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Despite the troubled world economic outlook, South Africa's economy is expected to grow 2.7 percent this year, rising to 3.8 percent in 2015, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said.

Australia's economy has met expectations, recording annual growth of 3.1 per cent last year.The Bureau of Statistics gross domestic product (GDP) figures show the economy's output rose 0.6 per cent over the final three months of last year, bringing economic growth for 2012 to 3.1 per cent.

A closely watched survey signalled that Ireland's services sector is growing at the fastest pace since well before the economy collapsed, boosting hopes that economic growth will gain momentum in 2013.

Canada created 51,000 new jobs in February, blowing past expectations thanks to an increase in full-time work.Statistics Canada reported that the unemployment rate remained steady at seven per cent during the month. That's because the number of new jobs was almost the same as the number of new job-seekers.

"For too long, Canada's immigration system has not been open to these in-demand skilled workers. These changes are long overdue and will help us move to a fast and flexible immigration system that works for Canada's economy." More here.

Foreign investment is vital for economy and also for employment. The high the amount of foreign investments more is the job creation. Denmark understands it best and is therefore planning new initiatives which would attract more foreign investors.

Britain's economy will grow more strongly than previously thought this year and in 2016, an industry group said on Monday, as it also brought forward its prediction for the timing of Britain's firs...

Investments in Norway's booming oil and gas sector are set to hit a record Nkr198.7 billion ($34.8 billion) this year, after reaching Nkr172.5 billion in 2012, although the figure is down on an earlier forecast from the country's statistics agency.

Ireland has struck a long-awaited deal to ease the burden of the debts it took on to rescue its banking system.Prime Minister Enda Kenny won European Central Bank approval to stretch the cost of bailing out Anglo Irish Bank over 40 years.

"Will I have a place in University" maybe just a placard carried by a child as a sign of protest against the Singapore's administered government policy of inviting foreigners to sustain the massive economic development made by the tiny city state.

Financial rating agencies are at it again. Virtually making Dubai as a synonym for bubble, they are leaving no stone unturned to suggest that the bubble is yet going to burst. But thumbing its nose, Dubai is going up and up regardless.

In his annual speech, outlining economic perspectives, the Governor of the Norwegian Central Bank, Øystein Olsen called for a more resilient banking sector in Norway.