World economy

Google’s Paris HQ raided over tax evasion, money laundering

25 May 2016

Cracking down on ‘transfer pricing’, French authorities say the software giant is suspected of evading taxes by failing to declare the full extent of its activities in the country

UK grants refugee status to Maldives ex-Prez Mohamed Nasheed

24 May 2016

Oil falls on stiffer dollar, likely US drawdown

24 May 2016

Failing antibiotics could kill millions, says report

24 May 2016

Antibiotic resistance could cause one death every three seconds all around the world by the year 2050, if suitable preventive measures are not taken immediately, says a new report

Blasts in Syria kill over 80, ISIS claims responsibility

24 May 2016

On Vietnam visit, Obama scraps arms sales ban

24 May 2016

Trump has slight edge over Clinton in presidential face-off: poll

23 May 2016

An ABC News / Washington Post poll published on Sunday shows Trump with a two-per cent advantage over Clinton with registered voters in a hypothetical general election match-up

WHO puts travel curbs on Pakistan over polio scare

23 May 2016

Indian diaspora in UK largely against Brexit: survey

23 May 2016

Corporate America holds $1.7 trillion in cash: Study

21 May 2016

India rushes 2 ships with aid for cyclone-hit Lanka

20 May 2016

UK government confirms plans to introduce 10 Mbs USO

19 May 2016

Moody’s warns Brexit to hit entire European economy

19 May 2016

US Senate’s 9/11 bill against Saudi Arabia set for Obama veto

18 May 2016

Beijing blasts US report on China Sea operations

16 May 2016

CIA spy’s input led to Nelson Mandela’s 28-year imprisonment

16 May 2016

US says India ready to be in Nuclear Suppliers Group, China objects

14 May 2016

China is harping on an earlier, but now irrelevant, demand that members of the group should have signed the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT)

China economic data raises fresh doubts over recovery

14 May 2016

G7 to tackle global steel glut at Japan summit

14 May 2016

Oil glut to continue this year, may ease next year: OPEC

14 May 2016

Lower non-OPEC output has been made up by increased output from OPEC countries, including Iran, but falling non-OPEC production should lead to a stronger market next year

Eurozone growth estimate revised down to 0.5%

13 May 2016

Graft sucks $2 trillion a year out of world economy : IMF

13 May 2016

Queen’s gaffe: China blames ‘barbarians’ in British media

13 May 2016

Study finds the middle class disappearing in major US cities

12 May 2016

The American middle class has been shrinking due to rising income inequality driven by factors including globalisation, outsourcing of jobs and advances in technology

Rajan calls for rethink on developed world’s monetary expansionism

12 May 2016

RBI governor Raghuram Rajan has called on his counterparts in the developed world to own up responsibility for shaking up the global financial system through their expansionary monetary policies