G8 pledges to boost food supplies
BBC News July 10, 2009 Leaders of the G8 developed nations have pledged $20bn (£12bn) for efforts to boost food supplies to the hungry, on the final day of a summit in Italy. more
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Geithner warns on looser European regulation
Financial Times July 10, 2009 US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on Friday expressed concern that any move by Europe to allow looser rules on derivatives trading could prompt a shift overseas by traders eager to evade a US clampdown. more
Europe Is Studying Delays in Access to Generic Drugs
International Herald Tribune July 9, 2009 Europe’s antitrust regulator took aim at drug companies in France, Israel, India and the United States on Wednesday after a lengthy inquiry into practices that it claimed kept low-cost medicines from reaching consumers quickly. more
Group of 8 Agrees On a Ceiling for Temperature Rise
Washington Post July 9, 2009 The world’s leading industrial nations tentatively agreed Wednesday to try to prevent global temperatures from rising above a fixed level, after a more far-reaching proposal to slash production of greenhouse gases fizzled, according to U.S. and European negotiators. more
World leaders vow trade deal by 2010
Financial Times July 9, 2009 The world’s biggest economies agreed on Thursday to conclude a comprehensive trade deal in 2010, in the latest attempt to revive the stalled Doha round and give a shot in the arm to the world economy. more