Feb 8 data

China trade (Jan: exports up 14.1% m-on-m, imports up 28.8% m-on-m); China inflation: 2% (2.5% in Dec); Germany: trade balance (€188bn); US trade balance
From WORLD 4:19pm

Leaders agree cut to EU spending

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron arrive to meet with students at the Chancellery Germany PWORLD ©Getty

Cameron and Merkel led tightening calls

From COMPANIES 12:40pm

ThyssenKrupp to cut 2,000 steel jobs

Lower demand forces €500m cost-cutting plan

From COMPANIES 1:07pm

Moody’s chief moves to calm probe fears

Reassurance in wake of S&P being sued over faulty credit ratings

man sits in the deserted Carousel shopping mall in San Bernardino, California September 11, 2012 ©Reuters From US ECONOMY 2:05pm

America’s malls seek a life beyond retail

US landlords need to get creative in their hunt for tenants

From COMPANIES 11:26am

France considers buying Peugeot stake

Budget minister says government ready to step in

From WORLD 12:40pm

Myanmar plans its own ‘mini Singapore’

Sleepy seaside town of Kyaukpyu to become an industrial zone

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