Top 10 business stories in 2010

IN 2010, the Jamaican dollar appreciated for the first time in 18 years and interest rates fell to the lowest in 25…

Copper enters 2011 at record high

The price of copper has hit a new all-time high, rounding off a year in which industrial metals rebounded…

Indian Citibank ‘fraudster’ arrested

Police in India have arrested a Citibank employee accused of defrauding clients out of millions of dollars. Shivraj…

FSA fines treble to £89m in 2010

Fines handed down by the UK city regulator almost tripled during 2010 from the year…

New £32m Thames road bridge at Walton approved

A £32.3m bridge over the River Thames has been given the go-ahead by the government. The new Walton Bridge in…

China corruption problem ‘still very serious’ – report

China says its corruption problem is "still very serious" and has set out new measures to tackle it. In a new report on the fight against corruption, the authorities say more than 200,000 cases have been investigated since 2003. They say their…

AIG secures $4.3B in credit lines

AIG, took a step closer to independence from government as it said it had secured…

Dow finishes up, Nasdaq down amid thin trading

Stocks closed barely changed Tuesday amid light trading ahead of the New Year's holiday. The blue-chip Dow Jones…

China to cut crucial rare earths export quotas

China said it is reducing the amount of rare earths it will export for the first half of the year by more than 10 percent -- likely to be an unpopular move worldwide since the minerals are vital to the manufacture of high-tech products. China…

Airlines raise fares on many US routes

Passengers whose travel plans were wrecked this week when thousands of flights were canceled might not want to hear it, but airfares are going up again. Several airlines confirmed Tuesday that they are raising prices on many domestic routes by…