Ukraine gets new bailout deal from IMF
By LORNE COOK The International Monetary Fund has agreed to give Ukraine a new bailout deal worth 15.5 billion euro ($17.5 billion) that could climb to around $40 billion over…
Development banking
French pimping trial starts for ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn
By GREG KELLER Dominique Strauss-Kahn is going on trial for sex charges in France — the nation where he once was considered a top presidential contender. The former head of…
AP INTERVIEW: WORLD BANK HEAD LOOKS AT LEBANON AID
By MARJORIE OLSTER World Bank President Jim Kim speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the World Bank in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. He says his staff…
G-20 OFFICIALS DECRY LACK OF GLOBAL GROWTH
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and HARRY DUNPHY U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, right, shakes hands with German’s Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble during a group photo of the G20 finance ministers and…
EGYPT VIGILANTES HANG 2 THIEVES IN PUBLIC
By AYA BATRAWY EDS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT — Egyptian men surround the bodies of two men who were beaten and hung by vigilantes after being accused of theft in Samanod,…