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/ 8 February 2009
The Russian rouble plunged to its lowest level against the American dollar in 11 years this week as oil prices plummet and economic activity slows.
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/ 7 February 2009
Maya Fisher-French and Lynley Donnelly report on how our statistical authorities are battling to get their numbers right.
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/ 7 February 2009
Around 20-million migrant workers have returned to the Chinese countryside after failing to find work in the cities because of the economic downturn.
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/ 6 February 2009
The SA vehicle industry has approached the government for loans to help curb job losses as it struggles with a domestic and global economic downturn.
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/ 5 February 2009
Global protectionism fears were heightened after the US Senate voted to keep a "Buy American" clause in the huge US stimulus Bill.
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/ 2 February 2009
New vehicle sales for January were the worst in the past eight years, the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA said on Tuesday.
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/ 2 February 2009
Protectionism and the retreat of investments as a result of the world economic crisis are a threat to Africa, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has said.
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/ 2 February 2009
African fans of the English Premier League were dealt a huge blow when the British company which broadcasts games across the continent collapsed.
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/ 29 January 2009
Barack Obama scored his first major legislative victory on Wednesday with passage of an -billion economic stimulus package.
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/ 27 January 2009
Japan plans to use public money to help the companies hardest hit by the global financial crisis.
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/ 19 January 2009
Government needs to say how it plans to protect the local economy from the effects of the global financial crisis, the DA said on Monday.
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/ 13 January 2009
Broadway producers are finding it tough to attract investors for new productions as the financial crisis takes a toll on the Great White Way.
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/ 12 December 2008
Nigeria’s Supreme Court upheld the election of President Umaru Yar’Adua on Friday, giving him the mandate to lead Africa’s most populous nation.