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The chief Saudi negotiator at the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen next month is pessimistic about the chances of the forum succeeding and has accused developed countries of protecting their own economic interests at the expense...
Tags: climate change, Saudi Arabia, Copenhagen, Kingdom, Mohammad Al-Sabban, finance ministers, g20 finance, Riyadh, Global warming, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, OPEC, United Nations Climate Change Conference, Carbon finance, Diplomatic conferences, Environment
The meeting follows a summit in Pittsburgh in September, where G20 leaders breathed a sigh of relief. The global economy had been badly damaged by the financial storms, but not demolished. Now, in St Andrews the Finance Minsters are getting stuck into...
Tags: finance ministers, fiscal stimulus, Scotland, Alistair Darling, climate change, g20 finance, St Andrews, global recovery, ministers met
In a draft proposal agreed in London, ministers backed the idea from the UK as an alternative to a formal cap on bonuses sought by some countries. Ministers also said they would continue financial support for the global economy despite some signs of recovery.
Tags: IMF, g20 finance, flaherty says, UK Citizens Advice Bureau, London, India, Jim Flaherty, tax havens, banks pay
Tesco PLC Thursday said it is expanding its retail-banking unit with plans to hire more than 800 staff in Glasgow, as the U.K. retail giant steps up its effort to create a full-service bank. Tesco's plan to set up a new customer service center in the...
Tags: Bank of Tesco, Outlook Tesco, Glasgow, customer services, finance minister, services centre, g20 finance, Alistair Darling
Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday that he will publicly declare his income and encouraged other officials to fight corruption by disclosing relatives' incomes and assets. Most government officials are obliged by law to declare their income...
Tags: Dmitry Medvedev, Russian, Mr Medvedev, president dmitry, moral debts, medvedev says, economic crisis, urged russia, finance ministers, g20 finance
We do not think much of the idea of a new package of measures" to underpin the economy, Merkel told a press conference in southern Munich after a meeting with employers. Splits have emerged ahead of a meeting in London Saturday of Group of 20 finance...
Tags: finance ministers, Robert Zoellick, London Summit, world banks, g20 finance, central banks, saharan africa, banks governor, World Bank, finance officials