1. Wall Street\'s Crooked Ensemble of Financial Instr
(Newsletter)

...ident George W. Bush, was fired for estimating the cost of the Iraq War to be $200 billion? CONTINUE... The Trade Balance and the Limits of the Paulson Rescue Plan Special Features By MWC NEWS ...

2. Coherence Needed in Canada-China Relations
(Opinions/Politic)

...with China, which sounds reasonable until one looks more closely. He is, for example, rightly concerned that the trade balance has soared in China's favour from $8.5 billion in 2001 to $28.8 billion b...

3. The Trade Balance and the Limits of the Paulson Rescue Plan
(Opinions/Features)

...xpansion has reached its end. Two graphs tell the story.     The first graph describes the trade balance of payments and shows the resulting deficit, which has grown steadily sin...

4. Shaping another U.S. Foreign Policy Misadventure
(Opinions/Features)

...ion dollars. A nation of only 27 million that imports most of its goods is actually the fourth leading nation in trade balance, with a trade surplus of $88.9 billion. Unlike the oil producing nations ...

5. Japanese exports hit new low
(Archived/News/Economy)

Japanese exports have posted another record plunge, according to government data, putting the economy firmly on course for its worst recession since the second world war.

6. Japan export slump hits new low
(Archived/News/Economy)

Japanese exports plunged at their fastest-ever rate in January, dropping by nearly half from the level recorded a year ago as the global economic crisis continues to cut deeper into the world's second

7. Data points to further Asian woes
(Archived/News/Economy)

Gloomy economic data is providing further evidence of global slowdown's impact on some of Asia's leading economies, with the president of South Korea saying he was in "emergency" mode to cop

8. Thai PM proposes rice cartel
(Archived/News/Global)

Thailand, the world's largest rice exporter, has said it is looking at forming an Opec-style rice cartel with four of its Southeast Asian neighbours so that they have more control over skyrocketing pr

9. China, Mauritania fail to sign oil deal
(Archived/News/Economy)

China, Mauritania fail to sign oil deal