IMF director Christine Lagarde arrived at last month’s World Economic Forum on a mission.

ID Dominique Strauss-Khan get justice? Was he the victim of a system that convicts before charges can even be answered? Or is he a lucky boy, who can thank his powerful position for beating a rap that he deserved?

FOR all that Bill Clinton might be defined by his marital transgressions, on the political stage he is far from alone: from earliest times, the dark arts have abounded with philanderers.

Financial leaders at a weekend conference focused on the deepening Greek debt crisis and pledged to address risks posed to the global economic recovery by countries with severe budget deficits.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown tonight suffered an embarrassing rebuff when he floated the prospect of a new tax worldwide, only to have it flatly and publicly rejected by the United States and other major financial players.