China on Wednesday unveiled strict new rules governing bankers’ pay that are designed to limit risk taking. Payment of 40 percent or more of an executive’s salary must be delayed for a minimum of three years and could be withheld if their bank performs poorly, the China Banking Regulatory Commission said in a statement on…
The Bank of Japan is examining a further easing of its ultra-loose monetary policy and may decide on such a move this month, the Nikkei newspaper reported, weakening the yen and lifting government bond futures to a two-month high. The government, its fiscal options limited by a ballooning fiscal debt, has been pressuring the BOJ…
A free trade agreement with the European Union could create new export opportunities worth $9bn for Indian industries, EU trade chief Karel de Gucht said. De Ducht, on a visit to India, said he expected good progress in the coming months on trade negotiations between the second most populous country in the world and the…
In business, you are always negotiating. We may call it many different things — raising money, leasing space, selling, buying, hiring, etc. — but regardless of the form negotiation takes, it is important to recognize the process for what it is. One of the big problems people have with commercial real estate is the complexity…
“I am asking the Greek government to announce new measures in the coming days,” Rehn told reporters after talks with Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou. For his part, Papaconstantinou said plans to deal with Greece’s debt burden involved “dangers and risks and some of these dangers are now visible” but the government would not waver in…
That means key US data on jobs and manufacturing for February, which hold big implications for global financial markets, could lead to a befuddled reaction from investors. Confusion will also likely reign in Europe where fears about Greece’s financial situation, potentially exacerbated by speculative activity in bond markets, have kept the Eurozone’s single currency under…
The 8.8-magnitude quake tore up highways and bridges, knocked out power that feeds mines and factories, and shook apart scores of buildings, killing more than 700 people. With details of the extent of the destruction still emerging, economists said it was hard to estimate the degree to which Latin America’s most advanced economy would be…
India will increase market borrowing by 1.3 percent in the next fiscal year, disappointing bond investors, as it counts on a surging economy and a partial rollback of stimulus measures to cut its fiscal deficit. Bond markets reversed earlier gains on worries over the government budget’s plans to increase market borrowing, and some watchers said…
In its second reading of fourth-quarter GDP, the Commerce Department said the economy grew at a 5.9 percent annual rate, rather than the 5.7 percent pace it estimated in January. It was still the fastest pace since the third quarter of 2003. The economy expanded at a 2.2 percent annual rate in the third quarter….
Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda apologised to US lawmakers probing the automaker’s safety record and ended the day in tears, in what Japanese politicians hoped was a first step towards rebuilding trust in the country’s most valuable company. Toyoda, peppered with questions about a massive recall that has rocked Toyota’s reputation, told lawmakers he…
