Frenchman set for top IMF job
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As nominations draw to a close,  Dominique Strauss-Kahn is tipped as new IMF leader.
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Russia&#39;s executive director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that former French finance minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn lacks the skills needed to be the next IMF managing director, the Financial Times reported Saturday.
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The outgoing French finance minister has been confirmed as the new head of President Jacques Chirac&#39;s governing party. Nicolas Sarkozy, one of France&#39;s most popular politicians
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Robert Zoellick, slated to  replace Paul Wolfowitz as president of the World Bank, must  move swiftly to restore confidence in the poverty-fighting  institution, France&#39;s foreign minister said on Wednesday.
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The International Monetary Fund's board said on Monday that any country could nominate a candidate to succeed IMF Managing Director Rodrigo Rato, throwing open a job customarily given to Europeans.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy late Tuesday said the EU backing for former French finance minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn to lead the International Monetary Fund was &quot;good news for France, good news for Europe.&quot;
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Sport: Former French international has emerged as a surprise contender for the managerial vacancy
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BRUSSELS, Jul 10 (IPS) - The European Union's finance ministers have  decided that Frenchman Dominique Strauss-Kahn should head the  International Monetary Fund (IMF), despite calls for the post to  be opened up to candidates from poor countries.
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French centre-right presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy sets out his foreign policy vision.
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A leading Chinese economist, Justin Yifu Lin, is a front runner for the World Bank's top economist job, Bank sources said on Thursday.
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France has formally proposed former  European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy as a candidate to  become the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Lamy  said Monday. EU governments backed Frenchman Lamy as Europe's  candidate last week for the post of WTO director-general, which  former Thai deputy premier Supachai Panitchpakdi is due to  leave at the end of August 2005.
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A close ally of President Jacques Chirac was appointed Monday to head France&#39;s powerful Finance Ministry, in a signal the French President has no intention of serving as lame duck
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Fear is still affecting world financial  markets, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said in  an interview released on Sunday in which he also backed  France&#39;s candidate to head the IMF.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in an interview published Saturday he will support the candidacy of former socialist minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn to head the International Monetary Fund.
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Nicolas Sarkozy, one of France&#39;s most ambitious and visible politicians - and an in-house rival of President Jacques Chirac - moved to the helm of the president&#39;s party yesterday, a perfect podium for him to bid for the
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Union chose Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Tuesday to head the International Monetary Fund, putting the former French finance minister in line to succeed Rodrigo de Rato in October.
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French President Jacques Chirac is expected to announce his retirement on Sunday, as the current favourite to replace him, Nicolas Sarkozy, continues to make waves on the issue of immigration.