US, European Stocks Tumble
Stock indexes tumbled in the U.S. and Europe Friday as investors worried about the faltering fortunes of emerging market countries across the globe.
Euro area unemployment rate at 12.0%
Facebook and Google Buy Two India-based Start-ups
Internet giants Facebook and Google have recently acquired two India-based technology start-up companies. This is expected to give a boost to entrepreneurship in India, home to tens of thousands of software engineers and a thriving information...
Asia Stocks Struggle Following US Fed Decision
Asian stocks were down Thursday following the U.S. central bank's decision to further trim its stimulus of the world's biggest economy.
Britain offers £165m fund to help housing benefit claimants
UK Councils will receive £165 million to support vulnerable claimants who might need extra support next year (2014 to 2015).
Growing with Jobs in Kosovo
Improving employment prospects for citizens—and especially for women and the young—represents the single most important socio-economic development challenge in Kosovo, building on an important reform agenda already implemented to create more jobs and...
UK nuclear college to harness the power of skills training
Britain’s next generation of nuclear power plants will be able to call on a new high-tech further education college to train their workforce.
Working conditions: time for Member States of European Commission to implement the ILO domestic workers convention
The European Commission welcomes the adoption by the EU's Council of Ministers of a Decision authorising Member States to ratify the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention concerning fair and decent work for domestic workers (Convention No...
Power to People: World Bank Group to invest US $2 billion in Myanmar to support reforms, reduce poverty, increase energy and health access
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim visits the Myanmar North Dagon Township Hospital.
The Future of Germany and China Lies in Joint Space Exploration
The strategic situation is stretched to the breaking point, pitting an existential threat to mankind's existence against the hope for a much better future. The battle is unresolved. On the one hand, there is the war faction, which is playing with fire...
