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Britain rallies G20 on climate change

AFP - 1 hour 24 mins ago

ST ANDREWS (AFP) - Hosts Britain urged G20 finance ministers to put aside their differences and strike a deal on climate funding on Saturday despite fading hopes for an accord at key UN talks next month. More »

Brown says G20 should consider transactions tax
AFP - 2 hours 15 mins ago
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on the G20 here Saturday to consider a tax on financial transactions to make banks more accountable to society. More »
Sri Lanka buying gold 'to diversify reserves'
AFP - 2 hours 43 mins ago
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka's central bank on Saturday said it has been buying gold to diversify its reserves amid volatile currency markets, days after India announced it had purchased 200 tonnes of the precious metal. More »
PM Suggests 'Bank Tax' To Protect Public
SkyNews - 3 hours 4 mins ago
Gordon Brown has called on G20 leaders to consider a tax on financial transactions to protect taxpayers and make banks more accountable. More »
Brown in call for global 'contract'
Press Assoc. - 3 hours 41 mins ago
Gordon Brown has called for a new global "economic and social contract" with the financial institutions to ensure taxpayers around the world will never again have to bear the cost of banking failure. More »
Darling pushes for G20 climate deal
Press Assoc. - 5 hours 9 mins ago
Chancellor Alistair Darling has urged the world's most powerful finance ministers to treat climate change with the same urgency they gave to the world economic turmoil. More »
Ten percent jobless rate adds to pressure on Obama
AFP - 5 hours 12 mins ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The jump in US unemployment above 10 percent for the first time since 1983 will pressure President Barack Obama to find additional stimulus to keep a fragile economic recovery on track, analysts say. More »
HSBC slashes prize money of Women's Champions
AFP - 8 hours 25 mins ago
SHANGHAI (AFP) - Global banking giant HSBC said it was renewing its sponsorship of the Women's Champions tournament for the next three years, but prize money would be slashed. More »
Darling says climate change deal 'essential'
ITN - 9 hours 55 mins ago
Alistair Darling says a deal to tackle climate change is "essential", as he prepares for a summit with international finance ministers. More »