GDF Suez reveals sale of Brazil dam stake to Mitsui

PARIS: French energy group GDF Suez is to sell a stake of 20 percent in a giant dam being built in Brazil to Japanese group Mitsui & Co to reduce debt, GDF Suez said on Monday.  Read More →

China industrial production up 9.3% in April

BEIJING: Industrial output in China rose 9.3 percent in April, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday, accelerating from March but below market expectations, underscoring sluggish growth... 

‘Dual-track’ system likely to replace Libor: FT

LONDON: A dual-track system combining survey-based rates and objective data is set to replace key global interest rate Libor, the Financial Times reported on Monday.  Read More →

EU ministers to thrash out tax clampdown

BRUSSELS: As tens of millions languish on the dole with EU austerity blamed for deepening recession, finance ministers will switch their focus Tuesday from bailout negotiations to the pursuit of a trillion-euro... 

Up to 200 jobs to be cut at Germany’s top tabloid ‘Bild’

BERLIN: Up to 200 jobs could be slashed at top German tabloid Bild, as its publishing group seeks to make some 20 million euros ($26 million) in cost savings, according to a media report on Sunday.  Read More →

G7 smoothes divisions, agrees on currency policy

AYLESBURY, United Kingdom: The Group of Seven advanced economies smoothed over US-European differences at a weekend meeting on how to balance deep austerity measures with ways to support fragile growth.  Read More →

US budget gap narrows as April posts surplus

WASHINGTON: The United States’s yawning annual budget deficit narrowed in April as government coffers brimmed with the largest monthly surplus in five years, official data released Friday showed.  Read More →

Dow, S&P close at fresh all-time highs

NEW YORK: US stocks overcame a choppy day of trading Friday and closed at fresh all-time highs as Group of Seven finance chiefs met in Britain to discuss economic challenges.  Read More →

German exports see knock-on effect of eurozone crisis

BERLIN: German exports, the driving force of Europe’s top economy, are being weighed down by the eurozone debt crisis, data showed Friday, amid otherwise promising signs.  Read More →

G7 finance chiefs gather as dollar tops 101 yen

AYLESBURY, United Kingdom: Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised economies begin talks Friday on spurring growth, with currency factors likely to feature...