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Britain rallies G20 on climate change

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

    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'

    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'

    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

    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

    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'

    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 »

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