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Sarkozy rhetoric over EU 'win' fuels Anglo-French war of words - Yahoo! NewsA combative cloud hung over Anglo-French relations Friday after French President Nicolas Sarkozy abandoned a London visit in which he was to calm concerns over interference in London's prized financial services sector by a new French-born EU policymaker.. A cross-Channel spat has been brewing ...
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BBC NEWS | Business | 'Banks on steroids' worry FranceFrench Finance Minister Christine Lagarde has warned that huge bailed-out banks created by the financial crisis could abuse their new power. She has asked other countries to look at the lack of competition from banks "on steroids, relying on public money". Governments have stepped in to lend ...
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The G20 Summit in Pittsburgh: Should You Care? - The Baseline ScenarioOn Thursday evening and all day Friday, heads of government from countries belonging to the G20 will meet in Pittsburgh. On paper, this looks important – 90 percent of world economic output and 67 percent of world population will be at the table: the G7 (US, Canada, Japan, UK, Germany, France, ...
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The IMF Should Move To Europe - The Baseline ScenarioEurope still insists on the right to nominate one of its own to be managing director of the IMF, which is an awful anachronism at this point. The New IMF could be based in London with a French boss, or in Paris with a British boss. The EU would have a powerful voice and the US would keep its ...
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Don’t Tell Tax Justice Why Sarasin Won’t Invest in Treasuries - Bloomberg.comDon’t Tell Tax Justice Why Sarasin Won’t Invest in Treasuries By Warren Giles June 5 (Bloomberg) -- Of the more than 200 private banks in Switzerland handling money for rich refugees, Bank Sarasin & Cie. is notable for the promise to customers that its socially responsible investment ...
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Article - WSJ.comBRUSSELS (Dow Jones)--Belgium's financial markets regulator Wednesday said it will begin stress-testing Belgian banks to determine their ability to withstand varying levels of economic deterioration. The move comes as the International Monetary Fund's European director Tuesday said European ...
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Bank of England boosts bond buys; ECB cuts - MarketWatchLONDON (MarketWatch) -- The Bank of England on Thursday surprisingly increased a bond-purchasing program and the European Central Bank cut interest rates, as neither central bank was ready to endorse the view that the economy is on the road to recovery. In keeping rates at 0.5% but lifting ...
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Irish Emergency Budget Aims to Avert ‘Grave Crisis’ (Update1) - Bloomberg.comIrish Emergency Budget Aims to Avert ‘Grave Crisis’ (Update1) By Ian Guider April 7 (Bloomberg) -- Ireland’s government, reeling from the loss of its top credit rating by Standard & Poor’s, may increase taxes and cut spending in an emergency budget today aimed at stemming the biggest ...
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BBC NEWS | Business | Live: G20 Summit as it happenedLive: G20 Summit as it happened Barack Obama, Silvio Berlusconi and Dmitry Medvedev pose for the cameras (2 April 2009) TEXT AND VIDEO (all times GMT 1) From the G20 summit in London, the news, insights from BBC correspondents, your e-mails, Twitter and the best of the blogs. 2000 With ...
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The Quiet Coup - The Atlantic (May 2009)The Quiet Coup O ne thing you learn rather quickly when working at the International Monetary Fund is that no one is ever very happy to see you. Typically, your “clients” come in only after private capital has abandoned them, after regional trading-bloc partners have been unable to throw a ...
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