Sunday, October 24, 2010

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G20 inks pact to avert trade war (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 10:45 PM PDT

Reuters - The Group of 20 major economies agreed on Saturday to shun competitive currency devaluations but stopped short of setting targets to reduce trade imbalances that are clouding global growth prospects.

Geithner says China engaged on forex: report (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:10 AM PDT

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks during a news conference after the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Gyeongju, southeast of Seoul, October 23, 2010. REUTERS/Nicky LohReuters - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said China will continue to move toward exchange rate flexibility and is now actively engaged on global foreign exchange issues.

Office Depot paying $1M to settle SEC charges (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 04:15 PM PDT

AP - Office Depot Inc. on Thursday agreed to pay $1 million to settle federal charges that it overstated earnings and shared information with a select group that it failed to include in public filings.

Geithner heads to China with forex demand (AFP)

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 04:17 AM PDT

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner attends the first session of the G-20 Financial Ministers and Central Governors meeting on October 22, in Gyeongju, South Korea. Geithner pressed emerging economies to allow their currencies to appreciate and raise domestic demand to help rebalance distorted global growth.(AFP/Getty Images/Chung Sung-Jun)AFP - US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was to head to China Sunday bearing a demand for emerging economies to let their currencies appreciate, following fractious G20 talks in South Korea.

Saudi payout eases Palestinian funding crisis: Fayyad (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 04:29 AM PDT

Reuters - A pledge of $100 million from Saudi Arabia and other international aid is easing the Palestinian Authority's (PA) financial crisis, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said on Sunday.

Pirates seize 2 ships off Kenya (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 08:15 AM PDT

In this undated photo released Sunday Oct. 24, 2010, by Interunity Management Corporation SA, (IMC) showing the MV York merchant vessel which was boarded by suspected Somali pirates approximately 90 nautical miles from Mombasa, Kenya, on Saturday Oct. 23, 2010. A distress signal from the vessel was received Saturday as the York sailed between Mombasa and Mahe, Seychelles, with 17 crew aboard, and is now believed to be headed towards Somalia under the control of pirates. (AP Photo/IMC) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - Pirates seized a German freight ship off the coast of Kenya on Sunday — the second foreign vessel to be captured in the region in as many days, officials said.

Greek PM vows 'no new cuts' (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 06:32 AM PDT

A newspaper stand owner holds a banner outside the Finance Ministry in Athens on Fridfay demanding better profit margins. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has vowed that the revival of the country's ailing economy will require no new pay cuts and tax hikes after he brought in deeply unpopular austerity measures.(AFP/File/Angelos Tzortzinis)AFP - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou promised Sunday that the revival of the country's ailing economy would require no new pay cuts and tax hikes after bringing in deeply unpopular austerity measures.
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