Failure of justice in 2008 crash eroded public trust: inquiry chiefPhil Angelides pointed the finger at some of the world's most powerful men -- leaders of an industry that crashed the global economy and drove untold millions into despair, unleashing the raw emotions...
Light at the end of the tunnel for Syria’s war-ravaged railwaysAbu Abdo eases himself into the driver's seat, itching to try out freshly laid train tracks between two suburbs of Syria's capital, Damascus. "I've been waiting for this day for six years," the 42-yea...
‘Our mortgage doubled’: The Iceland families bearing cost of crashIt's been 10 years since Iceland's economy crashed, but Asthildur Thorsdottir and her husband Hafthor Olafsson are still struggling with crippling debt and an uphill legal battle to save their family...
Fresh from end of bailout, Greek PM announces tax breaksGreek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Saturday unveiled plans for tax cuts and pledged spending to heal years of painful austerity, less than a month after Greece emerged from a bailout programme fin...
New iPhones aim for momentum in sputtering smartphone marketPhones to showcase the capabilities of the Android operating system that it makes available free of charge to handset makers. Android smartphones have come to dominate the market. Apple's event comes...
World unprepared for next financial crisis: ex-IMF chiefThe world is less well equipped to manage a major financial crisis today than it was a decade ago, according to Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a former chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In an i...