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Christine Lagarde, who has been touring prominent developing nations to solidify her efforts to become the next chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is apparently a shoe-in for the post, according to a rival for the top job.

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, a leading contestant of the chief job post for Indian Monetary Fund (IMF) chief post,said on Thursday, that she was very satisfied with her meetings with top Chinese officials.

Lagarde, who is on a day's visit to India, met Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, and reportedly received a positive response.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said that India is not supporting French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde's candidacy for the International Monetary Fund's top job.

The election this weekend in Turkey is expected to bring an easy victory to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan.

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French TV and radio Stations will be violating French law by telling people to follow them on Twitter or Facebook, media regulators say.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, plead not guilty in a 4 minute arraignment at Manhattan Supreme Court.

Tens of thousands of irate Greeks staged a huge rally in central Athens on Sunday to protest the government’s plan to deepen spending cuts and increase taxes even further to meet terms of its bailout from the European union and International Monetary Fund.

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde is most likely to head International Monetary Fund (IMF), with backing of the United States and Japan, the Nikkei financial daily reported on Sunday, citing unidentified global financial industry sources in Washington, reported Reuters.

The Greek government has agreed to reduce its budget deficit for this year by implementing a series of spending cuts amounting to 6.4-billion euros, according to an Athens official who spoke to Reuters.

Agustin Carstens, Mexico's central bank chief believes that he is better qualified than his main rival to run the International Monetary Fund owing to more experience and better knowledge of the institution that he has, he told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday.

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Speculation is rising that the cash-strapped Greek government is nearing an agreement with officials from the European Union, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank on then next round of bailout financing.

Gold continued to trade in a tight range Tuesday morning around $1538 per ounce - just over 2% off its all-time high - after a flat day on Monday as the UK and US had official holidays.

Faced with a legal and media onslaught, Dominique Strauss-Kahn is pulling together a crack team of investigators, former spies and media advisers to fight back against charges he sexually assaulted a hotel chambermaid.

The Dollar Gold Price traded in a $3 range around $1526 per ounce on Friday morning in London, while stocks and commodities were up and the Euro rallied despite concerns the IMF may halt the latest payment of Greece's €110 billion bailout.

On the first day of the G8 Summit, the presidents of the European Commission and council and the leaders of the Group of Eight countries seemed primary to be focusing on the political situation in Middle East and North Africa, the debt crisis within EU and Japan's post-quake reconstruction, reported news.xinhuanet.com on Friday.

Gold futures advanced on Friday as deepening concern over Greece debt default spurred demand for the metal as a safe haven investment.

Pushing Mexico’s bid for IMF chief, Luis Moreno, president of the Inter-American Development Bank told Reuters on Thursday that next IMF chief deserves to be from Latin America.

Legendary investor Marc Faber is worried about the vast riches of the financial elites while the middle class and lower class struggle.