Finance ministers from the world"s leading rich and developing countries are gathering here Friday to begin the difficult negotiations over how to even out the imbalances weighing on the world economy, AP reported. Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 countries plan to hammer out a peer review process aimed at closing damaging trade, consumption and budget gaps _ but long-standing disagreements suggest that progress will be torturously slow. Officials are also likely to repeat their pledge to keep economic stimulus measures in place until a global economic recovery is assured _ even as growth in key markets provides a hopeful backdrop for the meeting at a seaside hotel at St. Andrews. -- SPA
