The financial sector in the tiny Horn of Africa nation is attracting new business as a stable country surrounded by trouble spots. “The banking sector in Djibouti has seen an exp...
Beijing’s groans over US demands to let the yuan rise have been grand theatre, but domestic currents favouring a stronger currency are likely to prevail when Chinese leaders cool...
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A New Zealand banker defrauded clients of $13m to fund a lavish lifestyle of prostitutes, property and wine, according to local media. Stephen Gerard Versalko, 52, was convicted of...
Malaysia is considering proposals to end its subsidy regime and phase in a new goods and services tax as it begins dismantling a four-decade race-based economic system that has det...
Tanzania has scope to raise spending on infrastructure projects in the fiscal year starting in July against a background of higher economic growth and slowing inflation, the IMF ha...
Andrew and Mark Madoff, sons of fraudster Bernard Madoff, have submitted a request with a US court to dismiss all the complaints against them, with prejudice, court documents showe...
Australia has welcomed a report saying that China did not blame Rio Tinto or the Australian government for the collapse of a $19.5bn tie-up between Chinalco and the Australian mini...
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble called for greater integration between euro zone members and stronger surveillance of member countries’ finances to protect the monetar...
The US Treasury’s decision against a bankruptcy restructuring for GMAC may have increased taxpayer bailout costs for the auto finance company and made it less viable, an oversigh...