Humala Victory Won’t Derail Colombia-Peru Exchanges Merger, Echeverry Says
A victory by Peruvian presidential candidate Ollanta Humala is unlikely to threaten Colombian assets or a planned merger of the two nations’ stock exchanges, Colombia’s Finance Minister Juan Carlos Echeverry said.
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Algerian president ‘to amend constitution’
Abdelaziz Bouteflika vows “to reinforce representative democracy”, tackle unemployment, and help the poor. The Algerian president has pledged reforms after weeks of simmering protests.
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Ryan, Geithner at Odds Over Republican Support for Debt Increase
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said Republican leaders have not pledged to raise the nation’s debt limit, even as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner insisted they had.
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