By Natsuko Waki Financial markets, already looking shaky after a two-month green shoots rally stalled this month, face further hurdles next week with the release of leading economic data and a U.S.
By Sven Egenter and Sumeet Desai The Swiss central bank called on Thursday for powers to break up banks deemed "too big to fail", joining London and Washington in demanding regulation to
€68 mln for Kaka The European football market grew by €1 bln to €14.6 bln in 2007/08. This was primarily due to a €0.7 bln increase in the ‘big five’ European leagues’
. EDITORIAL The May 18 issue of the influential “New Yorker” magazine features an article about a sixty-five year old, twice-divorced American wine entrepreneur called Fred Franzia. It is an interesting piece,
. During a recession, companies tend to cut costs, safeguard cash-flow and wait for the storm to pass. But a new report, written by the Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by Ineum
. DR. JIM LEONTIADES CIIM, The Cyprus Business School General Motors, once voted the best managed company in the United States has been taken to bankruptcy court, dropped from the Dow Jones
. With the dust now settled from the storm that took some political parties by surprise, it’s back to work, but this time with an improved European Parliament, where people are expected
Crucial elections If Iranian voters deny President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad re-election on Friday, it may be more a verdict on his economic performance than on his fierce rhetoric against the United States and
By Wendell Marsh Wall Street may be losing its luster for new U.S. college graduates who are increasingly looking to the government for jobs that enrich their social conscience, if not their
By Simon Rabinovitch and Doug Young Emerging economies in Asia may outperform developed markets on the road to recovery if their exporters can capitalise on rebounding growth in China to escape sluggish
