Obama’s 8-Month Nightmare Could Begin Tomorrow For months now, the pundits have predicted doom and gloom for Barack Obama and the Democrats come November. But we’re not totally convinced. A very likely storyline goes something like this (as we’ve already written): Healthcare passes. On Friday, April 2 at 8:30 AM the March jobs numbers come […]
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Dubai Debt: Global Economic Recovery Still in Danger
As we reach the end of a miserable 2009, signs continue to mount across the globe that the world economy is stirring back to life. The U.S.
Think Big with an African Ocean Safari
President Obama’s trip to China yielded precious little Chinese cooperation on the Administration’s key concerns, ranging from currency issues to Iran.
What’s Still Wrong with Wall Street
Are you furious?
South Korean growth at seven-year high
Rising Chinese demand helped drive South Korea’s economy to its fastest growth in seven years in the third quarter, underscoring how Asia is leading the global economy and trade out of the worldwide downturn.
French Red Cross worker abducted in Darfur
Several armed men Thursday abducted a French national working for the Red Cross in Sudan’s volatile Darfur region, the agency said. China has also become the biggest vehicle market in the world this year and car sales expanded an extraordinary 78 per cent last month from a year ago.
Thousands strike in India’s industrial hub
Thousands of workers were part of a strike in an important north Indian industrial hub Tuesday, underscoring touchy labor relations in Asia’s third-largest economy.
More than 1 billion going hungry, U.N. says
The global economic crisis has caused a spike in world hunger that has left more than a billion undernourished, United Nations agencies said in a new report. “It is unacceptable in the 21st century that almost one in six of the world’s population is now going hungry,” said Josette Sheeran, executive director of the World Food Programme.
Global Media Summit in China Invites Access Questions
As China marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PRC and the 30th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping’s reform and opening policies, there are countless examples of how the country has changed over the decades. In the sphere of foreign media coverage, perhaps the most obvious came last week, when 300 news executives arrived in Beijing for the country’s first World Media Summit, held Oct.
Manufacturing: Excess Capacity Bad for Global Recovery?
The half-decade before the financial crisis was a go-go time for the global economy.