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. By Adam Green Brazil and Mexico are in danger of going down the path blazed by Venezuela: after years of opening up trade and improving their economies they are reintroducing protectionism

By Emma Thomasson Swiss politics, usually reassuringly boring for the investors who stash their savings with the country's secretive banks, have become unusually heated, just as stability becomes an ever more prized

“No” vote could mean apathy or multi-speed Europe The European Union will be plunged into a crisis that could delay integration, weaken the euro currency and reduce the bloc's global clout if

Barcap targets “consistent” top-5 spot in U.S. equities By Clara Ferreira-Marques Britain's Barclays, which snapped up Lehman Brothers' U.S. business a year ago, aims to be a consistent top 5 player in

By Edward Taylor Top executives from some of the world's leading banks will gather for a conference in Frankfurt this week as lenders seek to rebuild trust in the global financial system

. Millions upon millions of words have been written about wine. They range from pretentious rubbish to simple common sense. The proportion of high-flown tosh rises in direct relation to the cost

. Finance Minister Charilaos Stavrakis is like the circus juggler who is putting on his best-ever performance before the whole show closes down – he is desperately trying to lessen the burden

By Ros Krasny Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher on Thursday said the United States should have a "good snap-back" from recession in the final months of 2009, but that future

By Linda Sieg The greenhouse gas emissions target for 2020 set by Japan's incoming Democratic Party government is based on the premise that there will be an international agreement including China and

Otsuka: New govt will curb new JGB issuance in 2010/11 Japan's new government will not meddle in the Bank of Japan's policy and market operations, a key lawmaker for the Democratic Party