G8

Leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) industrial nations meet on Sunday in the Bavarian Alps for a summit overshadowed by Greece‘s debt crisis and ongoing violence in Ukraine.

G8 ministers condemn North Korea

Foreign ministers from the G8 group of rich countries condemned "in the strongest possible terms" North Korea's development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missile technology on Thursday.

G8 foreign ministers meet to address Syria, N Korea

G8 foreign ministers meet on Wednesday in London, where host Britain will press its case for doing more to help the Syrian opposition against President Bashar al-Assad and end a devastating civil war.

Emerging markets to be under pressure ahead: IG Markets

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Justin Harper of IG Markets, spoke about the worsening conditions in the European markets and the road ahead.

As going gets tough for Re, will it get rougher for Nifty?

It has been a disheartening day for investors and traders as they watch global markets finding a spring in their step while our market just can‘t get its head out of this 4,850-4,900 range. Read on for more...

Wall St bounces but investors dump Facebook

US stocks rose on Monday after their worst weekly decline for the year with signs investors were quickly exiting newly floated shares of Facebook following its broken IPO and redeploying capital elsewhere in the market

Peripheral European countries in deep recession: Jim Walker

Though world leaders in the Group of Eight (G8) Summit pledged to keep the world economy intact, experts feel that it is likely to be of “little” help. With no consensus from Europe, experts warn that markets will be on tenterhooks on a possible Greek exit from EU.

G8 growth talk leaves wary markets awaiting action

A pledge by leaders of industrialized nations to help the troubled world economy is unlikely to herald quick new action by Europe on its debt crisis, meaning more uncertainty for nervous financial markets.

G8 leaders look to head off euro zone crisis

Leaders of major industrial economies meet this weekend to try to head off a full-blown crisis in Europe where fears are growing that Greece could leave the euro zone bloc, threatening the future of the common currency.

IMF shows new flexibility on fiscal austerity

The International Monetary Fund showed some new flexibility on Monday over how quickly it would press deeply indebted countries to bring their budgets under control if economic growth weakens.

Singh-Merkel formula can unlock climate negotiations:Ramesh

A formula converging the views of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and German Chancellor Angela Merkel has the potential to contribute to breaking the logjam in international climate negotiations, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said here today.

G8 leaders gather in France, eyes on Arabs, IMF

Leaders of the Group of Eight began gathering in France on Thursday to endorse aid to new Arab democracies, but wrangling among Western and developing economies over who runs the IMF may take up much of their time.

Gaddafi forces press rebels, no-fly diplomacy crawls

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces pressed closer to the opposition stronghold of Benghazi while diplomatic efforts to impose a no-fly zone to help the rebels made little headway.