http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Organisation_for_Economic_Co_operation_and_DevelopmentFind stories, videos, and photos about Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:18:48 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Organisation_for_Economic_Co_operation_and_Development14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development from CNN.com.http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/17/markets/oil.reut/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/11/17/markets/oil.reut/index.htmOil prices rose above $79 a barrel Tuesday as demand for oil products supported crude, outweighing pressure from a stronger dollar.Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:19:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/10/27/news/economy/health_recession.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/10/27/news/economy/health_recession.fortune/index.htmProfits are down at Hillenbrand, America's largest maker of caskets. Admittedly, this fact sounds like the setup for a punch line, but the cause of the shortage in stiffs contains lessons for politicians and business leaders alike.Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:03:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/09/04/g20.global.economy.ft/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/09/04/g20.global.economy.ft/index.html#cnnSTCTextWorld leaders on Thursday set out the first steps toward withdrawing emergency support for the global economy even though they warned that the crisis was not over.Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:02:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/06/24/oecd.global.economic.recovery/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/06/24/oecd.global.economic.recovery/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe global economy is nearing the bottom of its worst financial crisis in 60 years, according to the latest assessment from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/06/03/green.shoots.pink.slips/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/06/03/green.shoots.pink.slips/index.html#cnnSTCTextDespite talk of economic "green shoots," more people around the world received pink slips last month.Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/05/05/global.leisure/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/05/05/global.leisure/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe French spend more time eating and drinking than anyone else among the world's wealthy nations, a new study reveals.Wed, 06 May 2009 03:02:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/04/01/news/international/tax_havens.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/04/01/news/international/tax_havens.fortune/index.htmFinding a tax haven is easy. Just flip to the back of the Economist. "New Accounts in 8 Minutes" brags one ad. Another promises that no one is "better positioned to deliver solutions that work" on offshore companies. And yet another offers more than 20 years of experience and the "best prices guaranteed."Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/14/g7.summit.tm/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/14/g7.summit.tm/index.html#cnnSTCTextMaking his international debut at the Group of Seven meetings in Rome, new U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said swift and decisive action is needed on several levels to address the global financial crisis.Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:43:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/11/18/iea.weo/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/11/18/iea.weo/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe International Energy Agency has called for a global energy revolution to ensure future supplies and to stem the rise of greenhouse gas emissions.Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:39:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/11/25/oecd.unemployment/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/11/25/oecd.unemployment/index.html#cnnSTCTextInternational economic officials have predicted a sharp rise in unemployment in its member countries over the next two years, saying eight million more workers will lose their jobs.Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:40:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1841175,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1841175,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsBoosting connectivity should do the same to the continent's social and economic health, granting citizens access to crucial online health, education and government servicesMon, 15 Sep 2008 15:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/02/markets/dollar/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/02/markets/dollar/index.htmThe dollar gained ground against other major currencies Tuesday as oil prices tumbled and the global economy continued to show sings of weakness.Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:45:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1837981,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1837981,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe British government unveiled a package of tax cuts and increased spending targeted at first-time home buyers on Tuesday in a bid to reverse the country's worst housing slump in almost two decadesTue, 02 Sep 2008 15:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1831830,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1831830,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsOil prices fluctuated Tuesday as a stronger dollar and weakening crude demand from China balanced concerns about the Russia-Georgia conflict and its potential to disrupt crude supplies in the regionTue, 12 Aug 2008 16:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1808723,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1808723,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA leading global energy monitor said Thursday it is worried that demand for oil will outstrip world supply and is preparing a landmark revision of its closely watched forecastsThu, 22 May 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/04/08/angel.mme/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/04/08/angel.mme/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhile governments across the region grapple with the rising cost of food, groups like the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are working to create strategies to address the problem. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:07:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1690787,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1690787,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsU.S. students are lagging behind their peers in other countries in science and math, test results out Tuesday showTue, 04 Dec 2007 20:30:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/12/03/pf/saving/toptips/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/12/03/pf/saving/toptips/index.htmToday Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson outlined some steps the federal government, lenders and investors would try to do in order to save struggling homeowners.Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:18:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1681362,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1681362,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsTuesday's record oil price may eventually become the norm, says a new report, as a growing world economy struggles to boost suppliesWed, 07 Nov 2007 07:00:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/10/markets/bc.markets.oil.update.reut/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/08/10/markets/bc.markets.oil.update.reut/index.htmThe subprime crisis engulfing world stock and credit markets weighed on oil prices again Friday, but declines were limited as market fundamentals continued to buttress prices.Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/08/bae.bandar/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/08/bae.bandar/index.htmlUK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith on Friday denied media reports that he ordered investigators to conceal payments from an international anti-bribery watchdog agency.Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:17:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/05/14/pf/retirement/nasi__report/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/05/14/pf/retirement/nasi__report/index.htmSince few of us actually like to save, here's some incentive: a new study says Social Security will replace much less of your pre-retirement income than it has for retirees in the past.Mon, 14 May 2007 16:48:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/03/14/markets/oil_eia/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/03/14/markets/oil_eia/index.htmOil prices steadied near $58 Wednesday after government said supplies of crude oil rose less than expected but the fall in gasoline stocks was less than thought.Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:08:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/10/12/btn.retirement/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/10/12/btn.retirement/index.htmlAsking how much capital a person needs to save to generate enough income for a comfortable life in the twilight years is a bit like asking how long is a piece of string.Thu, 12 Oct 2006 05:36:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/09/05/markets/bondcenter/bonds/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/09/05/markets/bondcenter/bonds/index.htmTreasury prices slipped Tuesday after a group issued a report that suggested that the Federal Reserve may need to resume raising interest rates.Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:11:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/03/06/oecd.economy/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/03/06/oecd.economy/index.htmlEconomic momentum on both sides of the Atlantic is now largely back in line with OECD projections but some of the factors sustaining buoyant growth may not continue to do so, the Paris-based think-tank said in an interim assessment on Monday.Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:58:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/06/16/technology/broadband/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/06/16/technology/broadband/index.htmThomas Bleha believes the United States stands to lose big if it keeps slipping behind other countries in the percentage of citizens with high-speed Internet access.Thu, 16 Jun 2005 18:17:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/05/24/markets/stockswatch/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/05/24/markets/stockswatch/index.htmRenewed concern about rising interest rates could bring an end to stocks' recent rally Tuesday.Tue, 24 May 2005 09:44:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/06/17/markets/bondcenter/bonds/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/06/17/markets/bondcenter/bonds/index.htmU.S. Treasury prices dropped Thursday in an initial reaction to firm inflation and jobs figures, although the losses were limited amid additional unrest in the Middle East.Thu, 17 Jun 2004 13:40:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/03/29/go.35.hour.week/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/03/29/go.35.hour.week/index.htmlThe struggle to achieve a work-leisure balance is one of the biggest challenges of modern life, but if you live in France you get a little help from the government.Mon, 29 Mar 2004 07:59:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2002/01/01/315628/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2002/01/01/315628/index.htmNobody knows how much money gets laundered around the world every year, except that it's probably a lot. Tue, 01 Jan 2002 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/03/01/274064/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/03/01/274064/index.htmFEBRUARY Wed, 01 Mar 2000 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/01/12/236459/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/01/12/236459/index.htmWant to glimpse globalization's next frontier? Head to Paris, where the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is inching forward on a landmark treaty designed to protect the rights-...Mon, 12 Jan 1998 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/07/08/214353/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/07/08/214353/index.htmIf you ever want to get the fur flying in a roomful of policy wonks, ask them whether the tax burden in the United States is excessive. Absolutely! the opponents of big government will roar, includ...Mon, 08 Jul 1996 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/03/20/201950/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/03/20/201950/index.htmNearly lost in all the dire headlines--Mexican peso collapses! economic aftershocks of japan quake! u.s.-china trade war looms!