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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said she would not let a French criminal probe distract her from her role at the world's emergency lending institution."I will be very happy to travel for a couple of days to Paris, but it's not going to change my focus, my attention and my enthusiasm for doing the work that I do," Ms. Lagarde said at an IMF press conference.A French court summoned the IMF chief for questioning next month as part of a criminal probe into whether she was complicit in any misuse of public funds in 2009 when she served as finance minister, her French lawyer said Thursday.At first forgetting to answer the reporter's questions, Lagarde laughed, then said, "There is nothing new under the sun, and ever since 2011, I had known very well that I would be heard by the investigating commission.""My lawyer has issued a statement, so any further and additional information, I would really refer you to that," she said.Ms. Lagarde's lawyer Yves Repiquet sa...
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was put under formal investigation by a French court on Monday over his role in a prostitution case, his lawyer said.The move...
FBN's Ashley Webster breaks down afternoon market news.
FBN's Sandra Smith breaks down late-morning market news.
European Parliament member Nigel Farage on being surprised at how quiet the U.S. has been amid the worsening crisis in the European Union, and why he believes Greece’s woes will end in revolution.
FBN’s Robert Gray breaks down the day in the markets.
International lenders told Greece on Monday it must shrink its public sector and improve tax collection to avoid default within weeks as investors spooked by politic...
By Ann Saphir and Mark Felsenthal"Developments this summer have indicated we are in a dangerous new phase," International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine L...
FBN's Adam Shapiro breaks down the latest in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn criminal case.
FBN's Sandra Smith breaks down afternoon market news.
New York judge dropped all criminal sexual assault charges against ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Tuesday after prosecutors lost faith in the credibility of ...
FBN’s Adam Shapiro with the latest details surrounding the criminal case against former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn
FBN’s Adam Shapiro on NY prosecutors asking the judge to dismiss the sexual assault charges against former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Barbara Jones, the federal judge who presided over the criminal trial of former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers, will join the law firm of Zuckerman Spaeder later this m...
FBN’s Lori Rothman with an afternoon market update, plus news that a confidential settlement has been reached in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexual assault case.
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has reached a preliminary agreement with the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault last year to settle a civil lawsuit...
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi faces a two-hour grilling on Wednesday from German lawmakers who fear his bond-buying plan to ease the region's debt cri...
Officials in Greece are blasting Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, over her zero income tax bill after her criticisms that Greece's massive...
FBN’s Liz MacDonald discusses why the IMF head is receiving criticism for her comments on Greeks and their need to pay taxes while she pays no income tax on her salary from the IMF.
A New York judge on Tuesday rejected a motion by former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the hotel maid who acc...
