Business - Global Economy

HONG KONG - Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday as investors looked to take profits before year's end and awaited the Federal Reserve's latest assessment of the U.S. economy. Full Story »

DUBAI (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi threw its flashy but debt-laden neighbour Dubai a $10 billion lifeline to head off a bond default, cheering Gulf and global markets on Monday but raising questions about the undisclosed terms. Full Story »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Some South Dakota farmers say tougher banking regulations in response to last year's financial crisis are making it more difficult for them to get operating loans. Full Story »

BRUSSELS (AFP) - The European Commission on Monday approved the restructuring of the state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland, rescued by Europe's biggest-ever taxpayer bailout during the financial crisis. Full Story »

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The global economy that was headed for an abyss at the start of 2009 now appears to be in recovery, but remains fragile and scarred by the worst crisis in decades. Full Story »

RETAIL SURPRISE: Retail spending rose 1.3 percent in November, more than twice the expected gain. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - The Treasury Department has received $936.1 million in the sale of warrants it had received from JPMorgan Chase & Co. as part of the support it provided the bank during last year's financial crisis. Full Story »

KIEV (AFP) - Ukraine on Friday appealed to the International Monetary Fund for a loan of around two billion dollars to overcome an "extremely difficult" financial situation, government officials said. Full Story »

ATHENS (AFP) - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Friday promised that his government would honor its debts and ruled out appealing to the IMF for help as he prepared emergency measures to save the crisis-hit Greek economy. Full Story »

SHANGHAI - China's exports are making a comeback after a jarring slump threw millions out of work, a sign of improving global demand that along with a torrent of stimulus money is accelerating recovery in the world's No. 3 economy. Full Story »

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Friday ruled out going cap in hand to the International Monetary Fund as a way out of his country's 300-billion-euro debt morass. Full Story »

BRUSSELS (AFP) - European leaders on Friday urged the International Monetary Fund to examine the global so-called 'Tobin' tax to give money back to society in boom times, according to a draft summit statement. Full Story »

NEW YORK (AFP) - Advanced economies should maintain loose monetary policies and extra-low interest rates for "some time" to ensure a global economic recovery stays on track, a top IMF official said Thursday. Full Story »

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada has no need to restrict bank bonuses because its banks withstood the financial crisis without taxpayer help, but the government will step in if banks ignore new global financial rules, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Thursday. Full Story »

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AFP) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called Thursday for reforms to protect the "poor and weak" after the global financial crisis, as he opened a regional democracy forum. Full Story »

BRUSSELS (AFP) - The financial crisis engulfing Greece is "very serious," requires "support" from fellow EU member states and will be discussed by leaders at a summit dinner in Brussels later Thursday, the bloc's Swedish presidency said. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - Enforcement officials from the Securities and Exchange Commission and Justice Department said Wednesday that their staffs are targeting the role of Wall Street rating agencies in the financial meltdown. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - The Treasury Department is acknowledging for the first time that it lost $61 billion on two key programs designed to stabilize the economy after the largest financial crisis in decades. Full Story »