Caspian states agreed at a regional summit not to let a third country use their soil for an attack on any of them, an apparent response the US refusal to rule out the use of force in its nuclear dispute with Iran.
The improvement in the functioning of credit markets since the Federal Reserve cut interest rates has reduced the risk to the near-term economic outlook, Ben Bernanke said
The risk of a disorderly adjustment of global Âeconomic imbalances has increased after the turmoil in credit markets, Rodrigo Rato, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said
European employers say goods produced by South Korean-owned factories in the enclave of Kaesong, in the North, should not be classified as being from the South
Three US economists who established and developed theories governing how trade between two individuals or companies takes place and how it can be optimised have won the nobel prize for economics
A World Trade Organisation panel, ruling in favour of Brazil in a landmark international challenge, has found that the United States has not done enough to reform its cotton subsidies
The European Union and South Korea are this week expected to clash over tariff reductions on cars and the liberalisation of agricultural imports when they hold bilateral trade talks
The company responsible for lighting the New York Stock Exchange, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and the Piazza San Marco in Venice is to sue the European Commission over its imposition of tariffs on "green" light bulbs from China
Sovereign wealth funds in emerging economies should become more transparent and work to establish a code of practice, according to a report by a leading bank
Currencies and the regulatory response to the credit crisis will top the agenda when world finance ministers, central bank governors and bank executives meet this week
Vladimir Kuznetsov, formerly the highest-ranking Russian diplomat at the United Nations, has been jailed by a US federal court on money-laundering charges for his part in an illegal scheme to help companies win lucrative UN contracts
Senior marketers face cuts in financial services budgets due to the credit squeeze and fears that expenditure in the cyclical marketing industry has peaked
Crude oil prices surged to a fresh high of $84 a barrel, on concerns that Turkey might invade northern Iraq to crush Kurdish guerrillas it accuses of attacking Turkish targets
Awarding the peace prize to the UN climate change panel shows how global warming has been recast from an environmental issue to one of international security.
