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17 May 2011 08:29:13 GMTFinance Chiefs Mull Next IMF Director
Finance ministers sought to bolster confidence in the International Monetary Fund as they began discussing a successor to Managing Director Dominique Strauss- Kahn, who was jailed on charges including attempted rape.
17 May 2011 03:16:11 GMTFinance Ministers Back IMF as Discussions Turn to Strauss-Kahn Successor
Finance ministers sought to bolster confidence in the International Monetary Fund as they began discussing a successor to Managing Director Dominique Strauss- Kahn , who was jailed on charges including attempted rape.
18 May 2011 14:25:37 GMTFinance minister to keep job in new cabinet
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will stay in his job, as expected, when Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces his new cabinet later on Wednesday, a government source said.
18 May 2011 17:00:08 GMTFlaherty remains finance minister
The tax-cutting fiscal conservative who steered Canada's economy through the global financial crisis is keeping his job as finance minister after the Conservative Party won the May 2 election.
18 May 2011 14:31:07 GMTJim Flaherty stays finance minister in new cabinet
Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will stay in his job, as expected, when Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces his new cabinet later Wednesday, a government source said.
16 May 2011 22:36:10 GMTHighlights: Comments after euro zone finance ministers meet
Euro zone finance ministers approved a 78 billion euro ($110 billion) bailout for Portugal but as a condition of the deal insisted that Lisbon ask private bondholders to maintain their exposure to its debt.
16 May 2011 13:37:56 GMTComments by EU finance ministers, officials
Euro zone finance ministers are likely to back a bailout package for Portugal on Monday, with new conditions set by Finland.
16 May 2011 17:14:30 GMTEU Finance Ministers Approve 78 Billion-Euro Bailout Package for Portugal
European Union finance ministers cleared the way for Portugal to receive 78 billion euros ($111 billion) in aid, making it the third euro-area country to fall back on official loans.
17 May 2011 22:44:43 GMTNew GOP 'super PAC' tests limits of campaign finance laws
A recently formed outside money group is testing the limits of independent political spending, alarming campaign finance reform advocates.
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Economic History

18 May 2011 18:53:17 GMTThousands protest economic crisis, high unemployment in Spain
Protests against Spain's economic crisis took a new turn Wednesday as social media networks fueled calls for demonstrators to take to the streets before local elections a few days away.
18 May 2011 07:24:05 GMTColorado economic project reveals regional, statewide issues
The Hickenlooper administration's "ground-up" economic-development planning has Colorado counties focusing on ideas such as a Winter Olympics bid and wind farms and power lines on the Eastern Plains.
18 May 2011 04:26:32 GMTEconomic summit refines strategic goals
Participants in the latest economic development summit had a lot of questions answered but left with new ones to consider.
18 May 2011 16:11:37 GMTDarrell Delamaide's Political Capital: Hot-button economic issues tearing apart GOP
Democrats hang back as Republicans try to thread the needle of reconciling economic policy proposals grounded in GOP ideology with the realities of a 2012 presidential race.
18 May 2011 03:20:11 GMTNZ economic activity slips in March quarter
Nationwide economic activity fell per cent during the March quarter, the National Bank says in its latest Regional Trends bank says eight regions recorded a rise in economic activity during the March quarter, with...
17 May 2011 21:45:44 GMTEconomic data suggests soft patch continues
. factory output slipped for the first time in 10 months in April as a shortage of parts from Japan crimped activity and home building slumped, showing the economy got off to a weak start in the second quarter.
18 May 2011 16:58:35 GMTA look at economic developments around the globe
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Wednesday: ------ LONDON -- Strong earnings from computer maker Dell supported stock markets but concerns about the pace of the . economic recovery limited the gains, particularly on Wall Street.
17 May 2011 16:34:09 GMTHomebuilders missing out on economic recovery
For homebuilders, it hardly feels like an economic recovery. Nearly two years after the recession ended, the pace of construction is inching along at less than half the level considered healthy. Single-family home building, the bulk of the market, has dropped 11 percent in that time.
18 May 2011 05:39:53 GMTAsian markets shrug off weak US economic data
Asian stock markets shrugged off weak . economic figures Wednesday as signs emerged in Japan of a quickening recovery from the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country's industrial northeast.
17 May 2011 11:55:44 GMTGerman Economic Sentiment Falls For Third Month
Economic sentiment in Germany weakened for the third consecutive month in May on expectations that any further improvement in activity is unlikely amid rising inflationary pressures.
 
 

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