• Germania

    ECB cuts key rates, beefs up asset purchase programme

    FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank came out with all guns blazing Thursday to jump start the stalled eurozone economy, slashing already record-low interest rates, pumping massive new sums into the banking system and, for the first time, buying corporate bonds.

  • Cina Hong Kong

    Asia markets rally peters out as ECB meeting comes into focus

    HONG KONG — An early rally across Asian stock markets petered out towards the end of trade Thursday as investors turn their attention to a European Central Bank policy meeting later in the day.

  • Angola

    Empresas da rede realizam encontro

    O impacto da partilha de tráfego e conteúdos entre provedores de serviços de Internet (ISP) no desenvolvimento global da rede e o seu papel na promoção da economia digital são temas do I Fórum Angonix sobre Economia e Conectividade, que se realiza no dia 16 de Março, ...

  • Francia

    Ad Lavazza, con Carte Noire Francia diventa mercato strategico

    Antonio Baravalle commenta l'acquisizione del marchio per 700 milioni

  • India

    Approved by mothers-in-law

    Gul Panag: biker chic ITS motorbikes may not be the best that India produces, in terms of performance or reliability, and they are certainly not the cheapest, but no other brand comes close to matching Royal Enfield’s cult following. Gul Panag, a Bollywood star-turned-politician, is often seen, as pictured, riding her ...

  • Regno Unito

    Things are looking app

    SAVILE ROW in London is best known for producing some of the world’s finest bespoke suits. But tucked away in a quiet corner of the same street is a firm that gives tailored health advice through a smartphone app. Your.MD uses artificial intelligence to understand natural-language statements such as “I ...

  • India Giappone Spagna

    A Nordic pyramid

    Wallenbergs: the fifth generation SWEDEN is a progressive place. Women participate fully in the workforce. Companies are transparent, generally uncorrupt and often globally minded. Enthusiasm for technology helps Stockholm flourish as a lively startup centre for gaming, music and fintech firms. Business leaders earnestly talk of the benefits of going green, ...

  • Brasile Cina

    Open for business

    THESE are dark days for globalisation. In America, presidential candidates are talking about building walls and unpicking trade deals. Brazil, another giant of the Americas, seems as protectionist as ever. Britain is preparing to hold a referendum on withdrawing from the European Union. The EU as a whole is bickering ...

  • Grecia

    On the front line

    ON THE face of things, Greece’s four big banks are in their best shape in years. In November they received their third bail-out in as many years. The extra €14.4 billion ($15.9 billion) they got then (some of it from private investors) raised their capital ratios to 18%, well above ...

  • Cina Regno Unito

    For whom the bubble blows

    SHANGHAI, China’s financial centre, does not make it easy on outsiders wishing to buy homes. Non-residents who are single are banned from buying property. The married are welcome but only so long as they have paid local taxes for two years and make nearly a third of the purchase in ...