In August, providers of business services were less low-spirited than in previous months. The number of entrepreneurs expecting future turnover to decrease only just (by 2 percent) outnumbered those ...

MISREADING the public mood can be costly when the government owns your bank, as the directors of ABN AMRO found out last week. The bank has been in the hands of the Dutch state since it was bailed ...

The organization issued its low-spirited outlook after the global economy recorded an unexpectedly weak first quarter, with a sharp contraction in the U.S. and slower-than-expected growth in China.