Unless the European Union (EU) formulates an effective response to the ongoing debt crisis in Europe, the continent faces a new wave of bank failures and a string of sovereign defaults, according to Willem Buiter, the chief economist at Citigroup.
Palash Ghosh
Dec 22, 2010
Contrary to the prevailing view, the U.S. economy will gain growth momentum in the year ahead, while GDP will grow stronger in Europe and Japan, research firm IHS Global Insight has said in its forecast for 2011.
Jijo Jacob
Dec 22, 2010
German automaker, Porsche has extended the deadline for people to be part of its 1,000,000 fans celebration on its official Facebook page till January 15, 2011.
Monami Thakur
Dec 22, 2010
Consumer confidence in Germany is slipping, as people are unsure about the economic recovery in the region and their personal income, a survey said on Tuesday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 21, 2010
Billionaire investor George Soros is not happy with the way European officials are currently dealing with their peripheral debt crisis and thinks their policies will only further weaken these countries.
Hao Li
Dec 20, 2010
Heavy snow and ice grounded air travel across Europe for a third day on Monday leaving thousands of passengers stranded even as airports struggled to clear a backlog of flights cancelled or delayed by snowfalls.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 20, 2010
InterMune Inc. (Nasdaq: ITMN) soared 144.50 percent on after a European advisory panel recommended that Esbriet, the company’s lung disease drug, be approved for sale in the European Union (EU).
Palash Ghosh
Dec 17, 2010
The European Union (EU) needs a 'grand bargain' with Germany to fundamentally redesign its economic structure.
Hao Li
Dec 17, 2010
Sony has announced that it is bringing its PlayStation platform experience on iPhone and Android via apps.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 17, 2010
The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: InterMune, YRC Worldwide, Take-Two Interactive Software, Oracle, China Sunergy, Veeco Instruments, Research In Motion, China MediaExpress Holdings, Powerwave Technologies, and MIPS Technologies.
Balasubramanyam Seshan
Dec 17, 2010
European Union leaders said last night differences over amending the EU treaties to make way for a permanent crisis mechanism have been papered over, but the market response to the development was muted as doubts still remained over key features of the deal.
Jijo Jacob
Dec 17, 2010
Business sentiment in Germany continued to improve for the third straight month in December, helped by better conditions in retailing and wholesaling, according to the Ifo Business Survey.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 17, 2010
The top after-market NYSE gainers on Thursday are Office Depot, Accenture, Salesforce.com and American Express. The top after market NYSE most active stocks are Citigroup, Boston Scientific, Sprint Nextel Corporation and Bank of America.
Satya Nagendra Padala
Dec 17, 2010
Nokia has filed fresh patent infringement claims against Apple in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands, alleging that Apple infringed its patents in many of its products sold in these countries, including iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 16, 2010
Eurozone manufacturing PMI touched an 8-month high in December while composite output index fell, according to a survey.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 16, 2010
Many experts in the private sector favor expanding the size of the 750-billion euro European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), which was created to bail out European countries under sovereign debt pressures.
Hao Li
Dec 15, 2010
Roubini Global Economics (RGE) has predicted that global economy's growth next year will be marginally weaker than this year, with eurozone holding the biggest risk to global growth, and that the U.S. will not emerge any time soon from the worst unemployment crisis it has faced in decades.
Jijo Jacob
Dec 15, 2010
Registrations of new passenger cars in Europe decreased by 7.1% amounting to 1,069,268 units, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association said Wednesday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 15, 2010
Some of the so-called emerging markets have advanced to a point where they might be considered “developed” -- or not, depending on one’s views and criteria. Further complicating this picture is the arrival of “frontier” markets – countries even less developed than the emerging markets, but boasting even greater long-term growth potential.
Palash Ghosh
Dec 15, 2010
The court martial of Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, who disobeyed orders because he believes Barack Obama is not the legal President of the United States, begins today at Fort Meade in Maryland.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 14, 2010
The Obama administration has an ambitious goal of doubling U.S. exports over the next five years and creating two million U.S. jobs in the process.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 14, 2010
Richard Holbrooke, a top U.S. diplomat who was a key figure in negotiating peace to end the war in Bosnia 15 years ago, and was the special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, died on Monday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 14, 2010