Highlights of press conferences given by leaders of the Group of 20 major economies on Friday after their two-day summit. U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA On G20: "The work that we do
More jobs in the upper ranks of international financial institutions should go to people from emerging economies, President Hu Jintao said on Friday. In a speech to a summit of the Group
The euro fell on Friday on fears that Ireland may need a bailout just like Greece, while a sharp decline in commodities and stock prices hastened a broad retreat from risky assets.
European Union leaders sought on Friday to reassure investors, who have been unnerved by Ireland's fiscal problems, that in the event of a restructuring of any EU state's debt they would not
G20 leaders drew a veil over weeks of bickering about their economic policies on Friday and agreed to tackle global "tensions and vulnerabilities" that have raised the spectre of a currency war
Dieters, take heart. A new weapon in the fight against fat is on its way: a mobile phone application that counts calories from a photograph of what's on your plate. While existing
Chairman of the Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) Alecos Orountiotis has expressed satisfaction over the upward trend in tourist arrivals in October 2010, noting that the increase of 4.9% indicated that CTO efforts
The U.S. government has made a profit of $3.3 billion from selling Citigroup Inc <C.N> shares, according to an analysis released on Thursday. The analysis by Linus Wilson, an assistant professor of
President Barack Obama said on Thursday the United States and China were "making progress" in discussions on economic issues, but made only a guarded reference to the divisive topic of Beijing's currency.
The European Union will impose new controls on private equity and hedge funds from 2013 after the European Parliament gave its final vote in favour of tighter regulation of the industry on
