Procter & Gamble cuts profit forecast on strong dollar
27 Jan 2012 at 7:03pm
Procter & Gamble cut its profit forecast for this year, as the maker of Gillette razors became the biggest US company so far to pin the blame for a weakening performance on the strengthening US dollar.

Davos 2012: Can the Germans stop being German?
26 Jan 2012 at 8:24pm
Angela Merkel will eventually be forced to accept the inevitable, says Jeremy Warner.



The IMF is no longer serving its purpose
19 Jan 2012 at 8:45pm
To save the eurozone, it needs to dispense tough love, not endless bail-outs, writes Jeremy Warner.


Kashya Hildebrand apologises to the Swiss over currency trade
12 Jan 2012 at 10:42pm
The wife of Switzerland's former central bank chief has made a startling TV apology to the Swiss people and her husband for the currency transaction that led to his resignation.


Swiss National Bank chief Philipp Hildebrand resigns over wife's currency trade
9 Jan 2012 at 10:52pm
Switzerland's top central banker has been forced to resign after admitting he could not prove a controversial $500,000 (£324,067) currency trade made by his wife was done without his knowledge.


Can the euro survive another year?
9 Jan 2012 at 9:41pm
The eurozone debt crisis has started the new year as it no doubt means to go on - with an inconclusive summit, an irrelevant commitment to a financial transactions tax (or Tobin tax), and another bizarrely anomalous event in money markets.


Swiss National Bank chief's wife's currency dealings made his position untenable
9 Jan 2012 at 9:30pm
Less than a month ago the name Kashya Hildebrand would only have been familiar to those in the rarefied world of modern art.


Swiss bank chief Philipp Hildebrand quits
9 Jan 2012 at 2:47pm
Philipp Hildebrand, the embattled head of the Swiss central bank, has resigned with immediate effect after admitting that he had no proof that his wife made controversial currency trades without his knowledge.


A wife's toxic dollar deal that could bring down top Swiss banker Philipp Hil...
7 Jan 2012 at 9:38pm
Ill-judged currency bet could topple one of Switzerland's top bankers.


Eurozone recession fears grow and currency slides
6 Jan 2012 at 10:04pm
The euro came under renewed pressure on Friday, falling to an 11-year low against the yen as a fresh round of downbeat data intensified fears the troubled region is heading for recession.