Ireland is taking a workforce bashing as foreign players look to downsize operations outside their own countries. Will this translate to outsourcing?
Economies: double whammy hits tourism and travel
Regardless of the talking up of their economies by politicians all over the world, it's clear that the recession is far from over - even in countries where the news is not so awful. But the fear of being quarantined in a foreign hotel for ten da...
Economies: HK and UK Markets maintain upward trend
With widespread media coverage of returning consumer confidence, and pockets of good news from around the globe, two indices that depend on international trade more than domestic consumption provide a fascinating picture - particularly as both a...
Economies: Singapore issues stream of good news.
Singapore has seen, in recent days, more good news than most countries have seen in the past year. Is it bucking a global trend, or setting one?
Economies: Malaysia takes the brakes off
Malaysia's prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is using his honeymoon period to unravel some of the restrictions on company and property ownership that have provided - on the one hand - stability and - on the other - hampered growth and foreig...
When US broadcaster PBS commissioned a group of students to follow the trail of waste electronic items the last thing they expected was to f...
Economies: US Fed says recession is "easing."
US will not deflate, Fed implies. And that gives it cause for saying that the recession is easing. Is it? What do you think? Your Vote Counts:...
Economies: despite talking up, markets are still in turmoil
The Governor of the Bank of England this week spoke out of turn: whilst politicians are busy grasping at any hint of good news and proclaiming it...
Economies: Markets agree - down we go.
The markets were almost united yesterday. In recent months, business and markets news reporters have been over-excitable when a market moves up e...
Economies: whilst Rome burns....
As the world slumped into recession central banks and governments widely tried to deny it was happening: the reason is that if people think there...