--is 1995's Big Event: the beginnings of a global expansion of breatht...Mon, 20 Mar 1995 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/02/06/221159/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/02/06/221159/index.htmEven as its economies start to grow anew, Europe's average unemployment is expected to stay close to 12%, more than double the U.S. rate. Traditionally, economists have blamed high minimum wages, g...Mon, 06 Feb 1995 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/10/18/78482/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/10/18/78482/index.htmSmart manufacturers these days don't give a supplier blueprints for parts; they set performance targets and let the supplier figure out how best to meet them. Is that the way monetary policy should...Mon, 18 Oct 1993 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/06/01/88088/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/06/01/88088/index.htmAlthough President Clinton appears to be ignoring Canada's universal health insurance system as he pushes for medical reform, Congress need not make the same mistake. After all, our neighbors to th...Tue, 01 Jun 1993 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/03/22/77665/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/03/22/77665/index.htmIf you want to see a real jobs problem, look at Europe. At its lowest, unemployment during the Eighties was still higher than the peak in the U.S. Today it's closing in on 10%, and the Organization...Mon, 22 Mar 1993 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/12/14/77245/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/12/14/77245/index.htmTHROUGHOUT his campaign, President-elect Bill Clinton called for a long-term, systematic plan to revive the U.S. economy. He proposed forging a partnership between government and industry, upgradin...Mon, 14 Dec 1992 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/19/76994/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/19/76994/index.htmMOST Americans don't think they need an economist to tell them the nation has been underinvesting in its infrastructure. They can feel the evidence when they bounce through a pothole and see it in ...Mon, 19 Oct 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/19/77002/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/19/77002/index.htmWHEN YOU come down to it, the purpose of work and investment is to live well today and better tomorrow. That depends on each worker and machine yielding a growing output of ever more valuable goods...Mon, 19 Oct 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/05/76922/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/05/76922/index.htmIS A PROTECTIONIST trade bloc likely to emerge in Asia between now and the next millennium? Don't bet on it. In a region where the religions are as different as Taoism and Islam and the languages r...Mon, 05 Oct 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/05/76951/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/05/76951/index.htmWhat will it take to get America back on track? Leaving aside the recession and Chinese water torture aftermath, long-term growth has slowed markedly during the Seventies and Eighties from the prev...Mon, 05 Oct 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/07/27/76691/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/07/27/76691/index.htmInvestors have more choices than ever in a world of mounting demand for money and increasingly efficient flows of information and capital. So when the U.S. economy tanked, foreigners had no trouble...Mon, 27 Jul 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/07/27/76689/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/07/27/76689/index.htmIt's easy to see why health care is one of the most wrenching issues in the U.S. when you compare costs and benefits with those of other industrial societies. The U.S. pays the most in both per cap...Mon, 27 Jul 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/06/29/76597/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/06/29/76597/index.htmLooking to buy the stocks of great companies at a discount? Try a Eurobargain. While many European exchanges have already chalked up big gains this year, most still trade at nearly half the price/e...Mon, 29 Jun 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/06/01/76482/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/06/01/76482/index.htmYOU'VE ACCEPTED the grim international comparisons that show that Americans don't invest as much as the Japanese, save as much as the Germans, or relax as much as the French. Now you're being told,...Mon, 01 Jun 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/05/18/76452/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/05/18/76452/index.htm''If talk about 'free trade' puts you to sleep, you'd better wake up fast!'' So begins a newspaper ad campaign backed by a coalition of environmental, labor, and consumer groups out to sabotage the...Mon, 18 May 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/12/02/75815/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/12/02/75815/index.htmTHE ENDURING global partnership between farmers and politicians is starting to come unstuck. The leading industrial powers, after years of bickering, now look ready to forge an agreement on rolling...Mon, 02 Dec 1991 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/11/18/75735/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/11/18/75735/index.htmThis item begins by broaching a weird analogy. At least, it received this rating from our friend the movie critic. We had called him to ask which was the Cagney film in which Jimmy is about to swag...Mon, 18 Nov 1991 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/07/29/75311/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/07/29/75311/index.htmThe triumph of capitalism does not come cheap. As country after country struggles to build its market economy, the world will need more money than it did in the Eighties. Latin America, Eastern Eur...Mon, 29 Jul 1991 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/07/30/73847/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/07/30/73847/index.htmThough much of the world's investment money sloshes around among the major countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, more players jump into the pool almost daily. Ever...Mon, 30 Jul 1990 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/07/30/73846/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/07/30/73846/index.htmLATIN AMERICA After a decade of hyperinflation, debt, and poverty, Latin America has started to rumble with change. One incentive: revolutions on the other side of the globe. So far, reforms in Mex...Mon, 30 Jul 1990 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/09/12/71012/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/09/12/71012/index.htmL. William Seidman, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., told a Senate committee that one or two banks may require substantial government assistance but that the banking industry's wors...Mon, 12 Sep 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/07/07/67804/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/07/07/67804/index.htmWESTERN EUROPE'S sturdy recovery has been marred by one glaring weakness, the economy's failure to create jobs. But Europe finally is breaking the employment jinx. The latest figures show that empl...Mon, 07 Jul 1986 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/02/03/67065/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/02/03/67065/index.htmWESTERN EUROPE increasingly has the look of a marathoner able to go the distance. With West Germany leading the way, business investment and consumer spending have kicked in just as export growth b...Mon, 03 Feb 1986 05:01:00 EST