World Economics

At 28 or 29, Kim Jong Eun, the new leader of North Korea, will be the youngest person ever to have authority over a nuclear arsenal.  read more »

The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Saturday afternoon that a nuclear meltdown was suspected at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant's No.  read more »

One of the largest demonstrations in the Irish Republic's history brought more than 100,000 people on to Dublin's streets in protest over the international bailout and four years of austerity ahead.  read more »

Ciroma Mohammed is standing on the spot he says was once occupied by his house in north-east Nigeria.  read more »

President Barack Obama says he will be much tougher with China to make sure it opens its markets to trade with the US.  read more »

The extraordinary true story of a Malawian teenager who transformed his village by building electric windmills out of junk is the subject of a new book, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.  read more »

The internet giant’s project to digitize millions of books is up and running, but some in Europe’s book industry are still hoping to cut a better deal.  read more »

Key developments on H1N1 (swine flu) outbreaks, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization and government officials:  read more »

Aid to Africa has been under fire recently due to the continuing poverty and violence in many African countries. In this editorial, Greg Mills looks at some of the problems with aid to Africa.  read more »

Clear signs of change needed before they are lifted, says James McGee  read more »

The Treasury Secretary Hopes to Attract Private Investors to Buy Toxic Assets  read more »

WASHINGTON -- Michigan Sen.  read more »

The amount of water in the world is limited. The human race, and the other species which share the planet, cannot expect an infinite supply.  read more »

Carl Azuz talks with CNNMoney.com's Paul LaMonica about how we arrived at the current U.S. financial crisis  read more »

Experts differ on whether the $700 billion bailout plan will prompt banks to lend and help the economy. But even if it does, it will take time.

By Tami Luhby, CNNMoney.com senior writer  read more »

MOGADISHU, Somalia Sep 27 (Garowe Online) - A gang of pirates who hijacked a Ukrainian-flagged ship loaded with an assortment of weapons on Friday demanded a staggering US$35 million payment for its r  read more »

Chinese authorities ordered a cover-up of a tainted milk scandal that has poisoned tens of thousands of babies because they feared social unrest if the news was made public, The Daily Telegraph has le  read more »

Congressional Democrats inched close to agreement Monday on the terms of a $700 billion rescue package to stabilize shaky financial markets, but continued to encounter White House resistance to key po  read more »

There's a scary monster hanging over the country at the moment, and it's called the CREDIT CRUNCH.

You've probably heard people talking about it like it's a Really Bad Thing.  read more »

The Wall Street crisis has been caused by plunging housing prices. So despite the billions of dollars being thrown at the problem, experts say more trouble lies ahead.  read more »

CBS' Mark Knoller On The National Debt, And Who Picks Up the Tab  read more »

Experts fear lasting drop in investment  read more »

ISLAMABAD: After resignation of Pervez Musharraf as the president of Pakistan, the business community on Tuesday said now it was the proper time for the government to divert all its energies to fulfil  read more »