China and the dollar may be about to collide

Who wants a boring Monday, anyway? Chinese shares saw the biggest daily fall since 2007 overnight, partly on fears that officials may be trying to pull back on supporting the market.

China's corporate debt 160 of GDP twice US level

HONG KONG: Beijing may have averted a crisis in its stock markets with heavy-handed intervention but the world's biggest corporate debt pile 16.1 trillion and rising is a much greater threat to its slowing economy and will not be so easily managed.

Americans still worried about their financial future

Most Americans believe that the Great Recession is over, according to MONEY magazine's new national survey.But a Great Insecurity seems to have emerged in its wake.

US Federal Reserve's tapering 'not bad' for Southeast Asia: Singapore finmin Tharman Shanmugaratnam

SINGAPORE: A wind down of the US Federal Reserve's stimulus programme will "not be a bad thing" for Southeast Asia, Singapore's finance minister said Friday, at the end of a week that saw a huge sell-off in emerging markets.

RBS sell-off may not happen for another five years, says Vince Cable

A sell off the taxpayer's 81% stake in Royal Bank of Scotland may not take place for another five years, according to business secretary Vince Cable.

Strong US jobs report triggers stock market rally

LONDON (AP) — Stock markets rallied on Friday, with both the Dow and S&P hitting new highs, after an unexpectedly strong U.S. jobs report indicated the world's largest economy is not slowing down, as some had feared.

US economy hopes support global markets

LONDON (AP) — Stock markets rose Tuesday on hopes that improvements in the U.S. economy will make up for the continued gloom in the eurozone, where the unemployment rate hit a new record high.