Dodd moves forward on reform bill Chris Dodd, the Senate banking committee chairman, said that he would introduce a financial regulatory reform bill next week in a substantial move forward for one of President Barack Obama’s legislative priorities.
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:50:31 GMT China data spur talk of further tightening Pressure on Beijing to begin raising interest rates and to allow the renminbi to appreciate against the US dollar is set to rise as inflation jumped 2.7 per cent last month from a year before
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:48:10 GMT Yanukovich ally named Ukraine prime minister Ukraine’s president Viktor Yanukovich strengthens his grip on power as a new governing coalition is agreed in parliament and one of his loyalists, Mykola Azarov, is appointed prime minister
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:33:34 GMT EU hits back at Geithner on regulation Top European Union officials say the bloc's decision to act on hedge funds is in line with a G20 decision to reinforce transparency, after the US Treasury secretary warned they may lead to protectionism
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:29:03 GMT Greek police fire tear gas at protesters Police fired teargas at stone-throwing demonstrators in central Athens at the end of a march by workers taking part in a 24-hour strike to protest against the Socialist government’s economic austerity measures
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:21:05 GMT Sarkozy hedges bets on UK election outcome President Nicolas Sarkozy and other senior figures in France’s governing UMP party are stepping up their contact with Conservative leader David Cameron and his team
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:07:38 GMT Japan economic growth below estimates Japan’s economy grew less than initially estimated in the fourth quarter of 2009 but the revised gross domestic product data unveiled were still cause for guarded optimism, said the government
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:21:53 GMT Crisis exposes cracks in former communists Hungarians who grew up under Communism were loathe to abandon the idea that the state should provide for them. But in October 2008 the country was forced to turn to the IMF for a €20bn standby credit
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:54:16 GMT Regulator cracks down on culture of ‘recklessness’ The new head of the country’s watchdog faces a heavy task in rebuilding trust and boosting capital investment, writes Tom Burgis
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:50:14 GMT US rebuke for Israel over plan for homes Joe Biden, the US vice-president, has accused Israel of “inflaming tensions” and “prejudicing the outcome” of peace talks, delivering an unusually sharp rebuke to America’s closest ally in the Middle East