The top 10:
1. US President Barack Obama
2. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
3. Chinese President Hu Jintao
4. German Chancellor Angela Merkel
5. Bill Gates
6. King Abdullah
7. Pope Benedict XVI
8. Ben Bernanke, chairman of the US (...)
Unwinding the stimulus too soon runs a real risk of derailing the recovery, with potentially significant implications for growth and unemployment. herefore, exit policies should only be launched once there are clear indications that the recovery has (...)
Finance ministers from rich nations, when they meet next Friday, will face less economic turbulence than at their last gathering two months ago, but they recognize they need developing nations to step up spending to revive the world (...)
