World economy

29 Jun 2010

European companies say increasingly unfair, capricious Chinese government interference is making China a less attractive place to do business, according to a survey by a EU business group.

28 Jun 2010

The perils of over legislation may be faced by shopkeepers in the European Union who will be banned from selling eggs or fruit by the dozen under new food labelling regulations.

28 Jun 2010

28 Jun 2010

Leaders of the G20 on Sunday pledged to slash back spiralling debts and nurture the still shaky global recovery with coordinated measures to spur growth and ensure financial stability.

26 Jun 2010

26 Jun 2010

British premier David Cameron has put himself personally in charge of building relations with India even as he prepares to meet Indian PM Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the G-20 summit.

26 Jun 2010

26 Jun 2010

The bill, which prescribes stricter oversight and tighter restrictions on Wall Street banks, may crimp the industry's profits.

26 Jun 2010

China has ruled out the possibility off a major apprecation of the yuan on euro losses and said the European single currency's long-term outlook is good

26 Jun 2010

A statement issued at the end of a two-day meeting at Christchurch in Wellington, New Zealand, the NSG merely said it took note of briefings on developments concerning non-NSG states and that it agreed on the value of ongoing consultation and transparency.

25 Jun 2010

25 Jun 2010

Manmohan Singh asked world leaders to phase out expansionary fiscal policies and work towards calibrated exit strategies.

25 Jun 2010

The euro’s decline in recent months may boost exports from the currency area by 5 per cent, though the longer-term impact on economic growth is “less certain,” the EU said Thursday.

25 Jun 2010

With world leaders arriving in Toronto for the G8 and G20 summits the focus is now on Indian and China which are expected to play a pivotal role in a speedy global economic recovery.

25 Jun 2010

The EU is preparing to put its 25 biggest banks under a ‘stress test’ scenario in a bid to gauge whether their balance sheets are strong enough to cope with another sharp deterioration in the economy.

25 Jun 2010

Networking giant Cisco yesterday pledged to invest $1-billion in Russia over the next decade in order to help the country establish a technology hub outside Moscow.

25 Jun 2010

The Chinese yuan rose to its strongest level against the US dollar since December 2008, after the currency’s daily reference rate was set at a record high against the dollar ahead of the G-20 meeting.

22 Jun 2010

21 Jun 2010

21 Jun 2010

After lashing out at US fiscal policy as “irresponsible” a year back, Beijing has quietly resumed its purchases of US securities and boosted its holdings by 2.6 per cent to $900.2 billion in March and April 2010.

21 Jun 2010

China is Australia's largest trading partner, with two-way trade reaching A$85.1 billion last year, with Australia expecting the two-way trade to cross the $100-billion mark this year.

21 Jun 2010

The Israeli cabinet has approved a plan to build two of the biggest reverse osmosis desalination plants in the world slated to double desalinated water production in Israel.

19 Jun 2010

19 Jun 2010

The India-US business forum has called for increased industry partnership between the two countries in order to face the increasing competition from China

19 Jun 2010