Financial Outlook

RIYADH: India’s economy should grow more than 7% in the fiscal year 2009/10 and return to a 9% annual growth rate in two years, the country’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in a prepared speech yesterday.

CHINA surpassed Japan as the second largest economy in the world in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Mercedes-Benz has a new party trick – a wind deflector that calms the air in a convertible.

Parties united to ruin economy: Now, they won’t work together to save it

Home improvement retailers say more customers picking up paint brushes or rolling out new carpet could be a sign of an improving economy. Stores like Home Depot and Lowe’s have reported better earnings in recent months.

Indiana horse farms are facing empty stalls and declining revenues as the economy forces people to make difficult choices about their spending Read more at www.WISHTV.com

A sluggish economy has led to fewer families seeking to partner with Kalamazoo Valley Habitat for Humanity to build their own homes, said Don Jones, the organization’s executive director.

In the end, we are all our own charity. When times tighten, we all look to our personal bottom lines before we consider throwing our cash at worthy causes. In a declining economy, the tote bags and mugs public radio stations sling to encourage you to call up and donate your dollars just aren’t cutting it like they used to.

TEHRAN, Feb 28 — A huge portion of global economy should be managed by the Islamic countries, Iran’s IRNA news agency reported Iranian Minister of Industries and Mines Ali-Akbar Mehrabian as saying here Sunday.

In the end, we are all our own charity. When times tighten, we all look to our personal bottom lines before we consider throwing our cash at worthy causes. In a declining economy, the tote bags and mugs public radio stations sling to encourage you to call up and donate your dollars just aren’t cutting it like they used to.