EU shift on Greek euro membership rocks G20 summit
European leaders' long-delayed admission that a break-up of their cherished common currency was a distinct possibility is overshadowing a two-day meeting of the world's largest and fastest growing
PM hopes G20 leaders will help put global economy on track
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday expected the Summit of world's 20 leading economies (G20) to signal a 'strong and coordinated approach' to put the global economy back on track, while addr
G20 could mark shift in economic power
The giant emerging economies of Asia and Latin America could stake a historic claim to global economic power if they arrive at the G20 summit in Cannes with offers of aid for hobbled Europe.
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G20 tells euro zone to fix debt crisis in eight days
The world's leading economies pressed Europe on Saturday to act decisively within eight days to resolve the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis which is endangering the world economy.
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U.S. rejects plan to strengthen IMF in euro zone crisis
Proposals to double the size of the IMF as part of a broader international response to Europe's debt crisis ran into resistance from the United States and others, burying the idea for now and putting
Pranab for concerted global action to tackle economic woes
Amid fears of double-dip recession, Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday called for concerted action by G-20 nations to provide impetus to the world economy and deal with the related
Pranab to press for sharing of banking, tax info at G-20
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will press for automatic sharing of banking and tax-related information among nations to check the menace of black money and terror funding at the two-day G-20 mee
G20 vows 'strong' response to economic crisis
The Group of 20 major economies have vowed to mount a powerful response to the rising challenges facing the world economy as it reels from a debt crisis in the eurozone.
The pledge, made in an unexpe
India, 6 other largest economies to come under G-20 scanner
Seven of the world's largest economies including India would face a new surveillance system aimed at highlighting and rectifying flaws before they imperil growth under a deal agreed by Group of 20 fin
G20: India to press for transparency in tax haven functioning
Paris: Facing flak at home over black money stashed abroad, India will press for transparency in the functioning of tax havens at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting here today to unearth 'ill-gotten'