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IMF Global Financial Stability Report Puts Financial Losses At $4.1 Trillion

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.22.2009 | Business

Read More: International Monetary Fund, Economy, Global Financial Stability Report, Financial Crisis, Imf, Global Economic Crisis, World Economy, World Economic Losses, Business News

WASHINGTON — Losses at financial institutions could approach $4.1 trillion worldwide, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday as it urged c...

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Voices Struggling to Be Heard: Access to Information and the World Bank

Chad Dobson | Posted 05.21.2009 | Business

Read More: G20 Summit, Economy, Multilateral Development Banks, g20-London, World Bank, Imf, Market Meltdown, Structural Adjustment Loans, Gordon Brown, Egypt, Bretton Woods System, Financial Crisis, Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis, Freedom of Information, Ifi, Business News

An improved disclosure policy requires a shift in thinking and a new business approach from the World Bank.

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Cheney is Dead Wrong: Obama's Fundamental Reset of American Foreign Policy Will Make America Safer and More Prosperous

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cuba Travel Ban, Washington Consensus, Latin America, Cia, Trade, Market Fundamentalism, Military Intervention, Imf, Drug Interdiction, Obama Foreign Policy, Cuba Embargo, Caribbean, Neoconservatives, Cuba, Multi-Lateralism, Torture, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Politics News

Obama's recent trips to the G-20 and the Summit of the Americas have underscored his fundamental realignment of American foreign policy.

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Haiti Donors Conference: A New Paradigm or New Packaging?

Monika Kalra Varma | Posted 05.20.2009 | World

Read More: Bill Clinton, Donor Conference, Ban Ki-Moon, World Bank, Imf, Hillary Clinton, Haiti, Idb, World News

International leaders gathered in Washington, DC this past week to pledge assistance to Haiti through the Haiti.Now, the rhetoric of partnership with Haiti needs to be actualized.

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Paul Krugman Angers Austria's Bankers, Politicians by Stating the Obvious

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Great Depression, Austria, International Monetary Fund, Banking Crisis, Imf, Global Financial Crisis, Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize, Global Economic Crisis, Business News

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman stirred the ire and indignation of Austria's political and financial establishment by merely stating the obvious. No European state is in as precarious a state as Austria.

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Japan Pledges $1B To Pakistan At Donors Conference

The Mainichi Daily News | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistan Terrorism, President Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan Economy, Pakistan, World Bank, Prime Minister Taro Aso, Taliban, Imf, Afghanistan, United States, Tokyo, Japan, Pakistan Donors Conference, Islamic Insurgency, Tokyo-Japan, World News

Countries supporting Pakistan are set to pledge a total of about 4 billion dollars (about 400 billion yen) in aid to the country over the next two yea...

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No Blank Check for the IMF

Robert Weissman | Posted 05.14.2009 | Business

Read More: No Blank Check, Economic-Contraction, Economic Stimulus, Imf, G20 Summit, Bailout, g20, Business News

The IMF is forcing countries in financial distress to pursue contractionary policies -- exactly the opposite of the stimulative policies carried out by the rich countries (and supported by the IMF.)

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IMF Nightmare Forecast: Economic Crisis Creates $4 Trillion In Toxic Assets

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Toxic Assets, Financial Crisis, Imf, Nouriel Roubini, International Monetary Fund, International-Monetary-Fund, Global Economic Crisis, Business News

If there are any doubts remaining as to the severity of the global economic crisis, this most current estimate of the rot eating away at the global financial architecture should set them aside.

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Viagra Diplomacy

John Feffer | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Nato, G-20 Summit, Nuclear Weapons, Afghanistan, International Monetary Fund, Imf, g20, G-20, World News

NATO and the IMF should just retire gracefully and let a new generation of institutions take their place.

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Is the IMF Helping Iceland?

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Why are the countries that have accepted IMF assistance in the past -- such as South Korea and Argentina -- so bitter over the experience?

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IMF Urges Eastern Europe To Adopt Euro Without Joining Eurozone

Financial Times | Posted 05.07.2009 | World

Read More: Eurozone Inflation, Eu Rejects Eastern Europe Rescue Plan, Eastern Europe, International Monetary Fund, IMF Bailout, Imf, European Union, Eurozone, Eastern Europe Economy, Europe, IMF Credit Crisis, Euro, Global Financial Crisis, World News

Crisis-hit European Union states in central and eastern Europe should consider scrapping their currencies in favour of the euro even without formally ...

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Too Soon to Declare a New World Order

Ann Pettifor | Posted 05.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Regulatory Reform, Deregulation, Globalization, Imf, Global Financial Crisis, G-20 Summit, New-World-Order, Business News

I am willing to bet that the group of 20 leaders will very likely fail in their aim of stabilizing the global economy.

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NGO Leaders Challenge G-20 Summit To Expand Scope

Huffington Post Contributors | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: Greenpeace International, G8, Rich Versus Poor Countries, Plan International, Global Economy, G20 Summit, Low Income Countries, International Save the Children Alliance, Third World, President Barack Obama, Action Aid, World Bank, Imf, China, Amnesty International, London, Care International, Unemployment, Global Financial Crisis, World Vision International, Global Poverty, Oxfam International, g20, G-20, G-20 Summit, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, World News

By: Irene Khan - Secretary General, Amnesty International Dr Gerd Leipold - Executive Director, Greenpeace International Jeremy Hobbs - Executive Dir...

