In an article published in newspapers around the world, Obama urged leaders to work together and embrace bold measures. iReport.com: Do you live in a G-20 nation?

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Second, bold austerity measures can restore public finances even after a deep recession.

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Howard backers now hope his better standing in the country's senate opens the door to bold new measures like a flat tax.

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Bold financial measures are needed to assist businesses to rebuild.

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Now is the time for bold bipartisan measures.

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The yen has weakened by around 20% since mid-November, and came under renewed selling after the BOJ early this month announced bold, new measures to tackle deflation and reignite the Japanese economy.

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Oceans Day at Durban will draw high-level attention to ocean issues during the COP17 climate talks, highlighting the direct link between climate change, the health of the oceans, and human well-being, as well as the need for sufficient funding to support bold mitigation and adaptation measures that will minimize climate change impacts on coastal communities and ocean ecosystems and resources.

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In general, the measures suggest, bold reforms work better than gradual ones.

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He is not short of bold ideas, including a global financial tax, the regulation of commodity derivatives and measures to limit exchange-rate volatility.

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