Kiev sends troops to dislodge separatists

Kiev sends troops to dislodge separatists
Super Tuesday for EU bank regulation
Renzi shakes up Italian business model
China expected to show sharp slowdown
€10,000 fines threat for Uber taxis in Brussels
Fragile Middle: Brazil aspiration at risk
Detroit agrees pension deal with retirees
Berlusconi sentenced to community service
Ruling bolsters China labour crackdown
Japan goes part-time as economy revives

Posted: 15 Apr 2014 11:02 AM PDT

Ukraine's acting president said special forces had retaken control of an airport at Kramatorsk, with operations there and in nearby town of Slavyansk

Super Tuesday for EU bank regulation

Posted: 15 Apr 2014 10:22 AM PDT

Adoption of a slew of landmark reforms designed to make region's banks safer and its financial markets more transparent

Renzi shakes up Italian business model

Posted: 15 Apr 2014 10:44 AM PDT

Corporate leaders say PM's appointments were not isolated event. Cash-strapped companies have had to improve governance to attract foreign capital

China expected to show sharp slowdown

Posted: 15 Apr 2014 09:36 AM PDT

Slumping trade, slowing real estate sales and manufacturing activity and lower consumption have led most economists to downgrade their expectations

€10,000 fines threat for Uber taxis in Brussels

Posted: 15 Apr 2014 11:11 AM PDT

Brussels court bans Uber's taxi-hailing service, provoking anger from the EU digital commissioner who said the decision sends 'a bad anti-tech message'

Fragile Middle: Brazil aspiration at risk

Posted: 15 Apr 2014 08:03 AM PDT

Brazil reflects the continent's revolution of expectations spiralling into a malaise as the middle class risks slipping back into poverty if growth stalls

Detroit agrees pension deal with retirees

Posted: 15 Apr 2014 11:19 AM PDT

Agreement to keep whole pensions of former police and firefighters marks an important stage in American city's municipal bankruptcy

Berlusconi sentenced to community service

Posted: 15 Apr 2014 03:26 AM PDT

Former Italian PM avoids jail sentence, raising hopes among supporters he can lead his party in the European election campaign

Ruling bolsters China labour crackdown

Posted: 15 Apr 2014 12:43 AM PDT

A court in southern China convicts 11 workers for 'disrupting public order' in a test case of government intolerance towards labour activism

Japan goes part-time as economy revives

Posted: 15 Apr 2014 12:04 AM PDT

Companies have mostly responded to the Abenomics-led upturn by ramping up their employment of part-timers rather than by increasing permanent staff