By George Parker and Lionel Barber

Gordon Brown said on Wednesday the world’s leading economies were close to agreeing a global bank tax, amid hopes in Downing Street that a deal can be concluded at the G20 summit in Canada in June.
Mr Brown believes that opinion has shifted decisively in favour of a globally co-ordinated tax [...]

By Noel Sheppard
January 17, 2010 – 01:25 ET

Former Barack Obama supporter Jim Cramer on Friday said the stock market would have a huge rally if Scott Brown defeats Martha Coakley in Tuesday’s special senatorial election in Massachusetts.
“I think investors who are nervous about the dictatorship of the Pelosi proletariat will [...]