<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Christine Lagarde: News &amp; Videos about Christine Lagarde - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Christine_Lagarde</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Christine Lagarde from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:51:22 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Christine Lagarde: News &amp; Videos about Christine Lagarde - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Christine_Lagarde</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Christine Lagarde from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>French bankers bid 'adieu' to guaranteed bonuses</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/05/news/international/french_banks_bonuses.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/05/news/international/french_banks_bonuses.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Banks in France, including non-French ones, will no longer be allowed to offer guaranteed bonuses to traders and other staff under new rules announced Nov. 5. 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Then you blow the rescue of it. Now let's show you how to do it properly.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK unveils bank rescue as stocks continue slide</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/stock.markets/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/stock.markets/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Britain unveiled a $87.4 billion rescue package for its battered banking system Wednesday as global stocks prices continued to crumble under the weight of the unrelenting financial crisis.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Asian stocks dive after Dow hits 5-year low</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/10/07/stock.markets/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/10/07/stock.markets/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Asian stocks dropped sharply in Wednesday trading, after the Dow on Wall Street lost 500 points, closing at its lowest point in five years.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>EU raises bank deposit guarantee</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/10/07/europe.crisis.meeting/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/10/07/europe.crisis.meeting/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>European finance ministers agreed Tuesday to raise the minimum guarantee of bank deposits to 50,000 euros ($68,600) across all EU member states and to work together on measures to address the credit crisis.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sarkozy to announce rejuvenation plan for Paris suburbs</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/07/france.suburbs/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/02/07/france.suburbs/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to announce a $1.46 billion (&amp;#8364;1 billion) plan on Friday designed to revitalize suburbs of Paris plagued by low-income and high-unemployment.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>France urges more suspicion of fraud</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/02/04/french.bank/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/02/04/french.bank/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A French government report into the massive losses at Societe Generale says banks should have greater suspicion about employee fraud and do a better job of notifying the government when the issue arises.</description><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bank: Rogue trader hacked computers</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/01/27/societegenerale.trader/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/01/27/societegenerale.trader/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The trader accused of making fraudulent transactions that cost Societe Generale &amp;#8364;4.9 billion ($7.2 billion) hacked computers and used "several techniques of fraud," the French banking giant has said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Police quiz accused 'rogue trader'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/01/26/societegenerale.trader/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/01/26/societegenerale.trader/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The trader accused of making fraudulent transactions that cost French banking giant Societe Generale &amp;#8364;4.9 billion ($7.2 billion) is being questioned in the case, the French national police said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Civil servants join French strike</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/20/france.strikes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/20/france.strikes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A 24-hour walkout by French civil servants has coincided with the seventh straight day of crippling strikes by transit workers, putting further pressure on the French government to negotiate an end to the weeklong walkout.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>E.U. 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