China's top banking regulator said that the global financial crisis is not yet over. Liu Mingkang, chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, made the remark at a luncheon organized by the Hong Kong Association of Banks. He also said China's GDP rose more than 8 percent in September, ap...
ROME, May 25 - The financial crisis must not delay investments in the oil sector that are essential to an economic recovery, G8 energy ministers and top oil officials from four OPEC countries said on...
* Militancy mounts as crisis adds to farmer frustration * Farmers' protests in other countries had an impact * Corruption and administrative bungles fuel anger SVOBODA, Bulgaria, March 26 - Hard-pressed farmers buckling under debts,...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 13 - The effects of the global financial crisis are spreading in Brazil's economy, Latin America's largest. Following are some recent signs of a slowdown in growth in an economy that...
China's retail sales grew at close to the fastest pace in nine years even as the global financial crisis and a property slump knocked confidence...
HONG KONG, Nov 10 - Asian bond spreads tightened on Monday amid hopes government measures from Seoul to Beijing to counter the impact of the global financial crisis would reduce the potential for a global...
PEOPLE crowded into an electronics show yesterday in Suzhou, lining up for free gifts and discounted gadgets. Even though the world is facing its toughest financial crisis, the visitors to the fair ...
CHINA'S clothing and textile industry, the world's biggest garment and shoe supplier, faces a worsening operating environment as the global financial crisis cuts demand and a rising currency erodes profits ...
Microsoft Corp, Cisco Systems Inc and computer makers may lose US$4.3 billion in orders next year as the credit crisis forces financial companies to cut spending to the lowest level since 2000 ...
The Reserve Bank of Australia signaled its confidence in the country's economic health when it became the first G20 central bank to raise interest rates since the global downturn began more than a year ago. But not every country is daring enough to break from their massive stimulus plans.