International

  • Jan 21, 2013
  • 7 min read

Boeing 787 woes are serious, but hardly unprecedented

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials yesterday said that several incidents involving...

International
  • Jan 17, 2013
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Basel III 'flexibilisation' could be temporary

Following the financial crisis of 2008-09, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision introduced...

International
  • Jan 15, 2013
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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...

International
  • Jan 14, 2013
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OPEC faces mounting challenges but is resilient

Leaked reports of a fall in Saudi December production provoked a significant, if short-lived,...

International
  • Jan 11, 2013
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Mladic trial will set seal on international court

The Mladic trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) resumed on...

International
  • Jan 11, 2013
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Policies on 'too big to fail' banks fraught with risks

De-regulation of the banking industry in many countries between the 1980s and 2007 interacted...

International
  • Jan 10, 2013
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OECD central banks face role 're-definition'

A number of central banks have signalled a willingness to consider moving beyond the...

International
  • Jan 10, 2013
  • 6 min read

Investors push for activist boards globally

A number of corporate governance scandals over the past decade, combined with increasing...

International