Egypt

South Korean stocks rose sharply during Thursday trading in Seoul on news that the country's factory output had surged higher in January. The export-driven economy's factory output climbed 4.6% above the previous month's level and 13.7% above the January 2010 level. The growth looks set to continue...

Reuters has published statistics that shows a clear picture of the economic landscape of countries in the Middle East. Even though Libya has a population of just 6.6 million people, the country is responsible for more than 2 percent of all global oil production. Libya's inflation is low at 3.5...

This afternoon, President Obama spoke briefly about the departure of Hosni Mubarak. Obama said that it was the moral force that bent the arc of history toward justice in Egypt, not violence. “[Their] voices have been heard and Egypt will never be the same,” Obama said, adding that by stepping down...