Manufacturers around the world enjoyed a pick-up in activity last month, bolstering hopes the global economy is gathering steam. A raft of surveys suggested production and demand rose in Asia, the United States and among Britain's manufacturers in …

WRAP: As the U.S. economy returns to a semblance of normality while investors await the release of the shutdown-delayed jobs report on Tuesday, around the rest of the world we are getting some moderately constructive signals for the global economy.

The surveys provide a more upbeat view of world demand following a month in which a political standoff in Washington over the U.S. debt ceiling and the sixth straight cut in IMF global economic forecasts had raised fresh concerns about the health of …

Nearly a third of the world's economic output – some $44 trillion (32 trillion euros) – will be in countries at the highest risk of climate change effects by 2025, according to research published today. This would represent a 50 per cent increase over …

Confidence in U.S. economy intact despite budget bickering. * Fed firmly on hold despite likely robust jobs report. * Nothing to write home about on euro zone economy. By Alan Wheatley. LONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters) – If Wall Street's record high is a …

The co-founder of Kaspersky Lab, an anti-virus software firm, said the next big cyber shock to the world's economy could be an online attack on a state's national infrastructure, as in the film Die Hard 4, in which Bruce Willis battles cyber criminals …

But this is more than a story about Japan and its cultural quirks: It's a story about the global economy. Japan is the world's third-largest economy, a crucial link in global trade and a significant factor everyone else's economic well-being. It owns …

Despite many worries in the first half of this year, the economic data in the third quarter showed that China's economy was still keeping a steady and solid growth. China's imports in September increased 7.4 percent from a year ago, accelerating from …

Remember, your generation will shortly inherit the global economy. Looking at your faces, I know it will be in safe hands. Let me begin by quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson, who said, “Not in his goals but in his transitions is man great”. This might apply …