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IMF Chief At Davos: 'I Am Here With My Little Bag, To Collect A Bit Of Money'

AP | PAN PYLAS | Posted 03.29.2012

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DAVOS, Switzerland — The head of the International Monetary Fund appeared to be making headway Saturday in her drive to boost the institution's ...

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IMF Head: World Economy In 'A Dangerous Situation'

Posted 12.25.2011

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PARIS (Reuters) - The head of the International Monetary Fund said the world economy was in danger and urged Europeans to speak with one voice on ...

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Book Claims Hotel Maid Propositioned Dominique Strauss-Kahn

AP | By JENNY BARCHFIELD | Posted 01.31.2012

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PARIS -- A new book purports to give Dominique Strauss-Kahn's version of events of what happened in that New York hotel suite. In "DSK Affairs: The S...

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Francois Hollande, French Presidential Candidate, Ready To Testify In DSK Case

AP | Posted 09.19.2011

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PARIS -- A French presidential hopeful says he is ready to answer investigators' questions about a writer's accusation that Dominique Strauss-Kahn tri...

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DSK Defense: We 'Will Not Negotiate'

Posted 09.13.2011

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Does DSK Have Hope For Post-Scandal 'Renaissance'?

AP | ELAINE GANLEY | Posted 09.11.2011

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PARIS — To the world's eyes, it's Dominique Strauss-Kahn's issues with women that seem the most likely obstacle to his return to French presiden...

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IMF Chief Predicts 'Real Nasty Consequences'

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 09.09.2011

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WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund's new chief foresees "real nasty consequences" for the U.S. and global economies if the U.S. fails ...

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn Rape Charge May Be Dropped (VIDEO)

Posted 09.04.2011

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Sexual assault charges against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn could be dropped in the next few weeks, according to sources close to the case ...

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Let's Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk at the IMF

Arturo Sarukhan | Posted 08.27.2011

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The Fund needs a leader who can gain the trust and cooperation not just of the major economies but also of emerging markets and low-income countries to adequately fulfill its mandate.

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From Paris to Panama: Why Women Must Speak Out Against Violence in the Workplace and at Home

Nell Merlino | Posted 08.16.2011

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This message -- that women in the workplace must stand up for themselves -- is one that Christine Lagarde has been trying to express during her campaign to head the IMF.

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Israel's Central Bank Chief Applies To Head IMF

AP | Posted 08.12.2011

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JERUSALEM -- Israel's central bank chief has applied to head the International Monetary Fund, the bank said Saturday, acknowledging that obstacles sta...

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French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde Likely To Be Next IMF Chief: Nikkei

Reuters | Posted 08.04.2011

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TOKYO (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde will likely become the next head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with backin...

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France's Lagarde Reportedly Proposes China Trip To Discuss IMF Bid

Posted 08.02.2011

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BEIJING - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde has proposed visiting China in early June, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday, a vi...

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As France's Lagarde Launches IMF Bid, China, Criticism Surfaces

Posted 07.25.2011

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PARIS/WASHINGTON (Jean-Baptiste Vey and Lesley Wroughton) - France's Christine Lagarde has entered the race to head the IMF despite anger in big e...

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Lagarde Set To Announce IMF Bid On Wedneday

Wall Street Journal | GERALDINE AMIEL | Posted 07.24.2011

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PARIS-French finance minister Christine Lagarde is set to announce her bid to become the next managing director of the International Monetary Fund on ...

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Simon Johnson: The Case For A Non-European IMF Leader

Bloomberg | Simon Johnson | Posted 07.24.2011

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The debate over choosing the next managing director of the International Monetary Fund is ostensibly about whether its succession process is transpare...

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France Says China Would Support French Candidate For IMF Chief

Posted 07.24.2011

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PARIS (Alexandria Sage) - China would support Finance Minister Christine Lagarde as the next IMF chief, the French government said on Tuesday, ba...

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Wall Street's Culture Of Aggressive Sexuality

Aljazeera | Danny Schechter | Posted 07.23.2011

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My colleague Mike Whitney asks: "What are the chances that Strauss-Kahn will get a fair trial now that he's been blasted as a serial sex offender in a...

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DSK Replacement Should Come From Developing World

HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 07.23.2011

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We simply need the institutions that govern the world's money to be representative of the world's people. Yet the way the Dominique Strauss-Kahn episode has been absorbed by the power centers reflects a tendency to accept the sorts of assigned roles the IMF and the World Bank generally view people outside the most powerful countries as: cheap hands to be exploited, miserable wretches to be pitied and perhaps aided or, most of the time, rounding errors on the ledger books of a global economy.

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'SNL': Strauss-Kahn's First Night In Jail

Posted 07.22.2011

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There's nothing us regular folk love more than seeing a ridiculously wealthy guy who thinks the rules don't apply to him have a bad time. So for the c...

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French See Dominique Strauss-Kahn As Victim Of Plot

AP | By ELAINE GANLEY | Posted 07.22.2011

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PARIS -- Forget what the New York prosecutor says about Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The doubters in France are legion and the country is abuzz with conspi...

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Strauss-Kahn: Powerful Men and the Women Who Defend Them

Anushay Hossain | Posted 07.19.2011

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Women have justified, condoned, covered up and rushed to defend philandering men since the beginning of time.

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World Bank Predicts An End To The Dollar's Dominance

The Huffington Post | Maxwell Strachan | Posted 05.25.2011

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The world economy, so long defined by the dominance of a few advanced countries, has entered a period of "transformative change," according to a new r...

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Simon Johnson: 7 Strong Emerging-Market Candidates For IMF Chief

Bloomberg | Simon Johnson | Posted 07.17.2011

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Even before the shocking events of the past few days, the international policy community had been contemplating a successor to Dominique Strauss-Kahn ...

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Large Bank Collapse Projected In US By Former IMF Chief

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The worst of the global financial crisis is yet to come and a large U.S. bank will fail in the next few months as the world's b...

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