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A demonstrator wears a t-shirt showing a NO G8 logo during a demonstration against a G8 Environment Ministers meeting, in Siracusa, Sicily, Italy,Thursday, April 23, 2009.
(photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia)
Make-or-break summit as G8 gamble on climate and economy
The Australian
| THE G8 summit of world leaders in Italy this week has turned into a high-risk gamble that will shape the success or failure of both the Copenhagen climate change conference and agreement on a global path out of the economic crisis. | Just four days before a high-level leaders climate change meetin...
A office worker walks past the Reserve Bank of Australia in Sydney, Wednesday, May 3, 2006 after it lifted a key interest rate by a quarter point to 5.75 percent, the first increase in 14 months, to head off inflation. The Reserve Bank issued a statement saying its board had decided at its monthly meeting Tuesday that it would lift the official cash rate to its highest since February
(photo: AP / Mark Baker)
RBA expected to hold rates amid inflation fears
The Australian
| THE Reserve Bank is expected to keep the official cash rate at 3 per cent tomorrow, against a backdrop of rising unemployment but more positive forecasts that the Australian economy will avoid a deep growth contraction. | Interest rate markets are convinced that there will be no change to rates, n...
President Dmitry Medvedev speaks as he opens the meeting on judicial reform in Moscow's Kremlin on Tuesday, May 20, 2008.
(photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service )
What the Russians Want
The New York Times
| NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND - Despite all the promises about a "reset" in the U.S.-Russia relationship, the Obama administration still seems to be following a script crafted by its predecessor. | Washington continues to seek Moscow's help in dealing with a number of challenges to U.S. security while dow...
RBA expected to hold rates amid inflation fears
The Australian
| THE Reserve Bank is expected to keep the official cash rate at 3 per cent tomorrow, against a backdrop of rising unemployment but more positive forecasts that the Australian economy will avoid a deep growth contraction. | Interest rate markets are ...
What the Russians Want
The New York Times
| NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND - Despite all the promises about a "reset" in the U.S.-Russia relationship, the Obama administration still seems to be following a script crafted by its predecessor. | Washington continues to seek Moscow's help in dealing with...
Obama Plan Would Trim Back Financial Powerhouses
CNBC
They are the biggest of the big -- the Citigroups, the Goldman Sachses, the AIGs and other financial behemoths. The Obama administration doesn't want so many around anymore.           ], Bank of America BAC                ] and American ...
France, Russia want deeper currency debate
The Guardian
* France, Russia want reserve debate * Russia sees no obvious replacement for euro, dollar * ECB's Trichet says U.S strong dollar support important By Anna Willard AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France, July 5 (Reuters) - France and Russia on Sunday urged a debate...
Obama Plan Could Trim Back Financial Powerhouses
CBS News
Obama's Financial Rules Could Mean Fewer Giant Financial Powerhouses _ Those Too Big To Fail | Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments (AP) They are the biggest of the big _ the Citigroups, the Goldman Sachses, the AIGs and other financial behemoths....
Assocham wants Budget to spell out a disinvestment policy
The Times Of India
| 5 Jul 2009, 1839 hrs IST, PTI               Text: MUMBAI: The government should come out with a disinvestment policy in Public Sector Units to mop up funds even while keeping the majority stake with it, ...
Obama plan could trim back financial powerhouses
The Examiner
Comments WASHINGTON (Map, News) - They are the biggest of the big - the Citigroups, the Goldman Sachses, the AIGs and other financial behemoths. The Obama administration doesn't want so many around anymore. | Financial regulations proposed by the pre...
Emerging Economies
President Dmitry Medvedev speaks as he opens the meeting on judicial reform in Moscow's Kremlin on Tuesday, May 20, 2008.
(photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service )
What the Russians Want
The New York Times
| NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND - Despite all the promises about a "reset" in the U.S.-Russia relationship, the Obama administration still seems to be following a script crafted by its predecessor. | Washington continues to seek Moscow's help in dealing with a number of challenges to U.S. security while downplaying issues of concern to Russia. The approach...
World Business
A office worker walks past the Reserve Bank of Australia in Sydney, Wednesday, May 3, 2006 after it lifted a key interest rate by a quarter point to 5.75 percent, the first increase in 14 months, to head off inflation. The Reserve Bank issued a statement saying its board had decided at its monthly meeting Tuesday that it would lift the official cash rate to its highest since February
(photo: AP / Mark Baker)
RBA expected to hold rates amid inflation fears
The Australian
| THE Reserve Bank is expected to keep the official cash rate at 3 per cent tomorrow, against a backdrop of rising unemployment but more positive forecasts that the Australian economy will avoid a deep growth contraction. | Interest rate markets are convinced that there will be no change to rates, now at a 50-year low, when the central bank meets i...
World Politics
Joe Biden the Democratic Vice President Nominee addressing a rally at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida on October 29, 2008
(photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert)
Biden: US not stand in Israel's way on Iran
The News & Observer
| WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden seemed to give Israel a green light for military action to eliminate Iran's nuclear threat, saying the U.S. "cannot dictate to another sovereign nation what they can and cannot do." | Israel considers Iran its most dangerous adversary and is wary of hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who just w...



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