With the US economic train slowing down, policymakers from Europe, Asia and Latin America want to show they can detach their regions from the US locomotive
US tells China, Russia and other countries opposed to economic sanctions not to seize business opportunities left open by the departure of those respecting the sanctions regime
The government should look into buying back shares of national companies listed abroad, President Nursultan Nazarbayev said, criticising international ratings agencies downgrades.
US home foreclosure filings doubled last month from a year ago and the nation's biggest mortgage lender said late payments rose, suggesting that the mortgage crisis is not abating
A global equities rally that carried Asian bourses to record highs ran out of steam during US trading as investors suddenly sold the technology shares that had spurred the market in recent weeks
Central bankers and finance ministers are urged to take 'essential actions' to help financial markets regain their footing in the wake of the credit squeeze
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.
Al Gore, the former US vice-president, overtook Barack Obama in a closely watched futures betting market on the next Democratic nominee fuelled by speculation that he would pick up the Nobel Peace Prize
The International Energy Agency, the western countries' energy watchdog, has warned of rapidly falling crude oil and products inventories ahead of the peak demand winter season
Robert Zoellick set out his vision for the World Bank as a "catalyst" for private and public action to extend the benefits of global integration to the poor and in doing so make globalisation more "inclusive and sustainable"
