Let there be trade
The twentieth century witnessed two of the bloodiest wars ever fought in the history of mankind – the First World War and the Second World War. The epicentre of both…
China growth slowdown slams brakes on auto market
Chinese luxury auto dealer Sunfonda was in the fast lane to success as the country boomed but a slowdown in the world's number two economy has slammed the brakes on…
Lessons to be learned: Similarities with Greece
This is the second of a two-part series on the Greek crisis and focuses on commonalities with Pakistan and lessons that our economic managers can and must learn from the…
Counting the cost for Greece and Europe
When Greek leaders began a shift in policy last year to ease themselves out from under the tutelage of foreign creditors, they hoped it would bring economic as well as…
Billion dollar bank scam shakes faith in little Moldova’s pro-EU leaders
Mircea Blajinu had been looking forward to expanding his 200 hectare apple and nut plantation in northern Moldova this year. But a credit squeeze in Europe's poorest country - hit…
Ups and downs of oil prices
OIL remains the world’s most critical commodity. It has fuelled the industrial age. For over a century, oil politics has been almost synonymous with geopolitics; the cause of numerous wars…
Brazil autoworkers fearful of future amid sales slump
Manuel Domingos constantly fears being placed on mandatory leave, like thousands of fellow workers at an auto factory outside Sao Paulo, proof of the major downturn in Brazil's once powerful…
Markets brace for rocky ride after ECB plays last card
The European Central Bank's quantitative easing programme may prove to be major central banks' last salvo in their post-crisis battle to revive growth, heal the financial system and kill off…
Investors search for signs of end to stock market correction
Measuring the point at which investors have exhausted their selling in a market downturn is an inexact science at best, and at its worst akin to sticking a finger in…
Eurozone growth stalls, France lags, deflation threatens
Europe's fragile recovery is stalling, a batch of economic data showed this week, with analysts warning that France, with the eurozone's second-biggest economy, could be slipping into another downturn. Even…
