After much political wrangling, US President Barack Obama finally signed into law in October 2011 three separate free trade agreements (FTAs) with South Korea, Colombia and Panama. A signing ceremony announced for the White House Rose Garden was later swi...

Every year the founder of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab, draws up a highly intellectual agenda to focus the minds of the heads of state, Fortune 500 chief executives, billionaires and heads of charities who attend its annual meeting in Davos, hig...

The crisis that has enveloped the world for the last three or so years has resulted in dwindling margins, a lack of alternative investment strategies, and an uncertainty surrounding organisational survival. All of these have resulted in a closer scrutiny ...

So now Venezuela’s President Chavez wants the gold. After twelve years in power, the former paratrooper has decided to repatriate the country’s 211 tonnes of precious metal in what looks like another desperate throw of the dice for arguably South Amer...

Sources and analysts with ties to China’s ruling elite say the political musical chairs among ministers, cabinet officials, agency chiefs and provincial governors is underway and will run its course by early 2013. In the meantime, with officials unsu...

In spite of a run of bad news, the US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Robert Blake, believes India is on its way to becoming the world’s largest economy by 2050. He recently observed at the Centre for Strategic and Internati...

The Silicon Valley – the world-famous bastion for technological innovation – might have passed its glory days. Facing increasing competition from emerging markets such as China and India, the tech haven is suffering a ‘brain drain’...

Pulitzer award winner Thomas Friedman famously said in 1996: “There are two superpowers in the world today in my opinion. There is the US and there is Moody’s bond rating service. And believe me, sometimes it is not clear who is more powerful....

Ever since the financial crisis eased its grip, the construction industry has been plagued with a seemingly incurable post-recession hangover. Staggering in its severity, the sharp decline in construction between 2007 and 2009 resulted in steep losses amo...

With its recent and meteoric rise in the field of oil production, and a wealth of other natural resources helping to increase its appeal more, foreign investors fall over themselves to form commercial partnerships with Brazil. This advancement only serves...