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BHP Billiton has said it expects record iron ore production in the current financial year despite concerns of a slowdown in the global economy.

Douglas McWilliams, chief executive officer of the Centre for Economics and Business Research, talks about the global economy.

The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it joined some of the world's major central banks in a coordinated action to inject liquidity into the global financial system.

Despite a fragile global economy and snail's pace-growth in the U.S., activity has been fierce in the oil and gas sector, particularly related to shale plays.A On Wednesday, a group led by KKR announced it was acquiring the private energy company Samson for $7.2 billion, in what is lining up to be the year's largest leveraged buyout.

Worries that the growing European debt crisis would drag down the global economy slammed Wall Street, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average do

The head of a volunteer organization in Cornwall, England, is calling on his county to form its own currency to protect itself from the faltering global economy, the BBC reports .

Mazda reported its fourth straight quarterly loss Wednesday after vehicle sales slumped amid a sluggish global economy and high yen.

The company now projects a big annual loss instead of a profit.

Lack of political and "lack of clarity" in global economy hampers group's...

As part of a broad effort to encourage more Americans to use high-speed Internet and be able to compete in the global economy, the Federal Communications Commission has brought together a group of private companies that will offer free computer training to people in disadvantaged communities.

Stocks ended their worst quarter since the depths of the 2008 credit crisis, crippled by Europe's debt debacle, a U.S. credit downgrade and a sputtering global economy.