Finance Minister Suchart Thada-Thamrongvech has played down hopes for any immediate relief for individual and corporate taxpayers, saying that authorities needed to balance any benefits to the economy with the need to maintain budget discipline.

Is India able to produce giant leap forwards in China style? Which nation is to lead the next stage global finance, trade, outsourcing, hightech and politics in a new century in view of global financial crisis that is going on? Talk to leading experts.

German investors may be a little wary of Russia as it suffers from falling energy prices and the credit crisis, but the growing business ties reflect the depth of commitment by thousands of companies.

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Boris Fyodorov , a former Russian deputy prime minister and founder of an investment company bought by Deutsche Bank AG, died today in London. He was 50.

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