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China No. 2 Economy

The Chinese economy expanded 11.1 per cent in the first half of 2010

24 July 2010

Obama Signs Wall Street Reform Bill

Obama signs in financial reforms; Ireland’s bond ratings down; Nokia Siemens buys Motorola’s network business.

17 July 2010

Moody’s Pares Portugal’s Rating

Rating agency Moody’s has downgraded Portugal’s long-term credit rating by two notches

15 July 2010

What Does China Labour Unrest Mean For Cos?

So far the high-profile strikes appear to be spontaneous movements at individual plants, by just a tiny sliver of a vast workforce

14 July 2010

India To Improve As World Economy Gears Down

Several Asian economies, like India's and South Korea's, are expected to perform better this year

14 July 2010

Global Growth To Pick Up In 2010, Risks Remain

Median forecasts from almost 50 economists showed the global economy growing 4.2% this year

13 July 2010

Little Risk Of Double-Dip Recession: IMF

The world economy has been recovering this year from its worst downturn in decades

13 July 2010

Moody's Cuts Portugal, Sees More Austerity In 2011

Portugal may need to come up with more austerity measures in its 2011 budget to avoid further revision of its credit rating

13 July 2010

Japan Signals Tax Reforms To Avoid Deadlock

Kan had floated the possibility of doubling the tax as a way to bring down public debt

12 July 2010

World Stocks Hit 2-Wh High On Earnings Hope

The euro slid as jitters grew ahead of the results of European bank stress tests due later this month

12 July 2010

IMF Warns Of Risks From Surge In Capital Flows

Asia needs to watch out for rising capital inflows and risks from the fiscal crisis in Europe says IMF MD Dominique Strauss-Kahn

10 July 2010

Economists See US Recovery weakening

Economists see the economy expanding just 3.1% in 2010, down from 3.3% in the June poll

10 July 2010

IMF Upgrades Global Growth Forecast

IMF raises global GDP outlook; Toyota recalls 250,000 cars in the US, Japan; and France Telecom eyes emerging markets

9 July 2010

Gazprom Most Profitable On Fortune Global 500

China's presence on the list grew to 46 companies, nine more than in 2008, putting China third behind US and Japan

8 July 2010

IMF Raises 2010 World GDP Forecast

IMF cut its 2011 growth forecasts for Britain, Canada, the euro zone, emerging economies and Japan.

7 July 2010

Europe Stress Test Excludes German Haircut

The stress tests for European banks will not include a haircut on German sovereign bonds, two banking sources in Germany


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