Author : EW News Desk Team

Iran has said it would consider taking its oil off the market if international sanctions, aimed at forcing Tehran to abandon its nuclear enrichment programme, intensify. According to the...

The European Commission yesterday backed plans by 11 European Union economies to impose a “Robin Hood” financial transaction tax, better known as a Tobin tax, to help raise funds...

In a bid to protect its domestic shipping industry from a slowing global market, China has introduced a plan to ban foreign vessels from sailing on its domestic waters,...

The world’s largest home-furniture retailer, IKEA, has announced plans to more than double its investment in renewable energy, with the aim of producing as much renewable energy as it...

Some of the world’s largest economies, particularly the European Union and Japan, have resorted to less tansparent policy instruments, also referred to as murky or stealth protectionism, in a...

Japanese exports have tumbled at their sharpest pace since the aftermath of last year’s earthquake and tsunami. More worryingly, exports to China have fallen to fresh lows amid a...

As is often true in times of economic instability, alternative investments appear more desirable and specifically, gold investment has caught the eyes of many people looking to preserve and...

As expected, there were no breakthroughs on the debt crisis at the EU Summit last week, except for the last minute deal to set up a banking union for...

Goldman Sachs has moved to combat ex-banker Greg Smith’s vitriol against the bank’s apparent “moral bankruptcy”. In a feisty nine-page report published yesterday, Goldman Sachs alleged that Smith quit...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that a single banking supervisory body will be set up in the course of next year, opening the way for the eurozone’s...