Business - Global Economy

GENEVA (AFP) - More than a hundred ministers gather here Monday for a WTO conference where they are likely to renew pledges to freer world trade while avoiding hard bargaining to secure an overall deal under the Doha round. Full Story »

PARIS (AFP) - The debt dilemma confronting Dubai has thrown into sharp relief a new threat to the financial health of rich countries that have borrowed and spent heavily to escape recession and must now pay up. Full Story »

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - As world markets absorbed the shock of Dubai's debt crisis, the ruler of the once-booming city-state left town for an important meeting in a desert palace. His hosts: the leaders of neighboring Abu Dhabi whose balance sheets are flush with oil revenue. Full Story »

GENEVA - Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets Saturday to separate violent demonstrators from a protest of a meeting of top world trade officials, but the hooded "black bloc" activists were able to cause damage before 14 were arrested, spokesmen said. Full Story »

GENEVA (Reuters) - Anti-capitalism protesters smashed the windows of banks, shops and cafes in central Geneva and set cars on fire during a demonstration Saturday against the World Trade Organization. Full Story »

GENEVA (AFP) - Swiss police fired tear gas and rubber bullets on Saturday at hooded protesters who broke windows and set cars alight during a demonstration ahead of a major WTO conference in Geneva. Full Story »

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi, wealthy capital of the United Arab Emirates, will "pick and choose" how to assist debt-laden neighbor Dubai, a senior official said on Saturday, after fears of a Dubai default sent global markets reeling. Full Story »

Dubai: Many were taken by surprise at the impact the Dubai debt crisis had on world markets. They shouldn't have been. Debt -- and its misuse -- has been the No. 1 economic issue of our time. Full Story »

Stocks tumbled Friday as investors worried that a government-backed investment company in Dubai risked defaulting on $60 billion in debt. The fears ripped through world markets and served as a reminder of how fragile the financial system remains a year after it nearly collapsed. Full Story »

NEW YORK (AFP) - The Dubai debt crisis roiled world markets again Friday as fears of debt defaults sparked concern that a recovery from global recession could stall. Full Story »

NEW YORK - This was the sideswipe investors had feared. Full Story »

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Moody's Investors Service on Friday said it will make no changes for now to the ratings or outlooks of banks in the United Arab Emirates with exposure to the two Dubai entities whose debt problems have roiled global markets. Full Story »

DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - World leaders expressed confidence in the global economic recovery on Friday despite fears about a debt default by Gulf emirate Dubai, while major banks played down their exposure to the debt. Full Story »

LONDON - European stock markets rebounded Friday after Wall Street didn't fall as much as feared on the news that Dubai is having trouble handling its debt. Full Story »

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Debt-burdened Dubai insisted that it took into account market fallout from its appeal to delay paying creditors, but offered no specifics and did little to ease worries that dragged down global markets for a second day Friday. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Shades of the roiling energy markets that were set off last year by the crisis on Wall Street emerged again Friday with crude seeing the largest percentage drop in prices since January. Full Story »

NEW YORK - Dubai's debt crisis rattled world financial markets Friday, raising concerns that some banks could further tighten lending and stall the global economic recovery. Full Story »

DUBAI/TOKYO (Reuters) - Investors recoiled from risky assets on Friday and dumped shares in Asian banks and builders, fearing a Dubai debt default could reignite the financial turmoil of the credit crisis. Full Story »