China has introduced important reforms since June 2007 that make it easier for businesses to obtain credit, pay taxes and enforce contracts, according to Doing Business 2009 - the sixth in a series of annual reports published by the World Bank Group's In

However, business productivity is expected to rise. Nearly one-third of the country's top executives expect to cut payrolls in the coming months as companies cope with a weakened economy dogged by housing, credit and financial problems.

The country’s influential business group said. A comprehensive discussion and a wider platform for building a new constitution that includes not only politicians but also civil society, academics and judicial institutions would be a good start to ease t

Hopes that the U.S. might skirt a recession sank in the face of indications that the economy is gripped by a slowdown and pressured by record fuel prices.

We recently asked candidates for public office how they would create jobs and boost the area’s struggling economy. We’re publishing their answers this week. Today we feature responses from Gov. Chris Gregoire and her challenger, Republican Dino Rossi.