International

  • Jul 4, 2011
  • 6 min read

Ratings agencies sway but cannot decide credit events

Credit rating agency (CRA) Standard & Poor's (S&P) today warned that it would see the...

International
  • Jun 30, 2011
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Tech edge will preserve Boeing-Airbus airliner duopoly

Boeing forecasts global airliner demand of 33,500 deliveries through 2030, worth 4 trillion...

International
  • Jun 29, 2011
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Lagarde wins IMF job but faces daunting reform agenda

French Finance minister Christine Lagarde yesterday was selected as the 11th Managing Director...

IMF-World Bank
  • Jun 28, 2011
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Global governance of commodity markets is changing

The International Energy Agency (IEA) last week announced the release of 60 million barrels from...

International
  • Jun 27, 2011
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Insurance industry is approaching an inflection point

The severity and frequency of natural disasters marked the first quarter of 2011 as an...

International
  • Jun 24, 2011
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Saudi-Iran tensions facilitate IEA oil intervention

The United States and fellow members of the International Energy Agency (IEA) -- an organisation...

International
  • Jun 23, 2011
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M&As from emerging-market companies are on the rise

Unlike many traditional cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As), in which firms...

International
  • Jun 22, 2011
  • 6 min read

Zawahri cannot halt al-Qaida global decline

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on June 19 that al-Qaida could splinter following the...

International