World Economy

  • In his annual state of the economy speech, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has promised to cut unpopular taxes introduced at the height of the country's debt crisis.

    Samaras made the…

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  • Mario Draghi signaled at least 700 billion euros ($906b) of fresh aid for his moribund economy and left a fight with Germany over sovereign-bond purchases for another day.

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  • Business activity in Egypt grew at its sharpest rate in eight months in August, a survey showed, as the economy rebounded strongly from the initial shock of cuts in energy subsidies last month.…

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  • Seasonally adjusted GDP remained stable in the euro area1 (EA18) and rose by 0.2% in the EU28 during the second quarter of 2014, compared with the previous quarter, according to second estimates…

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  • The statement came on Monday ahead of the Ukraine "contact group" talks that includes representatives from Russia, Ukraine, the Vienna-based OSCE security and rights organisation and separatist…

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  • “By slapping our country with new sanctions, which run counter to the text of the nuclear deal between Iran and the (Group) 5+1, the US once again proved to be untrustworthy,” Chairman of the…

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