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Bush Warns of Aggressive Economic Regulation

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 -- After presiding over some of the most dramatic market interventions in U.S. history over the past two months, President Bush came to Wall Street on Thursday to urge world leaders not to venture too far down a path of government interference in capitalist economies.

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.

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Brown: major countries must cut taxes now

Gordon Brown tonight called on the world's most powerful industrial nations to agree a programme of immediate and coordinated tax cuts to prevent the global economy sliding deeper into recession . Arriving in New York for this weekend's unprecedented gathering of the leaders of the world's...

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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....

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Brown's foreign policy agenda for Obama

Gordon Brown yesterday used his first foreign policy speech since Barack Obama's election to hail his victory as America's "dawn of hope" and a rejection of the unilateralism of George Bush. The prime minister called for a progressive multilateralism in which "cooperation, not...

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Gordon Brown: America has embraced the values of progress

Gordon Brown: The election of Obama has inspired millions around the world. It shows how voters need government to provide security in troubled times

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Gordon Brown to push for world trade deal before George Bush leaves office

Gordon Brown has won the agreement of senior aides to Barack Obama to try to secure a world trade deal before President Bush quits the White House in January. Brown is to raise the issue at a meeting of world leaders being convened by Bush on the economic crisis in Washington next Saturday. The business...

Posted to guardian.co.uk (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-06-2008
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.

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Fresh Glitz Amid Britain's Gloom

LONDON, Oct. 30 -- Just in front of the crowd jammed into Tiffany, next to the champagne bar packed with shoppers sipping $15 fizzy peach Bellinis, not far from the florist selling $175 orchids, Bea Huguet rested for a moment on a brand-new leather couch.

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Around the World, the Signs Of Slowdown Spiral Outward

Pessimism about the global economy deepened yesterday as fresh evidence of a worldwide slowdown showed up in feeble corporate profit reports from Asia, sinking commodities prices, and a scramble by emerging economies to prop up their sagging currencies and avert credit defaults.

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