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By Tamawa Kadoya and Francesca Landini WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Finance chiefs from rich nations on Friday welcomed a bigger role for the International Monetary Fund as a global currency watchdog at a time of heightened anxiety about a potential dollar fall, according to a draft of the officials' communiqué. Sources also said late afternoon that Group of Seven participants were considering singlin ...

By Tamawa Kadoya and Mike Dolan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Finance chiefs from rich nations on Friday welcomed the idea of a bigger role for the International Monetary Fund a bigger role as a global currency watchdog, according to a draft of the officials' communiqué. Sources also said late afternoon that Group of Seven participants were considering singling out China as a country that specially nee ...

Jim Armitage, Evening Standard21 April 2006 MICHAEL Spencer today claimed victory over City broking rival Terry Smith as his Icap empire won the hard-fought auction for EBS, the world's largest currency and gold dealer. WANT TO KNOW MORE? REPORT: Gold: All that glisters.. OTHER STORIES Oil price fuels double scare Friendly bid for garden giant Market report: Friday preview Upbeat  ...

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) -- White House officials earlier this week warned not to expect Thursday's meeting between President Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao to produce any major breakthroughs on trade issues. They weren't kidding. The day began on a tense note when the pomp of a White House welcoming ceremony was briefly disrupted by a protester. Later, in a closed-door meeting and over  ...

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) -- White House officials earlier this week warned not to expect Thursday's meeting between President Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao to produce any major breakthroughs on trade or other issues. They weren't wrong. The day began on a tense note when the pomp of a White House welcoming ceremony was briefly disrupted by a protester. Later, in closed-door meetings and ...