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Heritage Foundation - Thu Dec 10, 5:33 pm ET

The World Trade Organization's (WTO) Seventh Ministerial Conference held earlier this month did little to spur progress on a global trade pact.

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Building a Post-Crisis Global Economy—An Address to the Japan Society
IMF - Thu Dec 10, 5:03 pm ET
Good afternoon. It’s a pleasure to be here. This venue is appropriate for today’s discussion. The Japan Society is dedicated to fostering dialogue between the United States, Japan and East Asia. The Society’s foundation is the understanding that international cooperation serves common global goals.
Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: ExxonMobil Corporation, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Dec 10, 5:00 pm ET
CHICAGO----Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets.
Advanced economies should keep rates low: IMF
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 4:50 pm ET
Advanced economies should maintain loose monetary policies and extra-low interest rates for "some time" to ensure a global economic recovery stays on track, a top IMF official said Thursday.
No clear Obama pledge on stalled trade pacts: lawmaker
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 4:47 pm ET
President Barack Obama made no commitments to move forward on stalled free trade pacts with Colombia, Panama and South Korea during private talks with lawmakers this week, a top ally said Thursday.
Equity Residential Announces Completion and Results of Tender Offer by ERP Operating Limited Partnership for its Non ...
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Dec 10, 4:33 pm ET
CHICAGO----Equity Residential today announced that its operating partnership, ERP Operating Limited Partnership , accepted for purchase the principal amount of its outstanding notes set forth below, which were validly tendered pursuant to its previously announced cash tender offers for each such series of notes .
France to Join Britain in Tax on Big Bank Bonuses
New York Times - Thu Dec 10, 4:26 pm ET
France has agreed to join Britain in levying a supertax on banking bonuses in a combined assault intended to step up pressure on other nations — including the United States — to follow suit, The New York Times’s Stephen Castle, Katrin Bennhold and Steven Erlanger report.
Forecaster of the Month: Re-adjustments will take time, top forecaster says
Market Watch - Thu Dec 10, 4:25 pm ET
MarketWatch's forecaster of the month predicts the pace of the economic recovery will be frustratingly slow.
IESI-BFC and Waste Services Complete Due Diligence and Receive Fairness Opinions for Proposed Transaction
Marketwire - Thu Dec 10, 4:13 pm ET
TORONTO, ONTARIO and BURLINGTON, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 10, 2009) - IESI-BFC Ltd. (TSX:BIN)(NYSE:BIN) and Waste Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:WSII) today announced that each company has completed its respective due diligence review to its satisfaction and that the Board of Directors of each company has received a fairness opinion from their respective financial advisors with respect to their ...
Will 'Cleantech' Be Next Economic Miracle?
Free Internet Press - Thu Dec 10, 4:10 pm ET
Climate change is forcing the world's economies to embark on a new industrial revolution. The environmental industry creates growth and jobs, with German companies leading the way worldwide. But how much longer can it last? And what is the cost of the boom?
I.M.F. Withholds Latest Loan Installment to Ukraine
New York Times - Thu Dec 10, 4:05 pm ET
The decision by the International Monetary Fund reflects frustration over the inability of the country’s politicians to get the budget under control.
World Bank gives Palestinians $64 million
J Weekly - Thu Dec 10, 3:56 pm ET
The World Bank said it will give the Palestinian Authority $64 million to build institutions in preparation for a state in two years. The gift was announced last week during a high-level World Bank Group delegation fact-finding mission to the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
WTO Official: Ball In Russia's Court On WTO Accession
Nasdaq - Thu Dec 10, 3:32 pm ET
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Russia needs to clarify how it intends to move forward in its drive to join the World Trade Organization before advancing the process, a WTO official said Thursday, adding that "the ball is largely in [ Russia's] court."
China puts duties on US steel
The Cincinnati Enquirer - Thu Dec 10, 3:23 pm ET
Flat-rolled electrical steel products from steelmakers - including West Chester-based AK Steel Holding Corp. - would attract duties of as much as 25 percent starting Friday, China's commerce ministry said. The steel is used to make power transformers.
Nations grapple with climate financing for poor
FOX 11 Tucson - Thu Dec 10, 3:18 pm ET
COPENHAGEN (AP) — European nations struggled to pin down their joint contribution to a $10 billion climate fund for poor nations as debate over financing heated up Thursday in global warming talks.
UPDATE:IMF Quasi-Currency Could Help Poor Fight Climate Change Soros
Nasdaq - Thu Dec 10, 3:02 pm ET
COPENHAGEN -(Dow Jones)- Financier George Soros, who's declared he will invest up to $1 billion in low-carbon energy technology, waded into the dispute Thursday over how to finance efforts by poor countries to combat climate change by proposing rich nations tap into special currency reserves issued by the International Monetary Fund.