October 18, 2008
Secretary general offers to host financial crisis talks at UN
UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Saturday supported French President Nicolas Sarkozy's call for global financial crisis talks and offered to host them in New York "in early December."
Sarkozy to press Bush over global finance reform
French President Nicolas Sarkozy called for change in the global financial system before crisis talks with US counterpart George W. Bush outside Washington on Saturday, amid more gloomy economic news.
Sarkozy to call for financial overhaul at summit with Bush
US President George W. Bush will meet his French counterpart Saturday for talks on how to avert future financial meltdowns and whether to overhaul global economic rules, as the worldwide fiscal crisis grows.
