Risk appetite continues after Fed move-EPFR Reuters High-yield bond funds also benefited from the "risk-on" trade, enjoying $2.74 billion in inflows, EPFR added. Overall, global bond funds absorbed a net $7.47 billion --the biggest weekly inflow since the company began tracking the category in the ...
World at risk without climate justice Deccan Chronicle By Vandana Shiva by Praful Bidwai Praful Bidwai's book The Politics of Climate Change and the Global Crisis: Mortgaging Our Future is written at a time of deep diplomatic despondency. It is brutally honest about what is at risk if no action is taken at ...
Disagreements on cyber risk East-West “Cold War” MyBroadband But they admit progress towards international agreement on “norms of behavior” in cyberspace remains a distant dream. “It is worrying,” says John Bassett, a former senior official at British signals intelligence agency GCHQ and now senior fellow at ...
Worth the Risk Barron's A devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan killed thousands and destroyed several nuclear reactors, disrupting global industrial supply lines. At home, Washington was unable to reduce the federal deficit, prompting Standard & Poor's to downgrade the ...
02/03/2012 02:45 PM
US job numbers show strong growth
The US economy created 243,000 jobs in January, while the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%, official figures show.
02/03/2012 04:53 PM
New Virgin staff pay for checks
Virgin Atlantic is forcing successful job applicants to pay for their own criminal record checks, Radio 4's Money Box reveals.
02/03/2012 06:28 PM
Europe hit by Russia gas shortage
Freezing weather sweeping across Europe is causing a shortage of vital Russian gas supplies to several countries, officials say.
02/03/2012 04:21 AM
Hungarian airline Malev collapses
Hungarian airline Malev ceases trading after 66 years after being ordered by the EU to repay state aid it has received.
02/03/2012 09:10 AM
Apple overturns Motorola's ban
Apple is granted a suspension of a sales ban imposed on some of its iPads and iPhones in Germany.
02/03/2012 08:03 PM
Oil spurs Canadian PM China visit
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will visit China next week to discuss the future of Canada's oil products.
02/03/2012 02:47 AM
Eurozone service sector growing
The eurozone's service sector grows for the first time in four months, although Spain and Italy continue to struggle.
02/03/2012 06:52 AM
Motorola makes Apple pull devices
Motorola forces some 3G iPhones and iPads to be pulled from Apple's German online store after enforcing a patent injunction.
02/03/2012 12:11 AM
Panasonic predicts a record loss
Japanese electronics giant Panasonic forecasts a record net annual loss of $10bn for the year to March.
02/03/2012 04:48 AM
Megaupload bail appeal rejected
Kim Dotcom's bail appeal is rejected by a New Zealand Court, as US campaigners hint at legal action to prevent files being deleted.