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Pound extends losses vs dollar after Europe election

June 8, 2009 : Permalink

guardian.co.uk – Sterling fell against the dollar to near a two-week low on Monday after a collapse of support for the UK’s ruling Labour Party in the European election raised the chances of further challenges to Prime Minister Gordon Brown. […]

G-20 Nations OK $1.1 Tril. in Emergency Loans

April 3, 2009 : Permalink

The Ledger – Anxiously assembled at the most perilous moment for the global economy since the Great Depression, the world’s financial powers pledged more than $1 trillion Thursday for emergency loans to combat spreading chaos. But they rebuffed President Barack […]

Darling Predicts Agreement on Hedge Funds, IMF at G-20 Summit

April 3, 2009 : Permalink

Bloomberg – The Group of 20 leaders will agree on new rules to rein in hedge funds and may more than double the resources of the International Monetary Fund, U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said. “There is a […]

EU Leaders Discuss Stance on Hedge Fund Regulation

February 24, 2009 : Permalink

New York (HedgeCo.Net) – Hedge fund regulation was the hot topic at this past weekend’s meeting of European Union leaders, when German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted a summit in Berlin discussing ways to curtail the financial crisis. Merkel joined leaders […]

Brown wants more scrutiny of hedge funds

February 20, 2009 : Permalink

Reuters UK – Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Thursday for greater regulation of hedge funds. Speaking in Rome after a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi ahead of April’s G20 summit, Brown also said leaders would focus their […]