Oil climbs as dollar sags
Associated Press NEW YORK — Oil prices climbed on Monday as the dollar fell against the euro and other currencies. Benchmark crude rose 91 cents…
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World stocks up as G-20 vows to avoid currency war
Carlo Piavano Associated Press LONDON — World stocks rose and the dollar slumped Monday after global finance chiefs vowed to avoid a currency war that…
IMF Head Says Officials at G20 Agreed on “Biggest Reform Ever”
Rebecca Christie and Rainer Buergin Bloomberg Group of 20 nations agreed on an overhaul of the International Monetary Fund that gives a larger voice to…
G20 struggles to find common ground on currency war, triggers US push for trade caps
Finance ministers from the Group of 20 nations struggled to agree on how to prevent a currency war on Friday, with the United States switching…
Geithner’s Goal: Rebalanced World Economy
Reuters Damian Paletta and David Wessel The Wall Street Journal Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said he would use weekend meetings of G-20 finance ministers to…
IMF chief warns recovery ‘in peril’
AFP The head of the IMF on Monday warned central bankers that the global recovery would be “in peril” if the world’s major economies do…
G20 protester barred from speaking to press as condition of bail
Alex Hundert (source: Raw Story) Muriel Kane Raw Story A man accused of having incited violent protests at the G20 economic summit in Toronto last…
25 sue city, police over G-20 arrests
Bill Vidonic Pittsburgh Tribune Review Some of the more than 100 people arrested during Oakland demonstrations a year ago this week say police pepper-sprayed them…
Our Government is Outsourcing Democracy
“This stuff’s getting scary… on the news last night, they were saying that “international banking rules kick in in December”… the result of the G20….
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Activists speak out against Toronto Police alleged sexual harassment
Digital Journal At a press conference at the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre, several activists spoke out about their experiences at the detention centre during the…
(VIDEO) Ian Tomlinson death: police officer will not face criminal charges
Vikram Dodd and Paul Lewis The Guardian The police officer caught on video during last year’s G20 protests striking a man who later died will not face criminal charges,…