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Staff at the European Central Bank have called their first strike, in a protest over planned changes to their pension scheme

Ban Ki Moon, the UN Secretary-General, has called on the world's leading businesses to help to “retool the economy into one that is cleaner, greener and more sustainable”. More than...

The French Bank, BNP Paribas, known for its formidable currency strategy research, brought out a report last week called Sell America. The title in a nutshell captures a sudden shift in sentiment in global asset markets. Should it persist, it could keep emerging market currencies and equities ticking a while longer.

The government must embark on a major programme of constitutional reform to address public disillusionment with politics in the wake of the MPs' expenses crisis, according to one of Gordon Brown's most influential cabinet allies.Ed Miliband, the climate change secretary and the minister in charge of Labour's manifesto and election strategy, said alienation from politics went well beyond MPs' expenses. He said the traditions and practices of the House of Commons were off-putting to most people and should be looked at by the new Speaker.Speaking at the Guardian Hay festival over the weekend, he also advocated a more 'pluralistic' democracy with more power for parliamentary select committees and local government.Acknowledging the huge public anger over extravagant expenses claims by MPs, he said: 'Out of a set of terrible issues, this is a moment for big reform and government must take advantage of it. We need a more pluralistic political system where power is shared in different ways.'

. Professor admits alerting press to sleaze claims. Former backers now say she must stand downRuth Padel, the first woman to be elected to the most important academic poetry position in Britain, is resisting calls from across the literary world for her to quit following her admission that she tipped off newspapers about claims of sexual impropriety against her chief rival for the post.In an email to the Guardian, Padel, who was elected Oxford professor of poetry nine days ago, insisted that 'nothing I have done' caused the Nobel laureate Derek Walcott to pull out of the race, and said that she wished he had not done so.But AC Grayling, the Birkbeck professor of philosophy, Lord Bragg, the Labour peer, and the broadcaster Clive James were among those who called on Padel to step down.And Oswyn Murray, a retired Oxford historian and one of Padel's chief supporters, admitted she was now in a difficult position. 'This is potentially a problematic development, but I'm standing behind her.' H

How much do you know about the BlackRock hedge fund? Better bone up fast, now that the folks at BlackRock are calling the shots in the government's trillion-dollar bailout program. As both The New Yor...

Guest wrote: Switzerland indeed has something for Mr. Obama: "19 years of age for male compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; the Swiss Constitution states that "every Swiss male is obliged to do military service"; every Swiss male has to serve at least 260 days in the armed forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory training, followed by seven 3-week intermittent recalls for training during the next 10 years (2008)" - - CIA Fact book This ties in nicely with Obama's "Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act" aka GIVE Act. Let us not omit,Almost every house hold in Switzerland,(In view of our POTUS) and his stance,and subordinates,stance on guns) has a Automatic Rifle!

Despite holding below indicated resistance at 1.5350 last Monday, once this level was broken, cable quickly surged almost 600 points to Friday's high of 1.5947. This long white candle or should be called as 'Marubozo' signals the rise from 1.3500 low is still in progress and this move is likely...

ONE of the intriguing features of the so-called green economy will not be just the emergence of new technologies; it's the creation of new business models that challenge the orthodoxy of incumbent industries.

The Doha Securities Market DSM failed to jump on bullish bandwagon today and retreated by a third per cent, closing at 6,786.39 points. Most winning shares from last week posted losses today, among them Al-Khaliji Commercial Bank (off 4.41%), United Development Company (2.94% lower) and Doha Bank (down two percent). After approaching the 7,000 points-resistance level last week, investors obviously preferred the secure side at the DSM and booked profits mainly at financial shares and at real estate related securities. Al-Khaleej Insurance and Doha Insurance bucked the negative trend and advanced 4.26% and 2.70%, respectively. [AMEInfo.com]