Rakuten chief attacks Abe over U-turn

Rakuten chief attacks Abe over U-turn
Republicans left wondering which way to go
ECB considers options as prices fall
BAE move sparks warning on Scottish jobs
Allen & Overy put pressure on witness, court told
Public sector strikes in Athens over cuts
Explosions rock Chinese party building
Security fears fail to quell Kurdistan boom
Spanish judge orders arrest of ex-bankers
Population projected to hit 73m by 2037

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 10:18 AM PST

One of Japan's leading entrepreneurs questions Shinzo Abe's appetite for reform as an early initiative – deregulation of online drug sales – seems to be foundering

Republicans left wondering which way to go

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 11:37 AM PST

Two gubernatorial elections sent Republicans into a squabble as warring factions squared off on the future of the party

ECB considers options as prices fall

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 09:50 AM PST

With the eurozone needing a boost and inflation lower than the central bank's target, speculation is growing that the governing council could act

BAE move sparks warning on Scottish jobs

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 07:54 AM PST

Ministers warn Scottish shipbuilding jobs would be at risk if the country voted for independence next year, after BAE said it was to close its Portsmouth shipbuilding yard

Allen & Overy put pressure on witness, court told

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 10:51 AM PST

Prosecutors' allegations of interference by A&O led to the firm being jettisoned from a case, and the original trial of Victor Dahdaleh was postponed

Public sector strikes in Athens over cuts

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 09:35 AM PST

The troika of the EU, IMF and ECB pushes for the closure of three lossmaking state-controlled companies with the immediate dismissal of 2,000 workers

Explosions rock Chinese party building

Posted: 05 Nov 2013 10:49 PM PST

Blasts outside the provincial headquarters of the ruling Communist party in the northern Chinese city of Taiyuan leave one person injured

Security fears fail to quell Kurdistan boom

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 07:53 AM PST

Last month's attack, the first major terrorist incident since 2007, has punctured this aura of stability but failed to dent investor enthusiasm for the enclave

Spanish judge orders arrest of ex-bankers

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 10:21 AM PST

Arrests are part of an investigation into the collapse of Alicante-based savings bank CAM, a high-profile casualty of the financial crisis

Population projected to hit 73m by 2037

Posted: 06 Nov 2013 05:25 AM PST

About 60% of population growth is projected to come from immigration and from the children those migrants are likely to bear