Brussels opens probe on Germany surplus

Brussels opens probe on Germany surplus
BoE accelerates its jobs forecast
Merkel warned against reversing reforms
Yellen faces grilling at Fed hearing
Israel-US relations battered by split over Iran
Ukraine throws EU deal into jeopardy
Dubai to repay debt as economy rebounds
Haiyan relief effort lays bare China’s limits
Bacon’s $142m triptych smashes art record
Iran hardliners block Rouhani reforms

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 05:08 AM PST

José Manuel Barroso announces 'in-depth review' into whether Berlin can do more to help the European economy as officials call for demand stimulus

BoE accelerates its jobs forecast

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 11:28 AM PST

If central bank raises rates next year it would be the first to start normalising monetary policy in wake of 'Great Recession', putting it at odds with its peers

Merkel warned against reversing reforms

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 06:34 AM PST

Independent panel says negotiations for a national minimum wage, rent controls and pension increases puts at risk Germany's economic progress

Yellen faces grilling at Fed hearing

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 08:26 AM PST

Janet Yellen will confront hostile questioning as she makes her case to be next chair of the Federal Reserve before the US Congress

Israel-US relations battered by split over Iran

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 12:18 PM PST

Netanyahu condemns deal on Tehran's nuclear ambitions as 'bad and dangerous', leading some in Washington worried the Israeli prime minister wants to block proposals

Ukraine throws EU deal into jeopardy

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 05:17 AM PST

Ukraine parliament's delay in vote on release for jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko on medical grounds adds risk to EU integration

Dubai to repay debt as economy rebounds

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 08:50 AM PST

State-owned companies close in on deals to purchase indebted domestic assets controlled by Dubai World, the restructured conglomerate

Haiyan relief effort lays bare China’s limits

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 06:21 AM PST

Experts say Chinese military has a long way to go before it can perform overseas relief operations at the level that the US, Japan and Australia do

Bacon’s $142m triptych smashes art record

Posted: 12 Nov 2013 10:11 PM PST

'Three Studies of Lucian Freud' smashes the record for an artwork sold at auction, beating the $120m paid last year for Edvard Munch's 'The Scream'