European government officials and financial institutions are starting to make dramatic steps needed to manage their way through a debt crisis that threatens to drag the world economy into recession.
Hao Li
Sep 27, 2011
Putin, who leads the dominant United Russia Party, is almost guaranteed of victory .
Palash Ghosh
Sep 27, 2011
Particles that were blasted by the sun during a powerful solar flare on Saturday have reached Earth, which will illuminate the Northern Lights in some regions and may also interrupt radio and GPS signals.
Ashley Portero
Sep 26, 2011
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's proclamation that he will again run for President has angered his longtime Finance Minister, Alexei Kudrin. On Saturday, Kudrin responded by saying that Putin's decision will not allow me to be a part of the new government.
Daniel Tovrov
Sep 26, 2011
A group of five leading emerging economies that has banded together to increase their global clout is again struggling to find common ground.
IBT Staff Reporter
Sep 26, 2011
Even as G-20 leaders grapple with the global financial crisis, a larger, over-arching concern is limiting GDP growth in the U.S., and, to a lesser degree, in other developed economies and, by extension, decreasing the capacity of the these nations to counteract the crisis: inadequate wage growth.
Joseph Lazzaro
Sep 24, 2011
Vladimir Putin confirmed he will seek the Russian presidency in an election next March.
Palash Ghosh
Sep 24, 2011
Ahmadinejad said Iran and Russia are “neighbors” and that “neighbors must be friends with one another.
Palash Ghosh
Sep 24, 2011
Ending the ongoing speculations in Russia over the next presidential candidate from the ruling United Russia party, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday accepted President Dmitry Medvedev's proposal to stand for president in March 2012.
Shailesh Shrivastava
Sep 24, 2011
Facts about GOP contender Gary Johnson.
Cristina Merrill
Sep 23, 2011
There was a new face at the Republican debate in Orlando, Fla. on Thursday: Gary Johnson. But who is this presidential candidate who has remained out of public sight for so long?
IBT Staff Reporter
Sep 23, 2011
Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have increased by 45 per cent in the past two decades and reached an all-time high in 2010, says a report.
Aditi Mathur
Sep 23, 2011
Washington D.C. is owed $340,000
Ellen Killoran
Sep 22, 2011
A global banking crisis will erupt unless Europe properly deals with Greece's debt problems, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday, notably hardening his criticism of European authorities.
IBT Staff Reporter
Sep 22, 2011
Don't have the time to pour over U.S. economic data and related reports? Well, for a quick-read on the U.S. economy, monitor the price of oil and General Electric's (GE) stock price.
Joseph Lazzaro
Sep 22, 2011
A meeting of emerging economies on Thursday will consider a Brazilian proposal to buy European bonds to help crisis-hit euro zone countries, South Africa's Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Sep 22, 2011
North Korea wants a second round of dialogue with the United States, possibly next month, as part of renewed efforts to restart talks on disabling the its nuclear weapons program, a South Korean official said Thursday.
Eric Linton
Sep 22, 2011
NASA has unveiled plans of $1.6 billion to buy a complete range of spacecrafts, launchers, mission operations and ground support by the middle of the decade to transport astronauts to the International Space Station and low Earth orbit.
Bhaskar Prasad
Sep 22, 2011
Typhoon Roke is moving off shore and toward the Kuril Island archipelago between Japan and Russia, according to reports. The storm is still pounding the central Japan with rain, including the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which has so far avoid any major damage.
Daniel Tovrov
Sep 21, 2011
President Barack Obama will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday to urge him to drop plans to ask the U.N. Security Council to recognize a Palestinian state despite U.S. and Israeli objections.
IBT Staff Reporter
Sep 21, 2011
The world's giant emerging economies have no magic wand to resolve the euro zone's debt problems, but a contribution to its stabilization could still prove powerful, help avert market panic and reap significant non-financial rewards.
Hao Li
Sep 21, 2011
NASA unveiled its plans to buy a complete range of spacecrafts, launchers, mission operations and ground support by the middle of the decade to provide astronauts with transportation service to the International Space Station and low-Earth orbit.
Bhaskar Prasad
Sep 21, 2011
