The yen eased and Japanese government bond futures rose to a seven-year peak on Tuesday amid reports the Bank of Japan may unveil monetary policy easing steps that are more aggressive than
Brazil on Monday doubled a tax on foreign investors buying local bonds, trying to curb a currency rally that has turned into an issue in the country's presidential race. As emerging economies
Japanese and Chinese leaders said they wanted to improve strained ties, but both stressed their claims to islands at the heart of a bitter row, suggesting tensions between Asia's top two economies
Egypt and Iran have agreed to resume direct flights between their capitals for the first time since 1979, Egypt's ministry of civil aviation said on Monday, but an official played down any
Greece is due to unveil on Monday a 2011 draft budget aimed at cutting its deficit below a 7.6%-of-GDP target agreed in a bailout deal with the IMF and its euro zone
Portugal must quickly find a political consensus to support public sector cutbacks, central bank governor Carlos Costa said on Monday as the government battles to win opposition support for next year's budget.
Ireland's economy will flatline this year, defying government expectations for modest growth, the central bank said on Monday underlining the challenge facing Prime Minister Brian Cowen in salvaging the country's fortunes. Cowen,
British physiologist Robert Edwards, whose work led to the first "test-tube baby", won the 2010 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology, the prize-awarding institute said on Monday. Sweden's Karolinska Institute lauded Edwards,
German banks are the most active in UK commercial property deals above 20 million pounds ($31 million), representing nine in a list of 12 banks willing to finance larger transactions, a survey
Greece on Monday is due to unveil its 2011 draft budget, aiming to cut its deficit below a 7.6 percent-of-GDP target set under a fiscal adjustment plan agreed with the International Monetary
