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International Monetary Fund director Dominique Strauss-Kahn is cleared of abuse of power after his affair with a colleague.Sat, 25 Oct 2008 12:03:20 GMT
Asian and European leaders called for a fundamental rethink of the global financial system at the end of a summit in Beijing.Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:57:14 GMT
Global stock markets fall back, as fears grow among investors of a sustained worldwide economic recession.Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:56:14 GMT
Russia, Denmark and Turkey take steps to protect their economies from the onslaught of the global financial crisis.Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:02:51 GMT
Iceland's government has said it has asked for $2bn (£1.3bn; 1.58bn euros) of support from the International Monetary Fund.Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:47:52 GMT
A US bank becomes the first to use some of the $700bn government bank bail-out to buy a rival.Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:59:58 GMT
US car firm Chrysler continues its cost-cutting by unveiling plans to axe 25% of its white collar workforce by the of end of 2008.Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:55:10 GMT
World oil prices fall more than $4 a barrel, undermining Opec's attempts to steady prices by cutting output.Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:11:21 GMT
Microsoft's profits and sales figures defy the economic gloom and rise more than expected, boosting its share price.Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:00:28 GMT
Karl Marx is back in fashion, says one German publisher, who attributes his new popularity to the world economic crisis.Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:36:55 GMT
South Korea's spicy national dish is hit by the global economic turmoil, leading to a dreaded 'kimchi deficit'.Fri, 01 Jul 2005 14:38:13 GMT
Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:50:50 GMT
Taiwan tech firms build up brandsFri, 24 Oct 2008 12:36:29 GMT
War stories from the NYSE trading floorThu, 23 Oct 2008 23:39:50 GMT
Vloggers talk about money worries as the downturn hitsFri, 24 Oct 2008 08:53:45 GMT
The UK downturn is mirrored around the worldThu, 23 Oct 2008 16:04:49 GMT
How the crisis could hit Kenya's Christmas dinnerFri, 24 Oct 2008 09:44:16 GMT
Robert Peston explains what caused the crisisFri, 24 Oct 2008 18:15:25 GMT
The economy shrank for the first time in 16 years between July and September, confirming the UK is on the brink of recession.Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:14:38 GMT
UK retail sales are growing at their slowest rate in two-and-a-half years, Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows.
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