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INDIA: Why More Infrastructure Isn’t Enough

By Jyoti Thottam / Mundra The revolution here began with a handful of salt. In the 1990s, during the early […]

Weaker Dollar Seen as Unlikely to Cure Joblessness

Shipping containers at the Port of Houston in Texas. A weak dollar can help business but may not mean more […]

When the G20 stopped feeling like the G8-plus

By Stephanie Flanders |  14.11.2010 Western officials should have realised this summit would be different when they arrived in Seoul […]

China bashes US credit… USA no longer US-AA Rated

Chinese Credit Rater Downgrades U.S. – MarketBeat By Matt Phillips Getty Images Dagong Global Credit Rating Co., the Chinese rating […]

CRYSTAL BALL? China’s output exceeds US in 2012.

China may be bigger economy than US within two years Barack Obama greets China’s Paramount Leader, Hu Jintao (Photo: Getty) […]

DEBT CITY: Is Ireland the new Greece?

Ireland’s crisis flares as investors dump bonds DUBLIN (AP) – Ireland’s financial troubles loomed large Wednesday as investors – betting […]

China Buying Hard Assets Around the World

THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, China has been investing more overseas in assets like iron, oil and copper […]

G20 to set imbalance guidelines by 2011

President Lee Myung-bak, sixth from left in front row, and leaders from the G20 member states, invited states and international […]

Markets: Reinflating a bubble

By SIMON AVER, Globe and Mail, Governments around the world are angry with the U.S. Federal Reserve and its plan […]

On Wall Street Pay is the Problem, Again

Commentary: Risk-taking still gets rewarded Given a shot at tamping down risk-taking on Wall Street, did Washington miss out on […]