Japan balks at $2 billion bill to host US troops: Japan's new reformist government is questioning whether it should spend so much on U.S. troops UK: Unlawful anti-terror powers planned for use during 2012 Olympics: The powers would enable police to stop and search members of the public without any suspicion that they were involved in terrorism. US fights for access to EU bank data: THE US government has initiated a diplomatic offensive against threatened moves by MEPs to block a deal that gives American intelligence agencies direct access to European bank data. World bankers meet in Sydney as recovery fears intensify: THE world's top central bankers began arriving in Australia for high-level talks as renewed fears about the strength of the global economic recovery gripped world share markets. G7 finance ministers dine near Arctic Circle: The trustees of the world's richest nations sat down for a dinner meeting at a hotel restaurant in Iqaluit just 300 kilometers (185 miles) from the Arctic Circle. G7 pledges to wipe out Haiti debt: Group of Seven countries (G7) have pledged to cancel their bilateral debts with earthquake-ravaged Haiti, and urged international lenders to do the same, Jim Flaherty, the Canadian finance minister, has said. UK: Insolvency figures hit record high: A total of 134,142 people were declared insolvent in 2009 as the continued credit squeeze drove the figure above the previous record set in 2006
Monday, 8 February 2010
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