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G-20 Leaders To Give $1 Trillion To IMF, World Bank

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: G-20 Summit, G-20 Imf, G-20 Financial Crisis, Imf, G-20, G-20 to Give $1 Trillion to Imf, World Bank, g20 Leaders Names 2009, Site:www.huffingtonpost.com 2009 g20 Leaders Give, Who Are the g20 Leaders, g20 Results: More Oversight and $1 Trillion for World Economy, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, World News

LONDON — Anxiously assembled at the most perilous moment for the global economy since the Great Depression, the world's financial powers pledged...

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Medvedev: 'Super Currency' Should Replace Dollar

New York Times | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Russia Reserve Currency, China Super Reserve Currency, International Monetary Fund, Reserve Currency, Imf, China Reserve Currency, g20, G-20, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, Russia Super Currency, Medvedev Super Currency, China Super Currency, Super Currency, World News

So much for that fresh start. Barely 24 hours after announcing that Russia and the United States would cooperate on a host of long-simmering issues, ...

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G-20 Leaders Eye More IMF Funds, Tighter Regulations (VIDEO)

AP | JANE WARDELL | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

Read More: g20 Regulation, G20 Summit, France, g20 Imf, England, International Monetary Fund, London, g20, G-20, Obama Europe, g20 2009, Germany, Imf, G-20 Summit, Obama London, Foreign Affairs, G-20 Video, g20 Video, Video, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, World News

LONDON — Leaders from around the globe made headway Thursday on tackling the world's worst financial crisis since the 1930s, with signs of agree...

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G-20: Welcome to the Multi-Polar World

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama G-20, Global Economy, Latin America, Central America, IMF Funding, Bretton Woods, World Bank, Imf, G-20, Global Economic Crisis, G-20 Summit, Africa, IMF Bailout, G-20 Europe, Neoliberalism, Economic Failure, Globaliation, Politics News

The run-up to the G-20 meeting has been interesting and colorful. President Lula Da Silva of Brazil declared that "this crisis was caused by the irrat...

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Inclusive Capitalism Not Economic Colonialism: the G20 and the Future

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Microcredit, Colonialism, Poverty, Muhammad Yunus, Microfinance, World Bank, Economy, g20, Financial Crisis, Imf, Capitalism, London-United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Business News

We have seen what happens when Capitalism runs amok and is not inclusive. The problem is not capitalism, it is greed and the lack of the human element.

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Challenging the Dogma of Yesterday's Men

Ann Pettifor | Posted 04.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Alternative Economists, Washington-Concensus, Larry Summers, Imf, President-Lula, Liberal Economists, Tim Geithner, Economy, Business News

If white bankers and economists have angered US citizens and roiled Congress, we should have the humility to understand how much more they have angered people in far away countries.

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The Most Evil Corporations, Industries and Orgs

Rob Kall | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Corporate Crime, Nationalization, Newscorp, Exxon Mobil, Fox News, Imf, Evil, Corporate Greed, Government Ownership, Monsanto, Business News

In these trying economic times, when new ideas and approaches must be developed, maybe it is time we identify and deal with the real enemies of the good, of humanity and the earth.

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Geithner "Open" To China 'Super Currency' Proposal

Politico | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geithner, Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner Treasury Secretary, International Monetary Fund, Tim Geithner, IMF Bailout, Imf, China Super Currency, Timothy Geithner, Super Currency, China, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Politics News

Geithner, at the Council on Foreign Relations, said the U.S. is "open" to a headline-grabbing proposal by the governor of the China's central bank, wh...

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Romania Becomes Third Eastern EU Country To Be Bailed Out

The Guardian | David Gow | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: International Monetary Fund, International Economic Crisis, European Economic Crisis, Romania Bailout, European Union, Romanian Bailout, Global Economic Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, World Bank, Eastern Europe, Romania, IMF Bailout, Imf, Eastern Europe Economy, Europe, European Bailout, Romania Economy, World News

The European Union, IMF and World Bank today bailed out Romania with a €20bn (£18.5bn) loan in return for severe cuts in public spending and wages....

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U.S. Injecting Billions Into Foreign Central Banks

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Central Banks, International Monetary Fund, Foreign Central Banks, European Central Banks, Federal Reserve, Central Bank Liquidity Swaps, Imf, Politics News

For more than a year, the U.S. Federal Reserve System has been increasingly acting as the world's central bank, injecting hundreds of billions of doll...

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Poor Countries Hit By Second Wave Of Economic Downturn

The Economist | Posted 04.12.2009 | World

Read More: Global Credit Crunch, Global Financial Crisis, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Africa, Nigeria, Imf, Poor, Tanzania, Global Economic Crisis, World News

"POOR countries are innocent," says Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Nigerian managing director of the World Bank. They did not contribute one jot to the glob...

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Iceland's Crisis: What Went Wrong?

Vanity Fair | Michael Lewis | Posted 04.03.2009 | World

Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Iceland Finance, European Financial Crisis, International Monetary Fund, IMF Bailout, Reykjavik, Iceland Financial Crisis, Imf, European Union, Iceland Financial Collapse, Europe, Iceland, World News

Just after October 6, 2008, when Iceland effectively went bust, I spoke to a man at the International Monetary Fund who had been flown in to Reykjaví...

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