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Moody's cut France's sovereign debt rating one notch to Aa2, saying the country will struggle with slow growth and a high debt burden for the next five years.

• 19 сентября 2015, 15:16

When Brazil's leftist President Dilma Rousseff loses the support of someone like longtime backer Edson Silva, perhaps she had better start worrying.

• 17 сентября 2015, 15:23

The World Bank warned that monetary policy tightening by the Federal Reserve could spur a "perfect storm" of threats to growth and financial stability in developing economies.

• 16 сентября 2015, 12:42

IMF chief Christine Lagarde urged African governments to spend responsibly as she visited Liberia, a week after it was declared free from an Ebola epidemic which has shattered its economy.

• 12 сентября 2015, 10:41

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk criticised as "anti-Ukrainian and anti-European" a deal between Russia's energy giant Gazprom and several Western firms to build a second gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea.

• 11 сентября 2015, 12:32

Troubled British retail giant Tesco agreed Monday to sell South Korean unit Homeplus to a consortium led by private equity firm MBK Partners for more than £4.0 billion.

• 07 сентября 2015, 14:33

IMF chief Christine Lagarde heaped praise on Ukraine's reform efforts in a visit to Kiev following a deal to restructure the country's debt burden.

• 07 сентября 2015, 13:34

Google is talking with Chinese authorities and smartphone makers about opening an online shop in China stocked with applications for Android-powered mobile devices.

• 05 сентября 2015, 12:34

President Nursultan Nazarbayev has named China "the great nation" complementing Kazakhstan's work in the region.

• 04 сентября 2015, 20:09

After presenting Brazil's first ever budget deficit, President Dilma Rousseff promised that her government will work hard to get back in the black.

• 03 сентября 2015, 13:44

President of Serbia Tomislav Nikolic visited Astana and met Kazakhstan president Nazarbayev.

• 02 сентября 2015, 21:50

Russia's state-controlled flagship airline Aeroflot is set to buy its struggling competitor Transaero.

• 02 сентября 2015, 15:04

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde declared Asian economies were doing "pretty well" despite the volatility caused by China's slowdown.

• 02 сентября 2015, 13:02

A new Tesla electric car has earned the best-ever vehicle rating from Consumer Reports, sending shares of the automaker racing higher.

• 28 августа 2015, 17:52

France's divisive economy minister has once again made waves among Socialists by criticising the country's sacrosanct 35-hour week just as the ruling party gathers for its annual conference.

• 28 августа 2015, 17:48

EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said that Europe had the "means to resist" the impact of China's slowing economy.

• 28 августа 2015, 10:51

Kazakhstani economist Vladimir Telnov predicts that global oil prices will continue falling in the next 5 to 15 years.

• 26 августа 2015, 21:06

President of Kazakhstan is going to meet PRC Chairman Xi Jinping in Beijing as part of his official state visit to the Asian country.

• 25 августа 2015, 21:58

China's faltering growth poses a threat to a recovery in the global economy, France's economy minister Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday.

• 25 августа 2015, 17:02

Russia's battered ruble sank to its lowest point this year as Asian and European stock markets nosedived on concerns over the Chinese economy.

• 25 августа 2015, 16:31