World economy
US Senate confirms Janet Yellen as next Fed chief to succeed Bernake
07 Jan 2014
Janet Yellen is a well-respected economics scholar who has taught at the Harvard University, the London School of Economics and the University of California, Berkeley
Obsorne to cut £25 bn to balance books
06 Jan 2014
Chinese PMI shows distinct weakness
06 Jan 2014
Hasina’s Awami League sweeps Bangladesh polls
06 Jan 2014
IMF demands more action from Pakistan under bailout
06 Jan 2014
Pakistan’s central bank is taking corrective measures to meet future reserve targets and to rebuild reserves that have fallen to a critically low level
Election eve violence in Bangladesh kills two
04 Jan 2014
Euro zone manufacturing PMI hits 2-1/2 year high in December
03 Jan 2014
Euro zone factory output grew at its fastest rate since mid-2011 on the back of revival of economic activity in Germany and Italy despite weaker performance in France
Euro zone embraces Latvia as 18th member
02 Jan 2014
PM Abe wants Japan to end pacifism, rewrite constitution by 2020
01 Jan 2014
Japanese Prime minister Shinzo Abesays the country’s pacifist post-WW II constitution, which limits its military to self-defence, could be amended by 2020.
Millions of UK families could be spending over half their disposable income on debt repayments by 2018
01 Jan 2014
US to prosecute Devyani Khobragade despite India’s protests
31 Dec 2013
The US is going ahead with the prosecution of senior Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade despite protests by India and asserted that it has no intention of withdrawing the case of visa fraud against he
China local government debt shot up 70% in three years: report
31 Dec 2013
Perceptions over the performance of the Chinese economy, the world's second largest, are tinged with concerns over whether the loans can be repaid
Devyani arrest: US softens as India gets tougher
30 Dec 2013
Mao was good but made human mistakes, President Xi tells China
27 Dec 2013
China’s ‘Great Helmsman’ Mao Zedong was no god and “made mistakes”, the country’s President Xi Jinping said on Thursday at a state occasion to mark the 120th birth anniversary of China’s first Communist leader
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