Augustin Carstens

Spain leads the PIGS to IMF Debtor's Trough

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 08.16.2011

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Eric Ehrmann

Spain was dancing in the streets after winning the World Cup last year. Now, thanks to the Euro-zone economic crisis, crowds are protesting 21 percent unemployment, food price inflation and a shrinking middle class.

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Is Madame Lagarde the Ideal IMF Leader?

Georges Ugeux | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Christine Lagarde, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Madame Lagarde, Imf, Bailout, Greece, Emerging Markets, Augustin Carstens, Eurozone, Business News
Georges Ugeux

France considers the IMF top job as "theirs," and has provided a succession of quite remarkable leaders of the IMF. Whether that means the next one should be French was "beyond reasonable doubt" for the Elysée Palace.

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Mexico Swine Flu Stimulus Plan Announced To "Rebuild Confidence" In Mexican Goods, Services

AP | MARK STEVENSON and JAMES ANDERSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mexico, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Mexico Flu Stimulus, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Stimulus, Swine Flu, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu Mexico, Flu, Flu Pandemic, Augustin Carstens, Felipe Calderon, World News

MEXICO CITY — Mexico emerged from its swine flu isolation Tuesday as thousands of newspaper vendors, salesmen hawking trinkets and even panhandl...

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