Nov 7 - Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the leading 20 economies will meet in Sao Paulo from Friday to discuss global financial market regulations. The Sao Paulo meeting will help prepare for...
LONDON, April 19 - FIFA, soccer's world governing body, is branching into fashion, announcing plans on Sunday to sell branded clothes and merchandise from this summer through new FIFA stores and retail partners. The Federation...
WASHINGTON, Sept 30 - The U.S. government and the body in charge of assigning Internet addresses signed an agreement on Wednesday that allows for greater global participation in the Internet domain name process. The U.S....
* Pact draws praise from lawmakers companies, governments * ICANN will be subject to periodic reviews * U.S. will maintain relationship with ICANN (Adds ICANN, Google, comments; details, background) WASHINGTON, Sept 30 - The U.S....
WASHINGTON, Feb 15 - U.S. President Barack Obama will soon issue an executive order lifting an eight-year ban embryonic stem cell research imposed by his predecessor, President George W. Bush, a senior adviser said on...
WASHINGTON, Feb 15 - Enough talking. Do something. That sentiment is apparent in the chilly reception to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's plan to repair the banks, and in the way consumers are balking at...
BEIJING, Feb 15 - China's official Xinhua news agency slammed the "Buy American" requirement of the U.S. economic stimulus package, saying in a commentary that trade protectionism is a "poison" that will harm poor countries....
Feb 13 - Some large U.S. banks, may require more aid to stay solvent, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing economists and other finance experts. A sober assessment of the growing mountain of...
NEW YORK, Feb 13 - Wall Street bank executives squirmed this week when the U.S. Congress scolded them for spending slices of the $176 billion in bailout money on perks such as private jets. But...
TOKYO, Feb 13 - Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa joined on Friday a growing call for G7 finance heads to take steps this weekend to rescue the worsening global economy. "The world economy is...