Big brewers plan more savings in 2010
Heineken NV and Carlsberg A/S, the world's third and fourth biggest brewers, have promised more cost-cutting to support margins, with no sign of challenges easing in 2010Last year the industry suffered from recession-hit consumers buying less beer, particularly in mature North American and European markets, but brewers managed to push through price increases and squee...
Irreversible recalls
Global recalls in the auto industryToyota Motor Corp has announced the recall of nearly half a million of its flagship Prius and other hybrid cars for braking problems as it seeks to address criticism over the handling of its worst saf...
World's workshop heads to inland China
25/08/2010
In a vast muddy cornfield scarred with the tracks of heavy vehicles, two young engineers pore over a construction blueprint showing a grid of 100 rectangular factory blocks...
From schoolroom to boardroom
19/07/2010 | Shaheen Pasha
With Islamic finance a $1trn industry globally and expected by ratings agency Moody's to reach $5trn in time, students of sharia have more opportunities than before to take their s...
Sowing the seeds of destruction
19/07/2010 | Judy MacInnes and Jesus Aguado
The ultra modern 12th-floor board room of savings bank Caja Guadalajara offers a bird's eye view of the empty industrial estate around it, a constant reminder of Spain's worst econ...
Ford posts quarterly profit, raises 2010 outlook
27/04/2010
Ford Motor Co posted a stronger-than-expected $2.1bn quarterly profit as North American production picked up and the automaker said it would be "solidly profitable" in 2010, a year...
Successfully Sustainable
18/03/2010
GLS Bank is continuing to grow and expand, with a strong focus on sustainability underscoring everything it undertakes, writes Eva Schneeweiss...
Statoil told to deposit income in Nigeria dispute
26/02/2010
A Nigerian court has ordered Norway's Statoil to deposit its share of income from a big offshore oilfield until a dispute is resolved with a local consultant who says he has not be...
Strategically responsible
21/12/2009
At KBC, being a responsible player means being aware of the real needs of our community of stakeholders and exerting our best efforts to meet them, while keeping a strong competiti...
Car crash for car industry?
21/08/2009
When one of the world's leading car manufacturers is forced into bankruptcy, it does not take a genius to realise that the industry is in trouble. So far, most other major manufact...
BA shares fly higher with 'pay cuts'
30/06/2009 | TNE
As thousands of BA staff volunteer for unpaid work, the airline's share price has rocketed. But jobs have still been cut and a huge loss reported, so what does this all mean for th...
Stimulus package
01/06/2009 | TNE
It did not take long for the world financial crisis to affect the world's oldest profession in Germany. In one of the few countries where prostitution is legal, and unusually trans...
The hottest ticket in town
05/03/2008 | Michael McCaw
Put the world's most powerful men and women in one room and what do you get? The New Economy looks ahead to this year's World Economic Forum...
Telling a story
08/06/2007 | TNE
The financial information that companies publish is only a limited performance account, so narrative reporting is extremely important, but is it accurate?...
Climate for change
08/06/2007 | TNE
Canada has lost its cherished position as the best place in the world to do business. Could the government's action plan put it back on top?...
Afghanistan and America's troubled backyard
09/08/2010 | Bernd Debusmann
The US is spending around $6.5bn a month on the war in faraway Afghanistan, where a large part of it...
Is immigration a desert mirage for the GOP?
27/07/2010
US Republican state Senator Russell Pearce, a long-time fixture in Arizona politics but until recent...
UN lists Kyoto plan B options if no climate deal
21/07/2010
The UN's climate agency has for the first time detailed contingency options if the world cannot agre...
Legalising pot may kill buzz in California enclave
19/07/2010 | Alexandria Sage
Below the perpetual fog that shrouds the redwood groves, green hills and rocky coastline of remote H...
