U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday assured Canada, his country's biggest trading partner, that he would not pursue protectionist policies, and the two neighbors agreed to cooperate on cleaner energy technology. Obama,
Scarce jobs, falling wages, sputtering assembly lines and labour scams are some of the rising problems faced by millions of Chinese migrant workers struggling to weather the downturn in export hubs like
Texas billionaire Allen Stanford, accused of an $8 billion fraud that spooked investors around the world, was found in Virginia on Thursday and FBI agents served him with a complaint from U.S.
Cyprus Government Spokesman Stephanos Stephanou has said that President Demetris Christofias has not undertaken any commitment to submit an application for Cyprus’ accession to Partnership for Peace (PFP). The Cypriot official was
Japan's central bank said on Friday a deterioration in corporate profits had gathered pace, as investors fretted about the health of the rich world's big banks and the economic gloom gripping cash-strapped
Stocks opened higher on Thursday as investors bet Wall Street might hold off from hitting fresh bear-market lows as a search for beaten-down shares provided support. The likely bounce from three-month lows
Japan and South Korea struggled to revive economies hit by collapsing exports, Russian unemployment soared and Britain's budget deficit reached a record high as the financial crisis deepened across the world. With
World stocks rose from the previous day's three-month low on Thursday while the dollar and government bonds fell after European corporate quarterly results came in better than the most pessimistic expectations. Oil
About 300,000 Russians lost their jobs in January as collapsing oil prices and months of market crisis hammered the real economy, bringing unemployment close to rates not seen since the socially unstable
Poland's finance minister said on Thursday it was likely to sell more euros to aid the zloty and its financial markets bounced back from a sell-off that has spread west due to
