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Lagarde expresses regret about Greece comments

WASHINGTON -The International Monetary Fund says Managing Director Christine Lagarde is expressing regrets for her comments about Greek suffering amid the country's debt crisis.

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Christine Lagarde On Greece: IMF Chief Has More Sympathy For Poor African Children

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde says she has more sympathy for poor African children than Greeks suffering under the country's economic problems and austerity measures.

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Anna Cuevas: IMF Lends Support to Loan Modifications Including Principle Reductions

In response to the housing crisis, some banks and private lenders are voluntarily reducing mortgage principals to assist homeowners who are at risk of losing their home.

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You Can't See the Future From the Man-Cave

His now-famous op-ed -- in which he publicly excoriated Goldman Sachs for greed and capitalistic excess -- has been dissected from every possible angle except one: It was a spot-on description of a company that could only have been run by men.

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IMF moves to calm market fears over European debt

WASHINGTON -The International Monetary Fund says it has raised more than $430 billion in an effort to assure finance markets that it has sufficient firepower to handle any new problems from Europe's prolonged debt crisis.

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06/01/12 Tony Parsons bite-sized: Rebecca Adlington, Greece'... Source: The Daily Mirror - London - UK OLYMPIC gold medallist Rebecca Adlington has been suffering at the hands of the Twitter Taliban.
06/01/12 Your view | Guardian Weekend readers letters Source: The Guardian - London - UK I don't accept the justification Christine Lagarde gives for the punishment of the Greek people.
06/01/12 European scrips slide on worsening eco outlook Source: Daily Times - Pakistan European shares fell to a fresh 5-month low on Friday on growing signs that the debt crises in Spain and Greece were hurting the regions biggest economies, with many traders opting to stay away from equities in favour of cash or bonds.
06/01/12 Paul Thomas: Take the dollars, but don't ignore... Source: Wairarapa Times-Age According to a financial magazine's survey of the extremely well-off, the seriously wealthy and the obscenely rich, Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart made $24 billion in the past year.
06/01/12 The 14 prophecies of Christine Lagarde Source: Though Cowards Flinch George Osborne, you may remember, was a key cheerleader for Christine Lagarde when the IMF boss post was up for grabs.

Background on christine lagarde

Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde (née Lallouette; born 1 January 1956) is a French lawyer who has been the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund since 5 July 2011. Previously, she held various ministerial posts in the French government: she was Minister of Economic Affairs, Finances and Industry and before that Minister of Agriculture and Fishing and Minister of Trade in the government of Dominique de Villepin.

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