Indonesia's economy is developing, says Martin Morris, but that doesn't mean the old issues of corruption and poor infrastructure have been solved yet

Cleaning up its act

Indonesia’s economy is developing, says Martin Morris, but that doesn’t mean the old issues of corruption and poor infrastructure have been solved yet

Shirley Redpath explains how China's economy, now the second largest in the world, could benefit the West – but not without political ramifications

Behind the dragon economy

Shirley Redpath explains how China’s economy, now the second largest in the world, could benefit the West – but not without political ramifications

Australia's plan to tax carbon emissions cleared its final political hurdle on 8 November, but industry groups remain critical of the scheme

Australia’s carbon gamble

Australia’s plan to tax carbon emissions cleared its final political hurdle on 8 November, but industry groups remain critical of the scheme

Comparisons between the current eurozone crisis and South Korea's situation in the late 90s suggest that devaluation could be very a positive thing

Does Europe have a Korean option?

Comparisons between the current eurozone crisis and South Korea’s situation in the late 90s suggest that devaluation could be very a positive thing

Sarbanes-Oxley Act keeps firms in tune

The decade-old act that continues to keep a watchful eye. But is it enough?

Rio bosses axe bonus on aluminium loss

Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto said on Thursday that its top executives will not take a bonus this year following an $8.8bn hit on its aluminium …

Executives turn to MBAs

As employment markets tighten, research suggests that more and more executives are considering education in order to further career prospects

Will MiFID offer sturdier regulation?

Bold new compliance steps aim to clean up markets in the eurozone. But will MiFID work?

Islamic mortgages offer fresh alternative

Increasingly popular Halal products have become more and more appealing, offering well-considered and amiable rates

UBS joins Deutsche in 76 percent net profit loss

Switzerland’s biggest lender by assets, UBS AG, announced on Tuesday a 76 percent fall year-on-year in net profits for the fourth quarter of 2011 in …

Robert Easton’s new-look BVCA

Dr Robert Easton of the Carlyle Group has taken up the seat of chairman at the BVCA. It could mean great changes for the industry

Chinese bars its airlines from paying EU carbon tax

The Chinese government on Monday announced it has prohibited state-owned airlines from paying EU-imposed charges on carbon emissions. The move by the Civil Aviation Administration …

Swiss bank Wegelin charged with tax evasion

The US Justice Department late on Thursday announced it had filed criminal charges against Wegelin & Co, Switzerland’s oldest private bank, for purportedly helping wealthy …

Xstrata in merger talks with Glencore

The globe’s biggest listed commodities trader, Glencore International, and Anglo Swiss mining giant Xstrata, on Thursday announced they are in talks about a possible merger. …

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Zimbabwe

234.1% of GDP, pariah of debt markets, but with hopes for a healthy twelve months ahead

Japan

197.5%, hard-hit by the tsunami, and reeling from the internal corruption allegations

Greece

142.8%, possibly heading for default, and considered one of many eurozone bad boys

Lebanon

133.8%, deceptively, has a strong banking sector, but little more in an ailing economy

Iceland

126%, hopelessly indebted banks and very little light at the end of a long and gloomy tunnel

Italy

119% of GDP, in need of reform, paying over 7% for its debt thanks to technocratic leadership

Singapore

106%, to many an idyllic investment destination, a great borrower, repayer, and long term option

Belgium

101%, no government for most of 2011 didn’t help a weak economy in dire need of stimulus

Egypt

90%, high but it’s recovering from a long and protracted revolution and aiming high

European Union

82%, stronger countries like Germany are contaminated by the weakest. It could go on…