IMF sees 'optimism return' as faster growth predicted

Washington - The International Monetary Fund is a little more optimistic about global economic growth as European nations have taken action to cope with their debt crisis, and the U.S. economy grew a little faster.

Swiss banks to hand over staff names in US tax row: Report

ZURICH: Switzerland will allow banks to hand over the names of any employees and other third parties who helped wealthy Americans evade taxes to US prosecutors, a Swiss newspaper reported on Saturday.

Analysis: China currency move nails hard landing risk coffin

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's weekend reform of its currency regime nails shut the coffin on the last remains of doubt about whether the world's second biggest economy has successfully steered a course past a hard economic landing.

UK economy needs schoolchildren to learn languages, BCC says

Studying a foreign language should be compulsory until the age of 16 if Britain is to become a nation of exporters, a business group has warned.

China economic growth expected to dip to three-year low

China is expected to report its weakest growth numbers in almost three years later on Friday as global and domestic issues hurt its economy.