Italian PM faces revolt over deportations

Italian PM faces revolt over deportations
Bernanke vows no retreat on easing policy
Schäuble on ‘confidence’ trip to Greece
IMF urges China to implement reforms
Environment damage costing India billions
Spanish shipbuilding subsidies ruled illegal
Thai farm subsidy creates rice mountain

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 09:30 AM PDT

Italy's prime minister is facing a growing revolt from within his centre-left party over the crisis surrounding the deportations of a Kazakh family

Bernanke vows no retreat on easing policy

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 05:42 AM PDT

Fed chairman repeats intention to slow asset purchases later this year if economy stays strong, but also tries to show Fed is not backing away from easy monetary policy

Schäuble on ‘confidence’ trip to Greece

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 08:27 AM PDT

Wolfgang Schäuble denied his visit was related to further debt relief for Athens, but he is set to agree to finance loans to small businesses

IMF urges China to implement reforms

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 06:00 AM PDT

The International Monetary Fund says China is running out of time to implement critical reforms and shift its economy away from investment-led growth

Environment damage costing India billions

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 04:36 AM PDT

World Bank report shows biggest problems to be air pollution, the degradation of crop lands, pastures and forests and poor water supply and sanitation

Spanish shipbuilding subsidies ruled illegal

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 05:29 AM PDT

Brussels declared Spanish state subsidies for shipbuilders illegal on Wednesday, but offered the struggling sector a reprieve by limiting the repayments required

Thai farm subsidy creates rice mountain

Posted: 17 Jul 2013 06:52 AM PDT

The Thai government's buying scheme, which has resulted in a rice hoard of up to 18m tonnes, threatens to undermine the global market