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In a speech today at a conference organized by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn called on Asia to play a leading role in guiding the global economy to a new, more sustainable path for global growth.
Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The Polish zloty fell for the first time in eight days, snapping its longest winning streak this year, after the U.S. Federal Reserve and International Monetary Fund suggested economic recovery may be protracted.
Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Ukraine’s cooperation with the International Monetary Fund is “absolutely necessary” and the country hopes to obtain the next round of funds as early as next month, Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko said.
The global recession has reduced the number of events on the L.P.G.A. Tour, cutting prize money and putting some players in economic distress.
Geithner says world economy is moving toward recovery but will need to rebalance global growth
World stocks fell Tuesday as soft U.S. industrial production data and disappointing comments from retailers Target Corp. and Home Depot Inc. reined in some of the optimism that had sent many indexes to 13-month highs.
Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar and yen advanced versus the euro as International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said the global economic recovery may be sluggish, discouraging demand for higher-yielding assets.
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Gulf states’ dollar peg has served the region well and inflationary pressures haven’t returned, John Lipsky , the International Monetary Fund’s first deputy managing director, said.
South Korea's foreign minister ruled out Friday additional negotiations with the United States over a free trade agreement, a day after presidents of the two countries vowed cooperation to push the stalled deal forward.
Asia is leading the global economy out of the deepest downturn in decades but the recovery will be marred by high unemployment and huge government debt across the industrialized countries, the OECD said on Thursday.
Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Russia remains committed to joining the World Trade Organization and wants to complete membership talks as quickly as possible, alone or with trade partners Belarus and Kazakhstan, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said.
The Oct. 7 statement by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) regarding Canada’s challenge of the U.S. Country of Origin Labeling Law (COOL) under the World Trade Organization (WTO) was disappointing to many cattle producers across the country, including myself.
President Barack Obama says he is committed to resolving issues that have stalled a free trade agreement between the United States and South Korea.
World stocks fell Thursday and Wall Street was expected to open lower amid mounting doubts about the pace of the global economic recovery and ahead of more earnings reports from U.S. retailers.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A police detective alleges that former Washington Police Chief Charles Ramsey, despite past denials, ordered mass arrests of hundreds of demonstrators who were protesting annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in 2002.
U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., has joined a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers urging President Obama to move forward on a free trade agreement with South Korea.
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