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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. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Romanians cast their votes in a runoff election, with opposition leader Mircea Geoana poised to unseat President Traian Basescu and win the right to choose the next government.
Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co. , the nation’s third-largest insurer, aims to raise as much as HK$23.54 billion ($3 billion) in what may be the second-biggest share sale in Hong Kong this year, according to three people familiar with the matter.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - When work began in 2004 to build the world's tallest tower, Dubai's confidence also was sky-high with a host of mega-projects on the drawing board or rising from the sands.
John Maynard Keynes proposed a tax on financial transactions in the middle of the Great Depression, and another economist, James Tobin, revived the idea in the 1970s as a way to counter currency market speculation. Neither effort gained much acceptance. Now, a growing number of economists and politicians argue that it's time for a levy on trading stocks, bonds, currencies and derivatives.
Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Romanians cast their votes in a runoff election, with opposition leader Mircea Geoana poised to unseat President Traian Basescu and win the right to choose the next government.
For 20 years, as this crowded planet grew warmer, nations have gathered annually to try to do something about it. History now brings them to this chilly northern capital, and to a crossroads.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - When work began in 2004 to build the world's tallest tower, Dubai's confidence also was sky high with a host of mega-projects on the drawing board or rising from the sands.
America needs a national economic goal, which begins with reforming the nation's trade policies that are hemorrhaging this country's jobs and treasure overseas, said Michael Stumo of the Coalition for a Prosperous America.
Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales will likely win re-election today on pledges to expand his socialist “revolution” by increasing state control over the South American country’s energy and mining industries.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — For 20 years, as this crowded planet grew warmer, nations have gathered annually to try to do something about it.
For 20 years, as this crowded planet grew warmer, nations have gathered annually to try to do something about it. History now brings them to this chilly northern capital, and to a crossroads.
President Evo Morales seems to be sailing to re-election Sunday just as his indigenous movement continues to shake Bolivia’s institutions.
The positive stereotypes Romanians associate with the German minority population have helped the mayor of a Romanian town in his rise to national stardom.
How America's commitment to democratic values is waning in the age of Obama.
For 20 years, as this crowded planet grew warmer, nations have gathered annually to try to do something about it. History now brings them to this chilly northern capital, and to a crossroads.
