Abid Ali has more than a decade of experience covering global business.
Before joining Al Jazeera as business editor in 2008, he edited and copyedited business news at CNN - both on air and online. He has also covered markets and big industry as a reporter for Bloomberg News.
<P>The dollar has plummeted by more than a quarter against the yen since August 2008. That as the US started to slash rates to almost zero and started pumping trillions into saving the economy. <BR><BR></P>
<P>Al Jazeera's business editor examines some of the intricacies behind the "Afghan behemoth" created by the United States.</P>
<p>It sounds like the start of a joke. But these are the thoughts of Michael O’Leary, the chief executive of low-cost airline Ryanair.</p>
<p>In stepping down as the chief executive of BP, Tony Hayward will cushion the blow with a 1.6 million dollar pay-off, and that does not include his pension pot of 900,000 dollars a year.</p>
<P>BP is being battered over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but some analysts are arguing the US government should look closer to home. </P>
