Christine Lagarde

  • BusinessAOL

    IMF gives backing to embattled boss

    The IMF is reiterating its confidence in managing director Christine Lagarde's leadership after a French court stopped just short of charging her in an investigation of a pay-off to a businessman. Ms Lagarde was questioned at length for two

  • NewsAOL

    IMF chief calls for urgent action

    The head of the International Monetary Fund on has called for urgent action to tackle Europe's debt problems and an approaching fiscal crisis in the US, warning that ripple effects from the global slowdown are being felt around the world.