Gordon Brown: ‘Global solutions for global problems’
European leaders in Berlin have agreed on the need to regulate all financial markets including hedge funds.
Leaders of Europe’s major economies said a global solution was needed to the current financial crisis.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel highlighted that leaders faced an “extraordinary international crisis”.
But leaders including UK Prime Minister Gordon [...]

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