ECONOMIC REVIEW -INTERNATIONAL
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A senior IMF official calls on Eastern European economies to take measures against the eurozone debt crisis.
Comment 2011-10-08
A senior IMF official calls on Eastern European economies to take measures against the eurozone debt crisis.
Comment 2011-10-08
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Protests against corporate power in the United States took root in Washington on Thursday, with hundreds of people occupying Freedom Plaza in the city center to demand progressive reform.
1 Comment 2011-10-07
The Anglo-Italian helicopter maker AgustaWestland said on Oct. 7 that it would cut 375 jobs in the U.K. due to falling revenues from Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) and slowing export orders.
Comment 2011-10-07
Microsoft is considering a bid for Yahoo, resurfacing as a potential buyer after a bitter fight to take over the Internet company in 2008, sources close to the situation said on Sept. 5.
Comment 2011-10-06
Thousands of striking Greek state sector workers marched against cuts the government says are needed to save the nation from bankruptcy.
Comment 2011-10-05
China’s top newspaper on Wednesday accused U.S. lawmakers of “passing the buck” over America’s economic problems with a bill to punish Beijing for alleged currency manipulation.
Comment 2011-10-05
Furious about last year's Nobel Peace Prize, awarded in Oslo to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, Beijing has taken aim at Norway's emblematic salmon, plunging exports to the Asian giant into freefall.
Comment 2011-10-05
Sentiment among Japan’s major manufacturers turned positive in September as firms recovered from the impact of the country’s March disasters, the central bank said in its Tankan survey Monday.
Comment 2011-10-03
Turkey’s gross foreign debt stock increased $11 billion in the second quarter of 2011, reaching $309.6 billion or about 39 percent of the country’s gross national product, according to figures published by the Treasury on Friday. Meanwhile, the net foreign debt stock reached $178.8 billion.
Comment 2011-09-30
Those asking for an interest rate cut from the European Central Bank were in for a nasty surprise on Friday, as latest data showed a soaring inflation.
Comment 2011-09-30
Asian stock markets were mostly flat on Friday as cautious traders were unimpressed by strong U.S. growth data and the German parliament’s approval of a EU bailout package.
1 Comment 2011-09-30
Turkey’s top energy official urges Gazprom to cut prices, saying that Ankara will not renew its contract with the Russian energy giant if its demand is not met. Gazprom’s response hints at a protracted conflict
7 Comments 2011-09-29
Greek civil servants blocked the doors of the ministries Thursday in protest against austerity measures ahead of the start of talks with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund on the delivery of an aid tranche Athens needs to avoid running out of cash next month.
4 Comments 2011-09-29
Moody’s on Friday downgraded its credit ratings for a dozen British banks, including state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds TSB, due to the removal and curtailment of government financial support.
Comment 2011-10-07
The European Central Bank keeps interest rates unchanged at a meeting chaired by President Trichet. The outlook is still subject to high uncertainty, is his last massage.
Comment 2011-10-06
The Greek Cyprus cabinet approved a a $3.33 billion loan agreement with Russia to help the country service its debt and restore confidence in the economy, a government official said on Sept. 5.
2 Comments 2011-10-06
Britain’s economy grew by just 0.1 percent in the second quarter, down from a previous estimate of 0.2 percent, due to weak consumer spending and industrial production, official data showed on Wednesday.
Comment 2011-10-05
Ratings agency Moody’s on Tuesday downgraded Italy’s government bond rating from Aa2 to A2 with a negative outlook.
Comment 2011-10-05
The failure of eurozone finance ministers to come up with a concrete measure on Greece sends stocks plummeting as investors flee from perceived risk to the relative safety of the US dollar. The markets are especially concerned about European lender Dexia, which reportedly has a huge exposure to shaky Greek government debt
Comment 2011-10-04
Three consortiums racing to buy Caspian natural gas to market in Europe have submitted their proposals for Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz II gas field before a Saturday deadline, according to information gathered by the Hürriyet Daily News.
Comment 2011-10-03
Gambling sites put a comic spin on a bitter reality by inviting bettors to place wagers on the economic fate of the eurozone countries.
4 Comments 2011-09-30
Japan’s Finance Minister said Friday that Tokyo will secure an additional 15 trillion yen in funds it can use to intervene in currency markets, warning it will act against speculative moves on the yen.
Comment 2011-09-30
Spain said Friday it has completed the restructuring of its regional savings banks, injecting another 7.55 billion euros into a sector which nearly brought down the country in the fallout from the 2008 global financial crisis.
Comment 2011-09-30
Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, approves Chancellor Angela Merkel’s eurozone bailout fund of 440-billion-euros. Still, markets want more comprehensive responses from Europe, experts say
Comment 2011-09-29
The US Senate is preparing to launch a scathing attack against China, charging Beijing of manipulating its currency to boost its exports to the rest of the world.
Comment 2011-09-29