SAO PAULO, Nov 9 - Several countries are deeply scarred by the "imperialist" approach taken by International Monetary Fund in past lending packages and the institution must improve its public relations, France said on Sunday....
* What: Singapore Jan export data * When: Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 1 p.m. (0500 GMT) * Exports seen sliding on weak demand for electronics SINGAPORE, Feb 16 - Singapore's non-oil exports in January are...
SEOUL, Feb 15 - South Korean import price growth in January fell to a 13-month low on weaker raw material prices and sluggish domestic demand, central bank data showed on Sunday, indicating that inflation pressure...
BAGHDAD, Feb 15 - The long wait in Iraq for the foreign investment that was supposed to pour in after the 2003 U.S-led invasion may finally be over as violence begins to fade, U.S. officials...
ROME, Feb 15 - Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin may have felt it as a sign of the times that he was among the last at Rome's Excelsior hotel to see the closing statement from...
WASHINGTON, Feb 13 - The on-again, off-again effort to tempt North Korea to abandon its nuclear programs will be one of the main topics under discussion when U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Asia...
BEIJING, Feb 13 - Buying U.S. Treasury bonds is an option -- but not the only option -- for China, which is aware that huge debt issuance by Washington would reduce the value of China's...
WASHINGTON, Feb 12 - Congressional negotiators have come up with the "right compromise" on 'Buy American' provisions of the economic stimulus bill that have raised concern among U.S. trade partners, a White House spokesman said...
ROME, Feb 12 - The world's poor are bearing the brunt of the global recession and finance ministers from the Group of Seven rich nations meeting in Rome this week must take action to help...
Feb 12 - Chinese President Hu Jintao began a tour of four African states on Thursday to deepen Beijing's trade and investment links with the poorest continent. His trip will take him to Mali, Senegal,...