11 Apr 2015

China cuts resource tax to keep afloat iron ore miners

10 Apr 2015

French court orders HSBC to pay $1.1-bn bail over Swiss tax scandal

10 Apr 2015

French authorities have started a formal criminal probe on British banking giant HSBC Holdings Plc over alleged tax evasion by its subsidiary Swiss private bank in 2006-2007

Consumer spending expected to rise in UK

09 Apr 2015

Iran accepted as founding member of BRICS-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

09 Apr 2015

Scandals cost UK banks £39 bn

09 Apr 2015

The global oil price drop may last for the next couple decades, says Stanford economist

08 Apr 2015

Stanford economist Frank Wolak says the drop in oil prices and demand reflects heightened energy production in North America, better technologies and the declining market power of the OPEC countries

Ashes of WWII: Germany dismisses Greek demand for €279 bn

08 Apr 2015

Russia offers Greece cash in return for assets

07 Apr 2015

Western powers should now shift focus to Pak: NYT

07 Apr 2015

Describing nuclear-armed Pakistan as "unquestionably the biggest concern" to stability in South Asia, The New York Times today said the world powers that worked on the Iran deal should now turn their attention to the sub-continental region

Fighting unabated as Yemen falls apart

07 Apr 2015

26 countries ask for Indian help to rescue citizens from Yemen

07 Apr 2015

Following the India’s success in pulling out its citizens from strife-torn Yemen – a triumph for minister of state for external affairs Gen V K Singh — powers like the US and France are lining up for help

US incomes fall across the board except for the rich in 2014

07 Apr 2015

Even as the majority of incomes fell, consumer spending, which accounted for about two-thirds of US economic activity, was up 1 per cent on average

Obama now has to sell Iran nuclear deal to Congress

04 Apr 2015

Israel, Jordan in historic gas deal

04 Apr 2015

Netanyahu blasts Iran nuclear deal, convenes cabinet

04 Apr 2015

Tehran achieves deal with US-led powers to end sanctions

04 Apr 2015

The marathon talks between the US-led ‘P5+1’ and Iran on curtailing its nuclear programme have achieved a breakthrough, with Tehran making several concessions

Iraq declares ‘magnificent victory’ over IS rebels in Tikrit

02 Apr 2015

Iraq declared a "magnificent victory" on Wednesday over the Islamic State group in Tikrit, a key step in driving the militants out of their biggest strongholds