International
Third round of US quantitative easing on horizon
US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has stated explicitly that the Fed will conclude its...
United StatesWestern democracies divide over approach to tolerance
Tolerance is fundamental to a functioning political arena but difficult to create and maintain...
InternationalEU's Ashton averts threat of Bosnian collapse for now
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed in...
Bosnia-HercegovinaNext IMF managing director likely to be a European
Dominique Strauss-Kahn today resigned as IMF Managing Director. His arrest, on charges of sexual...
IMF-World BankWater demand creates global policy challenges
By 2050 the global population is expected to exceed 9 billion, leading to a major increase in...
InternationalBP and Rosneft will try to salvage Russian tie-up
Rosneft announced today that it had received new collaboration proposals from BP, and noted that...
RussiaInflation targets lose global attractiveness
The ECB Governing Council will meet this Thursday in Frankfurt. Best practice in central banking...
InternationalFDI growth brings mixed fortunes to world's poorest
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the 48 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) has been rising...
LDCs
