Euro-zone debt crisis

31 Jan 2013

Why do we continue to call the recent turmoil the global financial crisis and not, as it should have been from the start, the Western financial crisis? After all, we have taken to naming financial...

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UK property prices stagnate amid fears over fiscal squeeze

30 Jan 2013

Prices in England and Wales were unchanged from December, after declining for the previous six months, the property researcher said in a statement.

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2012: How Wall Street got it wrong

5 Jan 2013

From hedge fund manager John Paulson's call for a collapse in Europe to Morgan Stanley's warning that US stocks would decline, Wall Street got little right in its prognosis for the year just ended...

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EU aid deal secures Greece in single currency

14 Dec 2012

The European Union yesterday agreed to disburse more aid to Greece and struck a deal on setting up a banking union, finalising two of the toughest issues it has confronted this year and giving its...

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Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo stirs debate on EU membership

10 Dec 2012

As it struggles for popularity within its own borders, the European Union today collects one of the world's top honours, the Nobel Peace Prize - and in a country that stubbornly refuses to join...

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Hong Kong exports to double next year

8 Dec 2012

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council says the city's export growth will double next year from this year.

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

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Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

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Talking points

Lawmakers discuss hospital land grants

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Debts force nations to quit Eurovision song contest

One after another they are calling in sick. First, Portugal and Poland and now, short of an economic miracle, Cyprus and Greece.

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Growth hard to find as the deals dry up

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx), the operator of the local stock and futures markets, has overseen strong growth in the past few years but has lost its shine amid a slump in turnover and...

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GLOBAL ECONOMY

G20 presses Europe, US to fix fiscal challenges

The world’s leading economies pressed the United States and Europe to swiftly resolve their fiscal challenges on Monday, warning that they threaten to harm global growth.

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ECONOMY

Premier Wen Jiabao calls for clear euro-zone debt plan

Premier Wen Jiabao called on major economic institutions to come up with a clear and reliable plan to solve the euro-zone debt crisis, while pledging that China will assist in Europe's recovery....

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South Korea feels effect of Europe's debt crisis as growth slows

South Korea's economy grew at the slowest pace in three years as Europe's debt crisis and a slowdown in emerging markets reduced corporate investment and capped demand for exports.

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