Sep. 11, 2013 — Recently, the global financial market experienced a series of computer glitches that abruptly brought operations to a halt. One reason for these "flash freezes" may be the sudden emergence of mobs of ultrafast robots, which trade on …

ROME (AFP) – One third of the food produced worldwide is wasted, costing the global economy around $750 billion (570 billion euros) a year, a new report by the UN food agency said Wednesday. The Rome-based Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) …

In April 2010, the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook offered an optimistic assessment of the global economy, describing a multi-speed recovery strong enough to support roughly 4.5 percent annual GDP growth for the foreseeable future …

PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma on Wednesday conceded that the slow global recovery from the financial crisis would mean that the target of creating 5-million jobs by 2020 would not be met. However, he said, the target had been revised in the National …

The UN's trade and development agency UNCTAD said in its annual survey of the global economy and the prospects for poorer nations that developing countries would grow 4.5 to 5 per cent in 2013 while the sputtering economies of the rich world would …

From outside China, the Bo Xilai trial looks like the Chinese news event of the year, one of the preoccupations of Western media, along with corporate corruption and the clampdown on American and European companies. Yet these issues are no more than …

After sliding in the rankings for four consecutive years, the United States moved up two places in the World Economic Forum's competitiveness ranking, from seventh last year to fifth in 2013. A combination of factors, including improving financial …

Commentators often assume that relatively unfettered trade in goods and services and free movement of capital are givens, but the drive toward greater economic openness could now be undergoing a reversal, with profound implications for the global …

Right now, the global economy seems to be in a rut. Many feel that the United States is stuck in a malaise, Europe is in a recession, and Asia has slowed down and will continue to see permanently slower growth levels. This, of course, has caused a slow …