The euro on Monday fell to an 11-year low versus the yen following a mass downgrade that stripped France and Austria of their AAA rating and cut eight further sovereigns. Europe’s currency dropped to its lowest point since 2000 to reach 97.10, compared with 97.59 on Friday.  Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average dropped 1.43 percent, South […]

Argentina will enforce new restrictions on consumer goods’ imports by February in an effort to remedy its retreating trade surplus, according to a resolution published by the Revenue Office. The new regime will require importers to file a sworn statement of planned imports to the tax agency “prior to the issuing of the request, purchase […]

Japan’s central bank has announced that it has already done enough to combat deflation, brushing off yet another call for more action from the ranks of the ruling party. Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Hirohide Yamaguchi dismissed a suggestion from a Democratic Party lawmaker that the central bank should consider scrapping a self-imposed cap on […]

India’s Prime Minister, Manmohan Sing, on Sunday slashed a previously set forecast for the country’s economic growth rate to seven percent, down from 8.5 percent a year ago. The country was initially estimated to grow around nine percent for the current fiscal year but was scaled down by both the Finance Ministry and the Reserve […]

Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest consumer electronics group by sales, on Friday reported all-time-high quarterly profits for the October to December period despite the slowing global economy.   The South Korean group assessed its operating profit at approximately Won5.2trn or $4.5bn, the company said in a statement.   Up 73 percent, profits were mainly boosted […]