October 2011
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G20 ministers to back big bank capital surcharge
* G20 set to stop short of mandatory commodities position
limits* G20 discuss strengthening FSBBy Francesca Landini and Huw JonesPARIS/LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Finance ministers and
central bankers from the world’s top economies are set to back a
mandatory capital surcharge on big lenders of up to 2.5 percent
to be phased in from 2016.A draft communique from a meeting of G20 finance...
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UPDATE 1-US lawmaker expects trade deals approved...
WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of
Representatives was set on Wednesday to approve three
long-delayed trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and
Panama, a top Republican lawmaker said.”We’re going to win on all three of them today,” House of
Representatives Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp
said at a rally with other lawmakers and business...
