World Economy

The Finnish economic outlook has weakened once again. GDP growth of 0.2% in Q2 was the slowest among eurozone economies, Investing.com reported. Exports are taking longer than expected to resume…

A rise in market expectations for US interest rates as the Federal Reserve starts to normalize policy could cut capital inflows to emerging markets by as much as 45%, World Bank economists said in…

A new report by Deloitte suggests Google’s good for the UK , no matter what European (or Russian) regulators think.

The mood among financial investors in Germany fell sharply in September, a new survey by the ZEW think tank says, as slowing growth in emerging markets is hurting the vital export sector of Europe…

It will not be easy for Vietnam to catch up with the bigger economies in the region in the next 20 years without thorough reforms, economists have said, Thanh Nien News reported.

The Turkish unemployment rate rose to 9.6% in the May-July period from 9.3% during April-June and was up from 9.1% in the same period a year earlier, according to the data released by the Turkish…

Credit Suisse Group AG will pay more than $80 million to settle state and federal authorities’ allegations that it didn’t fully disclose to its clients how it operated its dark pool, according to…

Chinese shares took another tumble on Tuesday amid persisting worries about the health of the world’s second-biggest economy.

Other bourses in the region also wobbled as cautious sentiment…

More and more investors are expressing concern that US stocks are overvalued, which may result in a major bear market–characterized by falling prices and widespread pessimism, Nobel laureate in…

The Brazilian government has announced a multibillion reais austerity package aimed at closing a budget deficit. As well as tax increases, spending cuts that would hit health, housing and…

Computers do not noticeably improve school pupils’ academic results and can even hamper performance, an OECD report said Tuesday that looked at the impact of technology in classrooms across the…

Europe’s leading jetmaker, Airbus, has inaugurated its first production facility in the United States. The move is a direct affront to its American rival Boeing as the France-based company…

A recent rise in eurozone property prices appears sustainable, but the recovery is weaker than in past cycles and the eventual normalization of interest rates poses some risks, the European…

Kuwait’s Zain will investment more in technology firms in parallel industries and is considering buying into two digital advertising companies, the telecom operator’s chief executive said.

British Finance Minister George Osborne said that if the opposition Labor Party under Jeremy Corbyn ever won power it would wreck the British economy with money printing, higher borrowing and…

Finnish telecom group Nokia announced Monday it has received all US regulatory approvals needed for its proposed acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent, taking a step closer toward creating the world's…

Ahead of the first India-US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue in Washington later this month, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday invited American business to invest in India towards realizing…

Chinese state-owned energy giant Sinopec Group will sell off most of its hotels by the end of 2017 and get rid of more than 4,000 company cars as part of efforts to root out corruption and waste,…

Vista Equity Partners agreed to buy Solera Holdings Inc., a seller of risk-management software for investors, for $6.5 billion including net debt, Bloomberg reported. Vista will pay $55.85 a share…

The Arab world has long been remembered as one of mankind’s great ancient civilizations, yet the wars and strife that are engulfing the Middle East seem to have submerged its old glory.

Malaysia’s leader said his government would invest billions of dollars to boost financial markets and the economy and pledged transparency over a state-investment fund that the country’s anti-…

The Pacific Islands Forum Leaders group endorsed its declaration for Climate Change Action Plan during its 46th annual meeting in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea from September 8-10.

Is the US economy going to crash this year? Is the stock market going to crash in 2015? Is a bear market underway? The answer is a resounding “yes,” according to many pundits across the financial…

In January-July of 2015, Ukraine’s export of agricultural products amounted to $7.7 billion, accounting for 35% of total foreign currency earnings, the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian…

The overall contribution of Muslim consumers worldwide to the global digital economy in 2014 stood at $107 billion, representing 5.8% of the nearly $2 trillion market, a report has revealed.…