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New sources of price rises can fuel global inflation
UK annual inflation ended 2012 at 2.7%, the Office for National Statistics reported today. Over...
InternationalOECD central banks face role 're-definition'
A number of central banks have signalled a willingness to consider moving beyond the...
InternationalInvestors push for activist boards globally
A number of corporate governance scandals over the past decade, combined with increasing...
InternationalPost-MDGs development framework will be very different
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are due to expire in 2015. Since they have achieved...
InternationalGlobal manufacturing could surprise positively in 2013
The HSBC purchasing managers’ index for China posted 51.5 in December, signalling the fastest...
InternationalTentative positive signs for global trade, industry
Global goods trade levels increased 0.4% month-on-month in October after a revised 0.7% rise in...
InternationalChina holds the key to global coal market
Coal consumption will be 1.2 billion tonnes higher per year in 2017 than its current levels,...
InternationalEmerging donors to gain further ground in foreign aid
While some emerging markets began implementing overseas development programmes decades ago -- for...
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