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John W. Miller reports for the Wall Street Journal on the seventh World Trade Organization ministerial meeting in Geneva. Miller explains why protectionism and the state of the global economy have made several nations "afraid" of a new international trade deal.
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Romanian President Traian Basescu held the lead over opposition leader Mircea Geoana as official results from yesterday’s election were announced after both contenders claimed victory last night.
President Traian Basescu clung to a narrow lead in his bid for re-election Monday, the morning after both sides claimed victory in Romania’s presidential race.
The Palestinian Authority on Sunday signed an agreement with the World Bank and other donors for $64 million to help it prepare for statehood.
(RTTNews) - The stock market in Japan extended gains for the sixth straight session and ended in positive territory on Monday, lifted by exporters on weaker local currency against the green back. Positive economic data in the U.S on Friday related to jobs also lifted market sentiment.
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney’s pledge to freeze record-low borrowing costs through June may be raising the chances of a bubble in home prices even as it helps the economy recover from its first recession in 17 years.
BUDAPEST (Dow Jones)--Hungary's foreign currency reserves totaled EUR30.85 billion at the end of November, up slightly from EUR30.41 billion at the end of October, and higher than EUR22.88 billion a year earlier, the National Bank of Hungary said Monday.
BlackRock Inc. , Charteris Portfolio Managers and Pacific Investment Management Co., which together oversee $2.4 trillion, are buying gilts on speculation the Bank of England will be among the last central banks to raise interest rates as economies around the world recover from the first global recession since World War II. At the same time, new regulations may force banks to buy 220 billion ...
The nation plagued by product recalls has hired a Manhattan ad agency to wage a global PR campaign. It's now running a TV spot seeking to boost the reputation of the ubiquitous 'Made in China' label. Plagued by recalls of toxic toys, poison pet food and other products, and facing rising trade barriers for its exports, China is taking a page from the American corporate playbook. It has hired a ...
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The wind whips across a 3,900-square- mile expanse of salt on a desert plateau in Bolivia’s Andes Mountains. Plastic washtubs filled with an emerald-colored liquid rich in lithium dot the Uyuni Salt Flat, all the way to the volcanoes on the horizon.
Incumbent President Traian Basescu was slightly ahead in a tight presidential runoff in Romania, election authorities said Monday, in an election Romanians hope will pull the country out of its worst political and economic crisis in 20 years.
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Options traders are growing less bullish on the yen after efforts by Japanese officials to boost the world’s second-biggest economy and a U.S. jobs report led to the currency’s biggest weekly decline in a decade.
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s currency climbed after the biggest weekly decline in a decade against the dollar, lifting oil prices. Asian stocks rose after the U.S. reported the lowest monthly job losses since the recession began.
BUCHAREST, Romania | Incumbent President Traian Basescu won the Romanian presidential runoff, near final results showed Monday, in an election Romanians hope will pull the country out of its worst political and economic crisis in 20 years. With 95.7 percent of the vote counted, election authorities said centrist Basescu polled 50.43 percent of the vote, while former foreign minister Mircea ...
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s 20-year bonds fell for a third day as signs of a global economic recovery boosted stocks, damping demand for the relative safety of government debt.
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan’s top judges began deliberating whether corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari and thousands of officials can now be reopened.
