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As Summit Starts, Emerging Economies Gain New Clout

When world leaders gathered last night for a White House dinner on the eve of a major economic summit, the faces around the table were not just those of the Europeans and Japanese who normally mix in the highest circles of diplomacy. This time, heads of state from the across the developing world,...

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-14-2008
Toward a New International Capitalism

"This is a decisive moment for the global economy," President Bush declared yesterday in New York as leaders from the 20 largest economies headed toward Washington for an emergency meeting on the unfolding global economic crisis.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-13-2008
Global Deals in Works On Eve of G-20 Summit

Nations are close to adopting a series of measures aimed at combating a global recession and laying the groundwork for a broad reconstruction of the international financial system, as world leaders arrive in Washington for a major economic summit this weekend.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-13-2008
Many Seats, Agendas At Global Roundtable

World leaders will meet in Washington this weekend for a summit on the global financial crisis, the largest gathering of presidents and prime ministers here since NATO's 50th anniversary celebration in 1999. But overshadowing the emergency conference is a leadership vacuum that is fundamentally....

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-12-2008
Across the Country, 'It's Like a New Aura'

On the morning after, Teddy Andrews knew there was one place he needed to go to commemorate Barack Obama's historic triumph: the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where 40 years ago, before hundreds of thousands of African Americans, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. voiced his soaring dream of racial...

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-05-2008
Republicans Confront Formidable Task Ahead

For the first time in 16 years, Republicans will wake up this morning shut out on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, and party leaders are already girding for the recriminations.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-04-2008
Discord on Economies In a World Of Trouble

Presidents and prime ministers from major countries around the world will gather in Washington in two weeks to begin heated negotiations over the shape of global financial regulation as they scramble to avoid a deep worldwide recession and restore confidence in markets.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-01-2008
Bush Reserved as E.U. Leaders Assert Power in Crisis

In France, President Nicolas Sarkozy has loudly proclaimed the need to increase regulation and oversight of financial markets, vowing on Thursday to "refound the global financial system" as part of "an intellectual and moral revolution."

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 10-24-2008
Sarkozy Calls for Revamping of Capitalist System

BRUSSELS, Oct. 16 -- European leaders on Thursday urged that a pending international summit carry out an urgent overhaul of the world's financial architecture and impose new controls on freewheeling bankers and traders. U.S. officials pledged that all good ideas would get an airing but hinted of...

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G-8 Nations Plan Summit On Global Financial Rules

BRUSSELS, Oct. 15 -- The Group of Eight major industrialized nations announced Wednesday that they will convene a summit to plan changes in the regulation and structure of the world financial industry in hopes of heading off future economic turmoil.

Posted to washingtonpost.com (Weblog) by washingtonpost.com on 10-15-2008

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