|
 WERDER-HAVEL, Germany (AP) - Germany's finance minister cautioned Friday against expecting a fast agreement on tighter rules for hedge funds as he hosted a meeting of his Group of Eight counterparts.
The ministers started a two-day meeting free of one potential irritant — the future of World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, who announced his resignation on Thursday. European ministers had been pressing for the departure of the American, who canceled a planned trip to the gathering outside Berlin.
German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck voiced hope that the meeting would address the issue of hedge funds, aid to Africa and climate change.
|