SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea announced on Friday that it planned to launch a satellite into orbit next month, testing a technology that the United States and the United Nations Security Council… Read More
MUMBAI — India’s finance minister said Friday that the country would raise taxes and slow growth in spending in an effort to lower its swelling budget deficit, but analysts and investors said they… Read More
BEIJING — A deep vein of intrigue has always pulsed through the messy process of sorting out power in China’s Communist Party. The former president, Jiang Zemin, supposedly strengthened his position in 1995… Read More
Die Schwächeperiode des Konsums scheint in den Vereinigten Staaten überwunden. Besonders gefragt sind derzeit Autos und Baumaterial. Die Fed gab zudem am Abend bekannt, dass sie ihre Nullzinspolitik beibehält. Von Patrick Welter, Washington… Read More
Il Partito comunista cinese silura in diretta tv il suo astro nascente, che aveva scalato i vertici a colpi di manette e inni della Rivoluzione culturale. Pechino valuta riforme, ma non è la… Read More
TOKYO — Japan is likely to face a power shortage this summer, even more so than last year, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yukio Edano said Friday. With the last two of Japan’s… Read More
BERLIN—German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday urged Europe to resolve a lingering debate over the euro zone firewall against financial contagion in the next two weeks, dismissing calls to boost the permanent bailout… Read More
NEW DELHI: Giving some relief to tax payers, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today proposed raising the income tax exemption limit for individuals to Rs 2 lakh per annum from Rs 1.80 lakh. Unveiling… Read More
Hay 1,9 millones de facturas aún sin pagar por un importe de 9.584 millones de euros”. Así lo ha asegurado la vicepresidenta del Gobierno, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, durante la rueda de prensa… Read More
