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24.11.2008, 18:56
It could take two more years to tackle the world financial crisis. That's the message coming from the twenty-one nations attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru. The leaders signed a final declaration backing free trade and higher s
26.11.2008, 03:15
President Dmitry Medvedev aims to increase Russia-Brazil trade to $US 10 billion within the next few years. He made a statement to that effect at a Tuesday meeting with Russian and Brazilian businessmen.
26.11.2008, 20:19
Russians and Brazilians will now be able to visit each other’s countries without having to obtain visas. The deal was reached as President Medvedev paid his first official visit to the Latin American country.
16.10.2010, 01:30
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The tide of fear against Socialism is on the rise in America. At a time when the economy is so rough, why this debate over capitalism vs. socialism?
21.10.2010, 22:14
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The European Parliament has voted for a budget increase that would cost UK taxpayers an additional 900 million pounds next year.
03.03.2010, 00:49
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Violence breaks out as students at the flagship school of the University of California protest stiff tuition hikes.
23.10.2010, 00:52
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Finance ministers from the G-20 nations will meet in South Korea to address the global financial crisis. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is expected to push his plan aimed at rebalancing the world economy.
23.10.2010, 02:59
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The US has long regarded itself as an exceptional nation, a beacon of democracy and progress throughout the world. Yet the statistics don’t exactly match the rhetoric.
30.04.2010, 13:37
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Greece faces years of painful cuts to salaries in return for a multi-billion-dollar bailout from the International Monetary Fund and the EU. The Greek finance minister called it a “choice between collapse or salvation.”
08.02.2010, 03:19
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For 40 years the US was the dominant economic power, but today China and India are emerging and there is a complete change internationally, former World Bank president James Wolfensohn told RT at Davos.
Published: 17 November, 2008, 08:10
At the emergency summit in Washington, G20 leaders agreed to tighten regulations, clarify accounting rules and increase the transparency of the financial markets. But how to go about it remains unclear.
