Business leaders see EU recession drawing to a close

IMF warns G20 on cutting economic support

By: voiceofkashmir

WASHINGTON: The global economic recovery is uneven and the timing of any exit strategies should err toward supporting demand, according to an International Monetary Fund paper prepared for the G20.In the document prepared for a meeting of Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers in Scotland, the IMF stressed the fragility of the global ...

about 1 month ago

President Barack Obama's stimulus plan cannot reach all industries

By: christopherbutler

Eastern Connecticut once was the Mecca of the textile industry, with active and occupied mills and factories on nearly every street corner that came to define the town. Thousands of western European immigrants traveled just to the area for the certainty of a paying occupation in the textiles, in mills thriving from Danielson to ...

about 1 month ago

Is the Afghanistan War Part of Obama's Stimulus Program?

By: relentlessliberal

 For eight long months President Obama has been wrestling with the request of his commanding general in Afghanistan for at least 40,000 more American troops to reinforce the 68,000 already there alongside the 50,000 NATO soldiers.  Virtually the entire foreign-policy establishment has been tied up in a series of eight long meetings ...

25 days ago

World Bank Group President Zoellick Launches Global Urban Strategy at ...

By: chnarendra

World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick today joins senior officials from the Government of Singapore to launch a new global urban strategy that will guide Bank advisory services and financing in the sector over the next decade.   The launch comes at the inaugural World Bank–Singapore Infrastructure Finance Summit, a landmark ...

28 days ago