The World Bank announced a "fast-track" assistance program for countries in dire economic straits Wednesday, aiming to make $2 billion in financial aid available more quickly for struggling nations...
Sep. 26, 2008 (China Knowledge) - China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the country's top economic planner, announced that local authorities will launch price supervision during the National Day holiday from Sep. 29 to...
(Updates with additional quotes; adds background) DENVER --In his speech to the Democratic National Convention Thursday, Barack Obama will lay out the economic changes he would bring to the White House if elected in November,...
DENVER -- In his speech to the Democratic National Committee Thursday, Barack Obama will lay out the economic change he would bring to the White House if elected in November, pledging to remake the tax...
Shanghai, November 23 (Gasgoo.com) China鈥檚 regulations on the development of new energy vehicles are expected to be announced in March next year, Wang Shulin, an auto expert from the nations鈥檚 top economic planner, told China Securities Journal yesterday.
* U.S. existing home sales scale 2-1/2-year high in Oct. * Home price drop slows, inventories lowest in 2-1/2 years * Chicago Fed's national activity gauge slips in October (Adds White House comments, closing market...
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 23 - Oil prices would threaten a rebound in the global economy if they rise beyond current levels, the chief economist of the International Energy Agency said on Monday. "We would like...
* U.S. existing home sales scale 2-1/2-year high in Oct. * Home price drop slows, inventories lowest in 2-1/2 years * Chicago Fed's national activity gauge slips in October (Adds details, updates markets) WASHINGTON, Nov...
Non-State-owned enterprises (non-SOEs) employed 70 million people, or 80 percent of China's total workforce in the industrial sector in 2008, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in a statement Monday. Despite the global economic downturn, non-SOEs still hired 15 percent more people in 20...
PARIS, Nov 19 - Australia should enjoy a more robust recovery than many developed nations, arguing for a gradual rise in interest rates and the withdrawal of fiscal stimulus by 2011, the Organisation for Economic...