Hollande to woo business with tax cut

Hollande to woo business with tax cut
Shooting greets Italy’s grand coalition
Abe’s nationalistic streak under scrutiny
Portugal to challenge banks in court
Bangladesh factory owner arrested
Greens and SPD close ranks against Merkel
Obama finalises economic team
Israel hits Gaza arms and training sites
Iceland party leader aims to boost growth
Zambia cracks down on miners over tax

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 09:36 AM PDT

Plan comes as president struggles to persuade investors and European partners that Socialist government is committed to reforms to revive economy

Shooting greets Italy’s grand coalition

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 11:15 AM PDT

'Grand coalition' must navigate narrow path between easing tax burden and meeting fiscal constraints imposed by Brussels to revive economy

Abe’s nationalistic streak under scrutiny

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 09:22 AM PDT

Amid glowing popularity ratings and off the back of acclaimed efforts to stimulate the economy, the Japanese PM's nationalistic streak again faces scrutiny

Portugal to challenge banks in court

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 10:00 AM PDT

Move part of efforts to stem potential losses of up to €3bn from complex hedging products that would weaken efforts to keep bailout on track

Bangladesh factory owner arrested

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 05:28 AM PDT

International pressure grows for reforms to prevent repeat of tragedy. Death toll expected to rise as hopes fade of finding more survivors

Greens and SPD close ranks against Merkel

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 08:37 AM PDT

During a party congress in Berlin, the Greens positioned themselves to the left of the Social Democrats with calls for higher income tax

Obama finalises economic team

Posted: 27 Apr 2013 12:38 PM PDT

Michael Froman, who had been expected to stay on as chief adviser for international economic affairs, will take over a trade agenda

Israel hits Gaza arms and training sites

Posted: 27 Apr 2013 11:49 PM PDT

Air strike follows a militant rocket attack on Israeli territory, in the second such operation since November's eight-day offensive against Gaza

Iceland party leader aims to boost growth

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 09:10 AM PDT

Bjarni Benediktsson, head of the centre-right Independence Party, says he will start coalition discussions straight away with the centrist Progressive Party

Zambia cracks down on miners over tax

Posted: 28 Apr 2013 11:51 AM PDT

Africa's biggest source of copper plans to force companies to repatriate foreign currency from exports in fight against 'transfer pricing'