The Guardian:
She's Latin America's hottest singer with fans around the world. But in her native Colombia Shakira is as well known for her work with the country's poorest children. Euan Ferguson meets a popstar with real attitudeSomething (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
The European Central Bank announced its first active step to unwind the stimulus measures it has used to support the financial sector since the global crisis last year. (Read More)
The Guardian:
Investment bank under fire again as investors protest at record bonuses of $717,000 eachGoldman Sachs has had to defend itself from angry taxpayers, regulators, the government – and now its own shareholders.Some of the US inv (Read More)
WSJ.com: What's News US:
The European Central Bank announced its first active step to unwind the stimulus measures it has used to support the financial sector since the global crisis last year. (Read More)
The Economist: Daily news and views:
Is Japan back in a deflationary trap?WHILE investors have been fretting recently about Japan’s huge debt, another of the dreaded D-words has come back to haunt them. On Friday November 20th, Japan’s Cabinet Office issued a mo (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Shadow foreign secretary says French newspapers reported peer got foreign minister post in return for assurance that French MEP would become commission vice-presidentWilliam Hague today suggested the appointment of the Britis (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Friday that the global economy is far from a self-sustainable recovery. "It's too early to say we're beyond the crisis. We're still quite far away fro (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble said Friday that the global economy is far from a self-sustainable recovery. "It's too early to say we're beyond the crisis. We're still quite far away from (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- Axel Weber, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank, defended the role of regulators and monetary policy on Friday, saying they were not to blame for the global financial crisis. "Monetary policy was n (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
Twenty years after the launch of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, we must do more to listen to vulnerable childrenTo 13-year-old Mumo Katumo, the anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is an (Read More)
Reuters:
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Bankers and regulators should learn the lessons of the global financial crisis and drive through changes to prevent future breakdowns, financiers said on Friday.
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Wall Street Journal:
By Susan DavisA New Kind of Declaration: Christian activists are holding a new conference today at the National Press Club to release the “Manhattan Declaration.” The 4,700-plus word document has over 125 original signers and (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Richard Lambert says even the Conservatives are not ambitious enough about cutting the Britain's deficitRichard Lambert can see for himself the hole into which public money is being poured. Outside the CBI's offices in London (Read More)
www.ft.com:
Growth in the number of women on FTSE 100 boards has stalled over the past year, in spite of concern that male domination of the corporate world may have contributed to the global financial crisis. (Read More)
The Guardian:
Trade and the revaluation of the yuan still loom large as US president's visit comes to an endThere were no great announcements and no magical breakthroughs. But Barack Obama was taking the long view as he rounded off his thr (Read More)
The Guardian:
'We participated in things that were clearly wrong and have reason to regret,' Lloyd Blankfein said. 'We apologise.'The head of Goldman Sachs has apologised for the Wall Street titan's role in helping to create the financial (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Goldman Sachs said late Tuesday that it would provide $500 million to support small businesses, hours after its CEO Lloyd Blankfein apologized for the group’s role in the global financial crisis.
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The Guardian:
America's relationship with China is deepening and 'on the cusp of moving forward', two leaders sayBarack Obama met the Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao, in the capital today, in talks that were expected to focus on trade and othe (Read More)
FT.com - Brussels, Competition:
European bankers have warned that excessive regulation in response to the global financial crisis will endanger growth, although some international officials insist tougher rules and an end to taxpayer-funded bank bail-outs a (Read More)