Services Sector Reform Key to Sustainable Growth
* G20 supplants G7, G8 as key global economic forum * Leaders agree to sustain stimulus, start reforms * G20 agrees to implement new bank capital rules by 2012 * IMF reform to give emerging...
PITTSBURGH, Sept 24 - Reforming multilateral institutions such as the International Monetary Fund in order to give a greater voice to emerging nations is a critical part...
PITTSBURGH, Sept 24 - White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Thursday financial regulatory reform is the most important agenda item for the Group of 20 summit but that addressing global economic imbalances is also...
SAO PAULO, Sept 23 - The lack of will by developed nations to reform multilateral organizations and push global climate and trade deals threatens the success of the G20 group of leading economies, Brazil's President...
WASHINGTON/LONDON, Sept 22 - World leaders will talk tough about tighter financial regulation at the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh this week, but concrete reforms are likely to remain a distant prospect. High on...
MOSCOW, Sept 15 - Russia is worried that momentum for financial reform among major nations is slowing, so it will push for tighter regulation and closer coordination of economic policies...
* Advisers say Obama wants regulatory reform this year * Speech to focus on need to strengthen financial system * Reform push comes one year after Lehman collapse WASHINGTON, Sept 11 - The Obama administration...
WASHINGTON, Sept 11 - President Barack Obama wants the U.S. Congress to pass financial regulatory reform this year and will be personally involved in helping it advance, top economic adviser Larry Summers said on Friday....
WASHINGTON, Sept 11 - The Obama administration still sees passing financial regulatory reform legislation as a top priority this year, White House adviser Christina Romer told Reuters in an interview on Friday. "It is absolutely...