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Play fair on trade, Lagarde warns world

With its 189 members gathering in Washington this week, the fund faces the unusual challenge of a U.S. government now noisily at odds with some of the IMF's mos...

International Monetary Fund sees stronger global growth ahead

It also came ahead of this week's gathering of central bank governors and finance ministers for the 2017 IMF/World Bank annual spring meeting in Washington . D...

Sessions praises NYPD after 'soft on crime' controversy

He cited the city's low crime rate and the organizations that contributed to the low crime rate. Neither de Blasio nor O'Neill addressed the threat of losing ...

Demonetisation effect: International Monetary Fund cuts India growth forecast for 2017

The report said the increased growth forecasted for China reflected stronger-than-expected policy support. Meanwhile, the World Bank's recently-released Eas...

New 15% foreign buyer tax set to come to Toronto

After two consecutive years of double-digit gains, average house prices in the Toronto region reached $916,567 in March 2017, up 33.2 per cent from a year earli...

United CEO won't add chairman title in 2018 as was planned

He first blamed the 69-year-old passenger who was dragged off by airport security officers. Leaders of the US Senate Commerce Committee sent a letter to the a...

Global finance leaders dodge conflict with Trump White House

The IMF in particular has sounded warnings against Trump's plans to shrink US trade deficits with potential measures to restrict imports, arguing in its latest ...

Trump Tweets About Why He's Not Calling China a Currency Manipulator

During the Fox & Friends interview that aired Tuesday, Trump said it was China - not him - that had shifted. China is trying to help us - I don't know if th...

Trudeau defends supply management, wants 'fact' based trade talk with US

The U.S. president took aim at Canada's dairy industry this week for creating a new lower-priced classification of milk product that he argues hurts U.S. For Tr...

Lawyer: Sweden Attack Suspect 'Admits to Terrorist Crime'

Johan Eriksson (L), defence counsel to Uzbek national Rakhmat Akilov (not in picture), the prime suspect in the Stockholm truck attack, talks to journalists pr...

Blue Jays place RHP Sanchez on 10-day DL with blister

Tyler Wilson gave up the walk-off homer and fell to 1-1 this season with the loss. This season just keeps kicking us. "I felt good", Asher said. "We needed ...

Will a new foreign property buyer's tax cool Toronto's housing market?

A rebate of development cost charges to encourage building of more rental housing. The plan could come as soon as tomorrow and is expected to include rent con...

Trump says Mexico 'eventually' will pay for border wall

Democrats vigorously oppose funds for a border wall in a new spending bill. Mulvaney downplayed the likelihood of a shutdown, simply saying that the White Hou...

Worries over Trump policies cloud start of IMF, World Bank meetings

And Brazil Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles said in his statement to the International Monetary Fund meeting that addressing the "perception of unfairness" i...

Netflix is all set to hit a major milestone this weekend

This wasn't Netflix's ( NFLX ) best quarter for subscriber growth , but the popular streaming service doesn't appear overly anxious. Netflix's subscripti...

Le Pen, Macron ahead in French presidential vote, partial official figures show

But, without an established party apparatus other than his newly constituted En Marche! "In one year we have changed the face of French political life". "It's...

German Soccer Team Bomber Sought to Damage Stock Price

Police arrested a man on suspicion he attacked the bus of German soccer team Borussia Dortmund GmbH last week, hoping to profit from a slump in the publicly t...

Confusion, chaos after Taliban breach Afghan base in deadly attack

The uniformed attackers entered the base in vehicles and opened fire, Afghan army spokesman Abdul Qahar Araam said. He also added that the government and Afgh...

Marist Poll Survey Looks at Marijuana's Impact on the American Family

A whopping 61 percent of people in a recent CBS poll said they believe recreational marijuana use should be legal. The government legislation did not of...

Southland track cyclists star at World Championships in Hong Kong

She beat American Sarah Hammer in the women's 25km points race. The 22-year-old Olympic team pursuit champion teamed up with Hammer to gain a lap on the rest ...

Iran not living up to 'spirit' of nuclear deal, says Donald Trump

Trump's barbs come a day after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced that the USA has started a review of the worldwide nuclear agreement with Iran . Ti...

Trump's Flip-Flops On Economics Move Policies Toward The Status Quo

Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Switzerland also were again included on the monitoring list. No countries were determined to have met all three of these criter...

Trump heads into tough week with budget, health care battles

It came as Republicans and Democrats had until midnight on Friday to agree a spending bill and avoid a shutdown of the government. Trump also referenced criti...

IMF raises China growth forecast to 6.6% in 2017

The IMF said lower oil prices would hamper the regional growth. In the report, economists say there are many " downside risks " including political pressu...

United CEO got $18.7 million in compensation

In the days since the event, United has apologized for the incident and changed their policy on displacing passengers from overbooked flights. Here are 5 less...

India's Paytm in talks with SoftBank to raise $1.2 to $1.5 billion

As part of the deal with Softbank , Paytm may also buy Snapdeal-owned payments firm Freecharge , as per a PTI report . "A potential transaction is still ...

US Crude Stocks Dip, But Gasoline Inventories Rise

Commercial crude inventories declined by 1 million barrels last week, after falling 2.2 million barrels the previous week, the Energy Department reported Wednes...

Warriors to be without Kevin Durant, Steve Kerr for Game 3

He just wanted the win. Brown has a reputation as a defensive guru, though it didn't show during a 67-point first half for the Blazers. It was a barrage of 3-...

Wilmette Egg Hunts For Kids And Dogs

Dusty Lana, Gering Kiwanis Club president, said the Kiwanis Easter Egg hunt is something club members do every year that doesn't last long but the a lot of ch...

Nucor Corporation (NYSE:NUE) Receives Buy Rating From Barclays Capital Analysts

The share price is trading in a range of $58.03 - 60.78. Jefferies Group LLC reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $77.00 price objective on shares of Nucor Corp...

Global finance leaders grapple with globalization fears

THE International Monetary Fund has reviewed upwards its economic projection for Zimbabwe to 2 percent from its earlier forecast of minus 2,5 percent made late ...

United Airlines CEO: No firings over passenger dragging

This Sunday, April 9, 2017, image made from a video provided by Audra D. Bridges shows a passenger being removed from a United Airlines flight in Chicago. David...

Saudi oil minister says production cuts may need to continue

Oil dropped below US$50 (RM220) a barrel as investors lost faith that an extension of Opec-led supply cuts will overcome growing United States production and ea...

Warriors' Kerr out for Game 3 vs Blazers with illness

Warriors coach Steve Kerr also did not attend the game because of illness. Instead, he has been a rock for these Warriors through three games, channeling a l...

Pence says USA won't negotiate directly with North Korea -- for now

US Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday that Washington would work with its allies and China to put economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea but...