World economy
China eyes fresh stimulus to jumpstart economy
13 Apr 2009
Zimbabwe withdraws useless Rand, makes US dollar legal tender
13 Apr 2009
Zimbabwe has finally withdrawn its useless currency from circulation for the period of a year, switching it with the South African Rand and the US dollar.
Iraq war to cost more than Vietnam war
11 Apr 2009
The Iraq War will surpass the cost of the Vietnam War by the end of the year making it the second-most-expensive military conflict in the history of the United States, after World War II, according to Pentagon figures.
Let the building begin
09 Apr 2009
With G20 meetings over, President Obama heading back to the US this week, surely we can expect good economic times to start-a-rolling. I am afraid that is very far from the truth, says London-based CNN correspondent Richard Quest
Economic crisis widens gap between top firms and mid-market players: BCG
08 Apr 2009
58 per cent of market leaders increased profits in 2008, compared with only 21 per cent of companies outside the top three
Pak envoy seeks another $30 billion from US
08 Apr 2009
China's economic stimulus to help pull Asia-Pacific out of gloom by 2010: World Bank
07 Apr 2009
The slow rate of growth in China would delay recovery in smaller East Asian nations which have been most affected by the crisis
UK taxpayers face massive burden till 2016
07 Apr 2009
UK’s recession-hit Press Gazette to close
07 Apr 2009
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