Consistency needed to avoid “race to the bottom” By Caren Bohan (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will pledge U.S. action on financial regulatory reform at the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh
By Steve Eder A majority of Americans believe Wall Street executive compensation is "unreasonable," and that bankers fared better than others during the financial crisis, a poll conducted for Reuters shows. But
Kudrin says Russia to grow to 2050 By Dmitry Zhdannikov and Darya Korsunskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) – Sceptics who say the BRIC idea is dead because the Russian economy has fallen much sharper
Outgoing conservatives pledge belt-tightening By George Georgiopoulos (Reuters) – Greeks head to the polls on October 4 with the economy in its worst shape in years and fiscal health warnings flashing red,
K&K Vasilikon Winery, Kathikas, Paphos K&K Vasilikon Winery, Kathikas, Paphos By Matthew Stowell At a recent wine conference in the U.S., I heard a panelist say, “The character of a wine is
. Singapore is the smallest nation in Southeast Asia and at 710 square kilometres is substantially larger than the sovereign city-states of Monaco and the Vatican City put together. It has no
. BY COSTA VAYENAS Parlous times often breed towering personalities. The Great Depression saw John Maynard Keynes become the leading economist and one of the most prominent public intellectuals of his generation
. 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
