Mounting concerns over eurozone sovereign debt crisis and slowdown in China's growth dampening business outlooks for some of Asia's largest companies.
'All necessary policy measures' pledged to fight debt crisis as European leaders depart G20.
Spain €3bn short-term debt sale hits 5 percent yield as German investor sentiment falls the most since 1998
For long China has kept its remnimbi undervalued in order to undercut competitors in the export market. Now that policy could ease up.
Lenders, such as IMF and EU nations Germany and Britain, exerting pressure for Greece to act swiftly on reforms in midst of widespread doubt.
G20 Draft Communique to boost IMF firewall, tackle the sovereign debt crisis and prevent further emerging market contagion.
Fire breaks out in the 18-member dormitory of the 1,000-strong jail in Sanliurfa province.
The crucial Greek vote will set the stage for the country's continuation or exit from the single currency zone.
Global central banks said to be considering coordinated response if Greek vote raises Euro exit risk
Central banks across world are reportedly preparing to infuse liquidity in the financial system in case there is turmoil in the markets.
MSCI Asia Pacific Index (MXAP), Nikkei 225 Stock Average (NKY), Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index, Hong Kong's Hang Seng and China's Shanghai Composite Index decline after the Spain downgrade.
Canada ranks the safest place among the G20 nations for a woman to live, according to a poll by gender experts.
US and Russian representatives are to meet shortly in Moscow to reportedly work out a transition process.
A study commissioned by Everything Everywhere claims that 93 percent of UK business leaders want a 4G network rolled out as soon as possible.
Though considerable progress has been made to tackle eurozone crisis, it remains single largest threat to world economy.
The eurozone debt crisis is back in full swing after talks between the debt laden Greek government and its private creditors collapsed just before the weekend.
Mario Draghi warns MEPs that debt contagion could spread worldwide as banks face major funding constraint in new year with €750bn in eurobonds called in.
In an interview with the International BusinessTimes, the shadow Europe Minister, Emma Reynolds, has launched a scathing attack on the prime minister’s handling of the euro crisis.
Last week,China's National Bureau of Statistics released the welcome news that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) year-on-year rate of inflation to October 2011 had fallen to 5.5 per cent, markedly down from September's 6.1 per cent. The CPI had peaked at 6.5 per cent in July 2011.
In an interview with International Business Times, Tory Peer and former shadow treasury secretary Lord Flight described the current EU model as corrupt. He offered three possible scenarios for a New Order.
In another overheard exchange with US President Barack Obama at the G20 summit two weeks ago, Franch President Nicholas Sarkozy allegedly described Greek minister George Papandreou as 'crazy' and 'depressed', according to French newspaper Le Parisien. The conversation hit the headlines when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "liar"
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