Business thinkers gathered at the World Economic Forum earlier this year talked at length about the rapid proliferation of “disruptive technologies” that are challenging the sustainability of many traditional business models and making the future …

The World Bank has predicted the economy will grow by 3 percent this year, marginally short of doubling the 1,8 percent expansion the global lender says was registered last year. According to its April economic briefing on Zimbabwe, the World Bank said …

As the effects of crisis in the small region of Crimea ripple through world stock markets and impact even small rural farms in Utah, we are reminded of the interconnectedness of the global economy. Editor's note: This column was previously published in …

We take a look at global economic updates or interesting key developments that investors can take note of. Firstly, we zoom in on the sharp escalation in tension between Russia and Ukraine after Ukrainian forces said they killed five pro-Russian militants.

Manufacturing will take centre stage in the global economic watch this week, with the US projected to fare better than the rest. Orders for American-made capital equipment such as computers and machinery probably climbed in March by the most in four …

The economy is expected to have expanded by 0.9 percent in January-March, accelerating from 0.7 percent in the final three months of 2013 and restoring the British economy to within a whisker of its size before the global financial crisis struck. The …

Employers in the U.S. probably expanded payrolls in April by the most in five months, adding to evidence the world's largest economy is springing back from a weak start to the year. The Labor Department's jobs report concludes a busy week on the U.S. …

But it is more than enough to reshape the world economy. According to the UN's population projections, the standard source for demographic estimates, there are around 600m people aged 65 or older alive today. That is in itself remarkable; the author …

Employers in the U.S. probably expanded payrolls in April by the most in five months, adding to evidence the world's largest economy is springing back from a weak start to the year. The Labor Department's jobs report concludes a busy week on the U.S. …