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/ 4 December 2008
If the American government went bankrupt, it would effectively bankrupt the world with it.
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/ 4 December 2008
United States Treasury chief Henry Paulson led a high-powered delegation for bilateral talks that opened in Beijing on Thursday.
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/ 3 December 2008
Reflecting what’s on the minds of Americans, "bailout" and "socialism" have beaten "maverick" in a US dictionary word-of-the-year competition.
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/ 3 December 2008
The impact of the global financial crisis on donor aid is threatening development, particularly when it comes to advances in education.
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/ 3 December 2008
A combination of global and domestic economic circumstances provides a real test for South Africa’s economic policy, says President Kgalema Motlanthe.
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/ 2 December 2008
SA new vehicle sales declined by 28,3% in November compared to the same month last year, in another sign that interest rates are taking their toll.
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/ 2 December 2008
Japan and Australia announced new measures to try to ease the global credit crisis on Tuesday after the US formally announced it was in recession.
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/ 1 December 2008
Growth figures confirm what we know but raise questions about the handling of our economy,
writes Maya Fisher-French.
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/ 1 December 2008
The histrionics of Obamamania have permitted no scrutiny of liberal democracy’s shift towards a corporate dictatorship.
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/ 30 November 2008
We are in a new era of state capitalism where the regulator is also the investor, writes Kevin Davie.
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/ 27 November 2008
Three-quarters of South Africa’s middle managers feel that the economy is having a negative effect on their work environment, a recent survey found.
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/ 27 November 2008
The US consumer freeze deepened on Wednesday as a fall in spending gave the Thanksgiving shopping season its worst possible start.
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/ 27 November 2008
Trevor Manuel is signalling that he will stand his ground on economic policy. Comment by Nic Dawes and Lynley Donnelly.
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/ 27 November 2008
When an economic crisis hits consumers are expected to continue with their vices — drinking, smoking and gambling their way through the downturn.
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/ 26 November 2008
US president-elect Barack Obama has named Paul Volcker as chair of a new panel that will advise him on stabilising financial markets.
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/ 26 November 2008
US president-elect Barack Obama will press his aggressive plans to deal with his nation’s woes on Wednesday.
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/ 25 November 2008
Barack Obama on Monday promised an extraordinary multibillion-dollar economic package to deliver a jolt to the United States.
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/ 25 November 2008
Asian stocks soared on Tuesday after stellar gains on US and European markets as investors welcomed a rescue of US States banking giant Citigroup.
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/ 24 November 2008
SA markets surged higher on Monday, boosted by strong metals prices and a global stocks rebound after a US government rescue package for Citigroup.
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/ 24 November 2008
ArcelorMittal SA has said it will cut prices for a third month running while expecting fourth-quarter earnings to fall.
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/ 24 November 2008
The US government agreed to prop up Citigroup with more than -billion, the latest bailout in a sector crippled by exposure to toxic debts.
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/ 23 November 2008
US president-elect Barack Obama has chosen seasoned policymakers Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers as his two top economic lieutenants.
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/ 23 November 2008
Leaders from Asia and the Americas promised on Saturday to push for a global free trade deal and reform international lenders.
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/ 22 November 2008
United States president-elect Barack Obama said on Saturday that he was crafting an aggressive, two-year stimulus plan to revive the troubled economy.
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/ 22 November 2008
Wall Street enters the year-end holiday season this week with little to cheer about as the worst bear market in decades appears to be grinding on.
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/ 21 November 2008
Japan and South Korea are urging North Korea to formalise a roadmap on ending its nuclear programme.
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/ 21 November 2008
The ANC’s national executive committee will review a tumultuous period in its history when it begins its final meeting of the year on Friday.
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/ 20 November 2008
WeSizwe Platinum has been scouting for financiers in the Middle East and China for its mine project after the freezing up of Western capital markets.
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/ 20 November 2008
Chances have dimmed that a last-minute plan being crafted to provide -billion to bail out US automakers would receive enough backing.
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/ 20 November 2008
Things are bad, bad, bad. And do you know how we know that? Lipstick sales are up, hemlines are down and AC/DC’s newest album has topped the charts.
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/ 20 November 2008
Minerals and precious metals are casualties of financial crisis, report Lynley Donnelly and Percy Zvomuya.
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/ 19 November 2008
United States automakers renewed pleas on Wednesday for a government bailout to avert a "catastrophic collapse" of the economy.