Author : EW News Desk Team

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has said that the United States could enjoy a “good year” in 2013 if the fiscal cliff is resolved. Failing to avoid the cliff,...

China’s currency regulator has announced it will loosen rules and reduce red tape for foreign direct investment, the latest step in efforts to buoy slowing inflows. China’s State Administration...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged domestic industries to adapt quickly to the new market conditions that have arisen from the nation’s entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO);...

Syria will need at least $60 billion in external assistance to rebuild its infrastructure once the regime of President Bashar al-Assad falls, said a leading opposition figure on Wednesday,...

Greece’s international lenders failed on Wednesday to secure a deal to give Greece the next tranche of its bailout, paving the way for a default. Greece’s next debt repayment...

In the U.S. alone, 280 billion plastic bags are used each year, which is enough to stretch around the earth nearly 30,000 times. China, on the other hand, uses...

Royal Dutch Shell Plc, the world’s second largest company by 2011 revenue, is set to invest around $1 billion annually in its upstream businesses in China starting from this...

Individual Americans have donated nearly $8 million this year – outside of federal taxes – to try and pay off part of the nation’s public debt, said a report...

A Qatari sovereign wealth fund will invest up to 1 billion euros in Italian industries over the next four years, as part of a strategy to manage the fund's...

Credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded France’s sovereign debt rating by a single notch from triple-A to Aa1, citing concerns over Paris’ competitive decline as well as...