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OECD sees action on corporate tax avoidance

MOSCOW (Reuters) - International leaders are moving closer to taking action on corporate tax avoidance, despite challenges, a top official at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Wednesday. Full story

German FinMin stresses G20 pledge to avoid forex manipulation

AYLESBURY, England (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Friday it was important to keep in mind that the world's leading 20 economies (G20) have promised not to boost their competitiveness by manipulating exchange rates. Full story

G7 finance chiefs to discuss bank reform push

LONDON (Reuters) - Some of the world's most powerful finance chiefs will meet in an English stately home on Friday and Saturday to try to speed up banking and finance reforms, with Cyprus' near meltdown fresh in their minds. Full story

G20 backs off austerity drive, rejects hard debt cut targets

(Reuters) - Finance leaders of the G20 economies on Friday edged away from a long-running drive toward government austerity in rich nations, rejecting the idea of setting hard targets for reducing national debt in a sign of worries over a sluggish global recovery. Full story

G20 pushes tax data exchange, Swiss seen as laggards

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies on Friday endorsed automatic exchange of tax data among nations, calling it the expected new standard for how governments can help each other fight cross-border tax cheating. Full story

U.S. dollar, euro soar vs yen as G20 skirts Japan critique

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar and euro rallied 1.5 percent versus the yen on Friday after Japan said the Group of 20 countries did not oppose its aggressive monetary easing aimed at beating deflation rather than at weakening its currency. Full story

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