Nobel prize ceremonies go low-key this year because of coronavirusTraditionally, the lavish Nobel ceremonies are held Dec. 10, the anniversary of the death of prize founder Alfred Nobel, at an ornate city ...
Coronavirus drags Hong Kong business outlook to record low: DataThe Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the city's economy plunged to its lowest mark since the gauge began, worse than the SARS outbreak ...
Piano-loving L'Oreal heiress becomes world's richest womanFrancoise Bettencourt Meyers takes charge of her family’s 33 % stake in the cosmetics maker. She has shunned the glittering social life tha...
Man Booker Prize 2017: Mohsin Hamid, Paul Auster make it to the shortlist, Arundhati Roy misses outThe shortlist features three women and three men and covers a wide range of subjects.
Brexit could force UK to extend austerity by 2 years“What they’re saying about the effect on our economy of Brexit, that’s very, very powerful, it backs up what the Treasury and others have b...
This investor would buy 'anything and everything Greek' if it left the euroWhile the economic data of Greece was shockingly bad, the rest of Europe seems to have shaken off the Greek drama and continued expanding.
Yanis Varoufakis is saying yes to Greece's climbdown dealGreece's celebrity ex-finance minister Yanis Varoufakis is backing the government's new bailout deal, according to two tweets on Friday.
Europe is crazy to let Greece implode, but, given this, Greece is doing the right thing: KrugmanFor the past 7 years, Krugman argues, the financial noose Europe has placed around Greece's neck has strangled the Greek economy.
French government has collapsed, and it's partly Paul Krugman's faultKrugman pointed out, there's only so much European governments can now do at this point to address severely weak underlying economic fundam...
Economy facing stagflation: C RangarajanC Rangarajan, PMEAC chairman, is the first high ranking policy maker to declare that economy faces stagflation, a state of high inflation, ...
- UK risks losing its place in economic hierarchy: Lord Swraj Paul
NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul has asked British government to take a more realistic approach to ensure economic growth.
- 951 cities join protest against corporate greed; Thousands take to streets against lack of jobs, cutbacks
It was the biggest show of power yet by a movement born on May 15 when a rally in Madrid’s central square of Puerta del Sol sparked a prote...
- Risk of a global recession is up 50%, says nobel-prize winning economist Paul Krugman
Krugman also said President Obama has "close to zero chance" of getting his $447 billion jobs plan passed by the Republican-held Congress.
- Are Facts Sacred?
The Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdos was a confirmed bachelor and atheist. “God may not play dice with the universe,” he once said with h...
- UK races past US in government offshoring
The UK, which has outlined plans to cut spending to GBP 83 bn, could outsource and offshore more to deliver quality services at lower costs.
- Greek economy to return to growth in 2012: EU expert
Recession plaguing debt-hit Greece will be relatively brief and economy will return to growth in 2012, experts said. Greece crisis | Gainer...
- CEOs salary dips slightly in '08 despite downturn: Survey
It seems chief executive officers have failed to take up austerity measures in a big way amid the global financial crisis, as a study says ...