World markets rally as G-20 meets on economy
Markets had the best showing this week in four months, even as G-20 finance ministers met in London ahead of their leaders' meeting next month. Among other things, the ministers will discuss the question of governments stimulating or spending their way out of the recession.
U.S. misses out on flourishing Cuban business
Cuba is doing business worldwide, but the United States is hardly in the game. A long U.S. government boycott of the island means most American businessmen are losing out to Europeans and others when it comes to everything from agriculture to medicine to oil.
Public dissent on the rise in Russia as economy declines
A Worldfocus contributing blogger argues that as the Russian economy sags, the public is warming up to anti-government protesters and Russian leaders will have a more difficult time marginalizing dissenting voices.
Unemployment surges around the world
As unemployment reaches 8.1 percent in the U.S., Telis Demos, a reporter with Fortune magazine, discusses global unemployment and when the downward spiral might end.
Latvians hold their breath with economy on the brink
Worldfocus producer Sally Garner is in Riga, Latvia, reporting on the country’s floundering economy. She writes about how the financial crisis has impacted daily life in Latvia.
Politics will determine future of world’s financial markets
Ian Bremmer of the Eurasia Group talks about economic unrest in China and discusses how politics drive financial markets and if there are political solutions to the economic crisis.
Financial crisis upsets global economic order
A Worldfocus contributing blogger writes that global leaders have stepped up efforts to coordinate economic action, and that this level of global cooperation is unprecedented and will change the face of the world's economic order.
Fiji approaches a crossroads as elections fail to materialize
Fiji's military-backed interim government, which seized power in a 2006 coup, is coming under increased pressure to restore democratic elections. The country faces an uncertain political and economic future, writes a Worldfocus contributing blogger.
E.U. rejects massive bailout plan for Eastern Europe
Roben Farzad of BusinessWeek magazine discusses the rapidly deteriorating economic situation in Eastern Europe and the broader implications of this for Western Europe and the world.
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