French Minister to Seek Top I.M.F. Job
Finance Minister Christine Lagarde of France issued an unusual joint complaint to one of the most important jobs in global finance about the custom of always naming a European.
Ms. Lagarde declared at a news conference that being European should not disqualify her and that she would be traveling over the next few weeks to listen to and search for support from other I.M.F. members.
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Windfall for Wood Group’s Investors
The Oil services group–Wood Group is going to hand its investors a windfall of more than £1bn through a share buyback that will net the family of its founder £127m. According to the company, it is said that the group would buy up to 32.1% of its own shares at between 605p and 625p.
The Wood family, which owns 11.7% of the company, stands to rake in up to £127.5m from the buyback. Wood Group will pay for the offer with some of the proceeds from the £1.7bn sale of its well support division to US giant–GE.
Goldman Sachs Faces Commodity Trading Probe
Follwoing the news that Goldman Sachs admitted that the US Justice Department is taking a close look at a European probe into its role in credit derivatives market, the controversial Wall Street bank is now under investigation by an American financial watchdog over its dealings in the commodity market.
The bank is facing possible charges from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over services it performed for a US broking company.
London Tube Driver Strike in May and June
According to the RMT union, it is announced that the driver members on the Tube will strike for periods between 9:00 to 24:00 from May 16 to May 20 and again from June 13 to June 17. The news comes after a 2-1 vote in favour of walkouts by RMT members in protest against the dismissal of Bakerloo Line driver Arwyn Thomas and Northern Line driver Eamon Lynch.
The union said that the action will cast a major impace on the service, likely to wreak havoc on the Tube over a period of two weeks.

