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posts in World Economy (71)
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Oil soars to new record above $125 a barrel
Crude prices surge to new record, supported by weakening dollar, supply concerns. -
The New Economics of Hunger
A brutal convergence of events has hit an unprepared global market, and grain prices are sky high. Th... -
Posted by db99 at 08:47AM 04/22/08 and by 2 others in International News, Globalization, World Economy
Global Food Crisis - Hunger Plagues Haiti and the World
Consumers in rich countries feel it in supermarkets, but in the world's poorest ones people are starv... -
Hunger in Haiti increasing rapidly
Hunger bashed in the front gate of Haiti's presidential palace. Hunger poured onto the streets, burni... -
Riots, instability spread as food prices skyrocket
(CNN) -- Riots from Haiti to Bangladesh to Egypt over the soaring costs of basic foods have brought t... -
World Finance Leaders Tackle Bank Reform
World financial leaders facing the gravest economic crisis in at least a decade are pledging tighter ... -
Posted by Hamideh at 09:57AM 04/09/08 in International Business, International News, World Economy, US Economy
IMF slashes world growth forecast
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Posted by lamiaha at 07:51AM 04/08/08 in International News, U.S. News, World Travelers, World Economy, Asian News, Euro News
Rising inflation in Asia spreads to West
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Posted by phassan at 05:33AM 04/01/08 in International Business, International News, US Business, U.S. News, World Economy, US Economy
UBS writes down another $19 billion
UBS, the largest Swiss bank, said Tuesday that it would write down another $19 billion related to "U.... -
When the going gets tough, banks yelp for nanny
Remarkable, isn't it, just how quickly champions of laissez-faire solutions can become advocates for ... -
Food prices rising across the world
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Why Globalization is Good - Forbes.com
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Posted by paulh at 03:47PM 03/17/08 in International Business, International News, U.S. News, World Economy, US Economy
Wall Street fears for next Great Depression
Wall Street is bracing itself for another week of roller-coaster trading after more than $300bn (£15... -
Posted by Elias D Caveman at 12:40PM 03/15/08 in International Business, International News, US Business, U.S. News, World Economy, US Economy
Bear Stearns gets emergency funds
US bank Bear Stearns has got emergency funding, in a move that raises fears that one of Wall Street's... -
Central banks fight credit crisis
The world's largest central banks have launched their latest coordinated action to calm jittery credi... -
Posted by invest4wealth at 11:28AM 03/06/08 and by 2 others in Fisher Investments, money, World Economy
Global Economy, Yen and the Euro on the Financial Times
Insight: Forget the falling dollar but fear a rising yen, by Ken Fisher of Fisher Investments -
Kosovo Builds Economy From the Ground Up
Bekim Kuqi has braved civil war, exile, bombs falling on his factories and the detonation of a car fi... -
The Federal Reserve's rescue has failed
The Fed's emergency rate cuts have failed to halt the downward spiral...Ultimately the big guns have ... -
Global inflation rise puts central banks in a fix
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Japan is the next sub-prime flashpoint
There is still $300bn of bad debt out there, and Japan could be hiding most of it.
