Reuters – European Union leaders will call at a summit next week for the world’s 20 biggest economies (G20) to agree in April to substantially boost funds available to the International Monetary Fund, draft conclusions of the meeting showed.
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EU leaders to ask G20 to back higher IMF funds
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Reuters – President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign regularly rips Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney for his economic policies. On Tuesday, it added former Senator Rick Santorum to its list of top targets.
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In shift, Obama campaign targets Santorum on economy
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Reuters – U.S. Senators said in Cairo on Monday they hoped for a swift end to a row over U.S. pro-democracy activists accused of working illegally in Egypt and said they were committed to help Egypt nurture its democratic institutions and rebuild its economy.
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U.S. Senators in Cairo want swift end to NGO case
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Reuters – China’s leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping on Friday swiped away fears that his country’s economic growth could stumble, and turned to courting American companies, film-makers and governors hungry for a slice of that growth on the final day of his U.S. visit.
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China’s Xi sells U.S. trade elixir, personal chemistry
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Reuters – The number of Americans filing for new unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell to a near four-year low last week, suggesting the labor market recovery was quickening.
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Jobs, factory data strengthen growth outlook
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Reuters – Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore wants to end the default practice of quarterly earnings guidance and explore issuing loyalty-driven securities as part of an overhaul of capitalism which he says has turned many of the world’s largest economies into hotbeds of irresponsible short-term investment.
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Al Gore takes aim at "unsustainable" capitalism
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Reuters – China’s leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping wooed and warned the United States on Wednesday, offering deeper cooperation on trade and global troublespots while demanding Washington heed Beijing’s demands on Tibet and other contentious “core interests.”
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China leader-in-waiting Xi woos and warns U.S
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Reuters – President Barack Obama kept up his attack on Chinese trade practices during a campaign-style visit on Wednesday to a Midwest factory, where his call to bring jobs back home was intended to resonate with voters in an election year.
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Obama takes fresh aim at China, touts "insourcing"
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Reuters – From new homes in slums to cash for struggling mothers, Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez is unleashing a flood of state spending to try to tip the balance in what looks like the toughest presidential election of his political career.
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Insight: Post-election hangover looms for Venezuela economy
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Reuters – The international economic outlook is showing tentative signs of improvement, with the momentum shift spreading from the United States and Japan to other developed countries, the OECD’s December survey of growth prospects showed on Monday.
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OECD flags signs of broader upturn in economic outlook
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