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IMF Says U.S. Cutting Spending Too Much Too Fast
(WASHINGTON) — The International Monetary Fund chief criticized the U.S. on Tuesday for cutting back government spending too much too fast, saying it was taking...
IMF Head Lagarde in Court in Fraud Probe
(PARIS) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has appeared at a special Paris court to face questioning over a controversial arbitrage deal that...
IMF Chief Named Key Witness in French Payoff Case
(PARIS) — IMF chief Christine Lagarde says a Paris court has named her as a key witness in an investigation into a controversial payoff to an outspoken...
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The CDC says the current strain of bird flu cannot cause a pandemic, why is Chinese art underrepresented around the world and Germany has experienced its biggest...
Can This Woman Fix Europe?
On a chilly night in March, in a concrete building on the grand Avenue d'I*na in Paris, a silver-haired woman sits at an empty conference table. Most of the...
The IMF’s Christine Lagarde: Can She Fix Europe?
The head of the IMF was key to dealing with the Cyprus crisis. There’s more trouble for her to deal with
IMF Chief: Economic Meltdown in Cyprus Could Have ‘Contagion Risks’
Is any country too small to save? Not if it is part of the European Union, according to officials who hammered out a bailout deal early Saturday for the tiny...
Cyprus Banking Crisis: Will Russia Ride to the Rescue?
The Cyprus government is scrambling to find alternative ways to fund its part of a European Union bailout, including asking for help in Moscow, after the...
From Bad to Worse: Economic Woes May Compound Egypt’s Pain
The bad news for Egypt is that the deadly turmoil that has gripped the streets of some of the country's main cities since last Friday threatens to grow worse in...
Santiago Summit: Can Latin America Now Lecture Europe About Economics?
Latin America brings historic confidence to its economic summit with the battered EU in Chile this weekend, but its own precarious problems lie just beneath the...
On Europe’s Thanksgiving Menu: Stiffing Greece
EU’s failure to unblock loans to Athens and UK budget wrangles likely will make for a rancorous summit
‘Super Mario’ Rides to the Euro’s Rescue
Over the summer, Mario Draghi, the governor of the European Central Bank, told the world that he would do “whatever it takes” to save the euro. On Thursday, what...
The Real Problem With Offshore Tax Havens
Offshore tax havens are a hot topic these days – due in no small part to the Obama campaign’s attacks on Mitt Romney’s foreign holdings. But beyond that,...
Spain on Edge as Focus Shifts From Banks to State’s Finances
Spain got the green light from its European Union partners last Friday for a $120 billion bailout of its troubled banks. The approval came in record time for the...
