IMF to secure $400b funding for Europe

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IMF to secure $400b funding for Europe

The Group of 20 nations on Friday stood ready to commit at least $400 billion to bulk up the International Monetary Fund, though Brazil wants to tie the cash to a pledge that emerging market voting power at the IMF will increase.

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