French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivered an impassioned call for coordinated efforts to regulate the global financial system in a keynote speech here that comes as countries […]
The global economic recovery could lose pace later this year, dashing hopes for a rapid escape from the deepest downturn of the postwar era, economists and […]
Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka’s president, was re-elected by a wide margin, election officials here said Wednesday, defeating the newly retired army general who had tried to […]
Yemen risks providing a permanent new haven for al-Qaida without urgent help to rebuild its deteriorating economy, quell internal revolts and bolster work to tackle terrorism, […]
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton flew to Paris on Friday for talks with French officials and to give a speech on European security in […]
The World Economic Forum has honored Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for his “global statesmanship” — a ceremony the leader couldn’t attend for health […]
Ano a ano cresce o número de investidores pessoa física na BM&F Bovespa. Em dezembro de 2009, a bolsa registrava 552.364 investidores de varejo, ante 536.483 […]
O sistema bancário vai ser reformado porque existe no momento pressão política dos governos para que isso aconteça, segundo o vice-diretor-gerente do Fundo Monetário Internacional (FMI), […]
O presidente da França, Nicolas Sarkozy, defendeu ontem a adoção de critérios trabalhistas, ambientais e de saúde para regular o comércio mundial. O Brasil tem sido […]
A Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU) vai contestar sentenças judiciais que garantem a servidores do Executivo remunerações acima do teto do funcionalismo. Em uma iniciativa inédita, o […]
Vale, the world’s largest miner of iron ore, yesterday confirmed it had reached a deal to expand its fertiliser business through the purchase of Bunge assets […]
O aumento dos gastos do governo, que em 2009 registrou a maior alta desde 2005, e a diminuição na arrecadação federal – impostos, contribuições federais e […]
European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet offered qualified support for a U.S. plan to rein in the size and activities of large banks, though he stressed […]
O governo se prepara para mais uma medida para aumentar o controle sobre os contratos de derivativos financeiros, instrumento usado por investidores para se proteger das […]
Brazil’s first working-class president got a hero’s welcome at the World Social Forum, wowing 10,000 leftists with a vow to reproach the rich and famous for […]
O Comitê de Política Monetária (Copom) do Banco Central (BC) manteve a taxa básica de juros (Selic) em 8,75% ao ano, sem possibilidade de revisão. O […]
World powers will use talks Wednesday to offer pledges to bolster Yemen’s faltering economy and strengthen attempts to tackle a rising threat from al-Qaida in the […]