World economy
Breakthrough deal with Iran likely in Jan: IAEA
14 Dec 2012
S&P threatens to downgrade UK's credit rating, as it cuts outlook to negative
14 Dec 2012
The UK’s rock solid sovereign credit rating took another blow today with Standard & Poor’s becoming the third major agency to downgrade the outlook to “negative”.
UK to approve banking union in Europe
13 Dec 2012
Migration pushing up rapid urbanisation
12 Dec 2012
Pensioners in UK working well into retirement
12 Dec 2012
Japan falls into recession
11 Dec 2012
Japan, the world’s third-largest economy, has sunk back into recession, after reporting growth for three consecutive quarters up to March 2012
UK companies looking at extra hiring: survey
11 Dec 2012
UK environment secretary pushes for GM crops
10 Dec 2012
Obama asks for $60-bn from Congress for aid to Sandy hit states
08 Dec 2012
President Barack Obama yesterday asked Congress for $60.4 billion in federal aid for the states hit by Superstorm Sandy in late October, which include New York and New Jersey
Powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake shakes northeast Japan
07 Dec 2012
There were no reports of any major damage or injuries from the earthquake, which was centered off the Miyagi prefecture in northeast Japan at a depth of 10 km
US conducts sub-critical nuke experiment
07 Dec 2012
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