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Singapore steps up international cooperation on tax evasion

SINGAPORE - Singapore, the world's fourth-biggest offshore financial centre, said on Tuesday it will adopt new measures to make it easier to share information on potential tax evaders with other countries, including the United States.

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U.S. sends Japan currency warning as G7 meets

AYLESBURY - The United States told Japan it would be watching for any sign it was manipulating its currency downward, but Tokyo said it met no resistance to its policies at a meeting of Group of Seven finance ministers which will conclude on Saturday. | Video

Business, Japan 10 May 2013

Highlights - G7 finance officials gather in UK

The United States warned Japan on Friday to stick to the rules when it came to the value of its currency, setting the stage for a potentially uncomfortable meeting of G7 finance ministers outside London.

Business, 10 May 2013

QE and yen-inspired ructions in store, even if no currency war

LONDON - Most investors see the yen's latest lunge as a byproduct of the rich world's money printing gambit and not a deliberate escalation in a notional currency war, but it is raising concerns about possible new ructions.

Business, 10 May 2013

BOJ chief Kuroda says BOJ does not target forex rates

AYLESBURY, England - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Friday that the central bank's monetary policy does not target currency rates and is instead aimed solely at achieving its 2 percent inflation goal in roughly two years.

Japan, Business, 10 May 2013

German FinMin stresses G20 pledge to avoid forex manipulation

AYLESBURY, England - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Friday it was important to keep in mind that the world's leading 20 economies (G20) have promised not to boost their competitiveness by manipulating exchange rates.

Business, 10 May 2013

G7 to confirm G20 currency stance, Bernanke unlikely to attend - G7 official

AYLESBURY - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is unlikely to attend the Group of Seven finance leaders' meeting on the outskirts of London this weekend, a G7 official said.

Business, 10 May 2013

G7 looks to central banks to prop up growth

LONDON - Many of the world's most powerful finance chiefs will meet at an English stately home later on Friday to discuss if central banks can do more to bolster a fragile global recovery.

Business, 10 May 2013

G7 finance chiefs to discuss bank reform push

LONDON - Some of the world's most powerful finance chiefs will meet in an English stately home on Friday and Saturday to try to speed up banking and finance reforms, with Cyprus' near meltdown fresh in their minds.

Business, 09 May 2013

Analysis - Chinese strong talk on yuan reform masks policy quandary

SHANGHAI - China's central bank has been talking tough on currency reform while it has also intensified market intervention, highlighting the fine line it must walk in trying to liberalise the yuan.

Business, 26 Apr 2013

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