Indian insurance workers strike to fend off privatization

It seems like the Indian government is determined to privatize the country's insurance industry by raising the limit on foreign investment to 49 per cent. Workers say the insurance companies in India were insulated...

Second Belgian bank gets bail-out

A second Belgian bank has had to be rescued by a coalition of the Luxembourg, Belgium and Netherlands governments. The announcement that Dexia will be bailed out comes one day after the countries announced they...

Northern Rock Rescue £57Bn or £1,800 each

More pain on the way for the British tax payer with this latest announcement. Why didn't Gordon Brown listen? "The Northern Rock crisis is threatening to cost every taxpayer up to £1,800, as it emerged Gordon Brown was warned a year ago that "urgent action" was needed to...

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