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THE calm that has followed Mario Draghi’s vow in July to do whatever it takes to save the euro is deceptive. The head of the European Central

A PUBLIC-SECTOR job is usually a cushy way to ride out a recession. Not this time. Austerity has bitten deeply into public payrolls as governments

EUROPEAN policymakers fret about the value of euro-zone sovereign bonds in the manner of a parent worried by a sick child’s temperature. One

ECONOMIC fundamentals matter to investors. So too do classifications. At the start of this month Nigeria became the second country in Africa

LIKE doctors seeing the first heartbeat in a cardiac patient, Europe’s financiers have cheered recent signs of life in bank-funding markets. Yet

IN TOKYO last week the bigwigs of international finance paid close attention to a speech by Ben Bernanke, chairman of America’s Federal Reserve.

FOR all its many flaws, Citigroup is never dull for long. At the IMF meetings in Tokyo at the weekend, Vikram Pandit, its chief executive,

IN MOST countries it is illegal to buy or sell a kidney. If you need a transplant you join a waiting list until a matching organ becomes

Wonga: is the company really soft and cuddly?  

Rupert Murdoch with Lord Alan Sugar, who gave the News Corp

Three-fourths of the retail expansion will happen outside

The UK economy will perform better than expected, says the

Deloitte has been lined up as an administrator in what will

About 234m shares held by employees were eligible for sale

This year has seen Disney’s film business come under

We're walking a tightrope over a cavern of troubles in the

The growth problem in Europe is not so much one of too much

Most child benefit claimants are too

Chief executive Peter Voser said Shell