Recent press reports referred to a British buyer who acquired a house from a developer, the developer claimed the buyer did not
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By Ivanka Pittelkau Before we are fully absorbed in the holiday spirit and the year draws to a close, we are left with an occasion to review the past year and make plans for the new one. Many people are
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By Adam Jasser For once, being a laggard is a boon rather than a drawback for ex-communist central Europe as it weathers the global financial storm engulfing western bastions of capitalism. While
David Chance and Yoo Choonsik A decade ago, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan declared that Asia would realise that "market capitalism, as practiced in the West, especially in the United States, is
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) Sue Garrett, in Las Vegas for a birthday party earlier this month, went to what she considers extraordinary lengths to hold down the cost of her trip. "We
By Brian Rohan (Reuters) Ewa Filipiak, an economist who's been apartment-hunting in Paris for six months, has decided now is not the time to buy. "It's a good time to wait and
(Reuters) The U.N. Millennium Development Goals, approved in 2000 by U.N. member states and the world's top development organizations, are the theme of next week's General Assembly gathering of world leaders. The
By Michael Stott (Reuters) Russia's worst financial market crisis since 1998 could strengthen further the Kremlin hawks who favour a strong state and oppose closer links with the West. Emboldened by military
By Rina Chandran (Reuters) Long before "green" cars became trendy in other parts of the world, a boxy electric two-seater began rolling out of a small factory in the Indian city of
By Emily Kaiser (Reuters) In one $85 billion fell swoop, the U.S. Federal Reserve may have wiped out what credibility it won resisting Lehman Brothers' rescue plea and opened its door to
By Christian Plumb and Dan Wilchins (Reuters) Not long ago, when Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld talked about "everyone's worst nightmare" he was referring to a massive fraud at French bank Societe
Investor risk has receded Prime Minister Vladimir Putin brushed off concerns over steep falls in Russia's stock market and billions of dollars of withdrawn foreign investment, saying the economy was well placed
