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Belgian unions warn their comrades in St. Louis to expect the worst. "I wouldn't trust their promises," says Alfons De Mey, president of the 110,000-member Belgian food and hotel workers union. "InBev is all about money. We've seen centuries-old breweries close down here in Belgium...
There's little to suggest that Schr?der can pull off a third straight election victory. The SPD has clawed back some ground?it notched up one percentage point in the polls, from 29% to 30%?and the Chancellor himself got a Nobel Peace Prize nomination last week for his opposition...
Merkel's manner belies a quiet revolution in European politics. If elected, she will become Germany's first female Chancellor, a big accomplishment in a political culture in which women still struggle against a glass ceiling. And she'd be the first Chancellor in a unified Germany to have grown...
The day after Argentina worked out the arrangement with the IMF, Grinspun and Alfonsín were in New York City, pressing their case before a few powerful bankers at a luncheon given by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. IMF Managing Director Jacques de Larosière has also...
There were doubts that Argentina will be able to live up to the terms it agreed to last week. The political situation in the country remains tense, and workers may rebel at the austerity. But the IMF seemed ready to give Alfonsín the benefit of the doubt. If...