Investment guru Jim Rogers has criticised Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's decision to pump a further $600bn into the US economy, saying he "does not understand economics".
Germany has agreed to give the EU's €440bn (£383bn) bail-out fund permanent status rather than letting it expire in 2013 as planned.
A poor session in Asia this morning and unconvincing display on Wall Street overnight weighed on the FTSE 100 as it opened four points down at 5,673.
Joanne Warner, manager of the First State Global Resources fund, discusses the long-term outlook for the global resources sector
In the latest Interactive Financial Adviser debate, our panelists from Legg Mason, Threadneedle and Standard & Poor's discussed US Large Cap companies.
We live in a fast-changing world: demographic changes and growing wealth in many developing countries have led to structural shifts in economic activity and consumer behaviour.