International Business News - G20 http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif French President Nicolas Sarkozy promised on Tuesday to fight for tougher controls on bankers' bonuses at a meeting of the Group of 20 leaders next month. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090825/sarkozy-pushes-french-banks-on-bonuses-before-g20.htm Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:33:10 EDT France will push for stronger commitments to limit bankers' bonuses at a meeting of G20 leaders in September, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090825/france-sarkozy-promises-fight-on-bonuses-g20.htm Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:53:55 EDT Billionaire investor George Soros believes the Group of Twenty nations have done better than expected and have gotten ahead of the problems which face the world's financial system. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090402/g20-039crisis-bargain-big-spending-clamp-down-on-financial-markets.htm Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:43:35 EDT World leaders clinched a $1.1 trillion deal on Thursday to combat the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and said financial rules would be tightened to stop it happening again. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/211568-jintao-and-obama.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090402/g20-seals1-trillion-deal-markets-rally.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090402/g20-seals1-trillion-deal-markets-rally.htm Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:41:52 EDT US President Obama will meet India Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the first time at G20 summit in London on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090402/obama-hold-first-talks-with-india-pm.htm Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:54:11 EDT Leaders of the G20 nations agreed to pump an additional trillion dollars to fight the economic crisis on Thursday, in an effort to shorten the recession and save jobs. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/211544-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090402/g20-agrees-ontrillion-fight-crisis.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090402/g20-agrees-ontrillion-fight-crisis.htm Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:12:02 EDT World leaders agreed a trillion-dollar deal on Thursday to combat the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/211541-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090402/g20-strikes-trillion-dollar-crisis-deal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090402/g20-strikes-trillion-dollar-crisis-deal.htm Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:38:26 EDT World leaders are set to declare an end to unfettered capitalism at a G20 summit on Thursday after France and Germany demanded they act fast on promises to prevent a repeat of the worst economic crisis since the 1930s. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/211501-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090401/g20-leaders-craft-crisis-response.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090401/g20-leaders-craft-crisis-response.htm Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:25:11 EDT Thousands of protesters clogged the streets of London's financial district on Wednesday. Hundreds of them battled with riot police in a brief but brutal spasm of violence, ending with 23 of them were arrested. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090401/protesters-clashing-and-smashing-ahead-g20-summit.htm Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:35:48 EDT US President Barack Obama said that all the participating countries at G20 summit should work together to tackle the global financial crisis and should recognize they had to forget their occasional differences on how to promote economic growth and trade. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090401/obama-calls-unity-as-splits-surface-g20.htm Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:29:25 EDT Demonstrators clashed with riot police and smashed the windows of a bank in London's financial center on Wednesday in protest against a system they said had robbed the poor to benefit the rich. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/211482-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090401/anticapitalism-protesters-turn-violent.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090401/anticapitalism-protesters-turn-violent.htm Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:20:27 EDT World stocks kicked off a new quarter Wednesday with strong gains in Japan and losses in Europe after registering their best monthly performance since December 1999. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/211453-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090401/world-stocks-mixed-as-g20-meet-on-economy.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090401/world-stocks-mixed-as-g20-meet-on-economy.htm Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:57:51 EDT Leading and emerging nations will commit this week to pursuing responsible economic policies that do not hurt each other's prospects with protectionism or currency devaluations, according to a draft G20 statement. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/211369-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090330/g20-agree-not-hurt-others-with-devaluations.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090330/g20-agree-not-hurt-others-with-devaluations.htm Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:46:19 EDT He promised a grand bargain but British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's hopes of an overarching deal to pull the world out of recession look doomed even before the G20 crisis summit has started. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/211351-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090327/g20-039-grand-bargain-039-looks-distant-prospect.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090327/g20-039-grand-bargain-039-looks-distant-prospect.htm Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:01:38 EDT The following is an open letter from Franck Biancheri Director of studies of LEAP/E2020 to the G20. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090326/open-letter-g20.htm Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:53:56 EDT The World Bank urged the group of 20 leading developed and developing nations on Tuesday to toughen their stance against protectionism by agreeing to report any new subsidies or trade-restricting measures to the World Trade Organization every three months. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090317/world-bank-urges-tougher-g20-stand-on-protectionism.htm Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:32:44 EDT Japan joined the U.S. push for more government spending to fight the economic crisis on Friday but G20 unity looked seriously compromised after Paris accused Washington of disregarding the urgent need for tough market regulation. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210702-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090313/g20-governement-spending-economic-crisis.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090313/g20-governement-spending-economic-crisis.htm Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:13:29 EDT