At a summit in Iqaluit, northern Canada, Canada's Minister of Finance, James M. Flaherty, announced a pledge by the G7 Nations to cancel Haiti's bilateral debt. The announcement follows Haiti's devastating 7.0...
" Finance ministers at a G7 meeting in Italy said raising barriers to free trade would make the downturn worse. Hours earlier, the US Congress approved an $787bn economic recovery plan that includes a 'Buy...
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G7 finance ministers began a critical meeting today in Washington to address the "ongoing turmoil" in global financial markets: "Finance ministers and central bank officials from leading industrialized nations have kicked off a critical meeting at the U.S. Treasury Department...
American President George W. Bush has "offered assurances" to the world that the U.S. government is 'doing all it can' to help keep its economy from tanking any further but, so far, the world remains unconvinced....
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Washington, DC – The streets around the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) buildings were locked down this weekend for a meeting between the Group of Seven, World Bank and the IMF. Police and...
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According to the Bloomberg, Europe is seen preparing a draft
that offers a warning that delay of a Bank of Japan's rate hike could
further distort the Yen rate. It says a draft prepared for European Union's Juncker who is....
" Sure the U.S. has a low tax regime in place for its manufacturing businesses. Lots of tax credits too at the municipal and state level, corporate welfare. Still their productivity is down. And why is that you ask. Because unlike Canada, the State does not pay for benefits. ...
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" Mr. Kapur has explained that among countries that function as “plutonomies” — a category that encompasses the U.S., the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada — economic growth is powered by the increasingly wealthy, who dominate both income and...
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"Ok enough whining and calls for more tax breaks out of the Business Lobby; the Canadian Taxpayers (sic) Federation, the NCC and the Fraser Institute. Here are the facts ma'am; Canada still cheapest in G7 for business"
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