In fact, this week is essentially shaping up to be "capital markets week" in Washington.
The reports about the emerging rescue plan come after the annual meeting of the IMF in the US capital last week.
After weeks in hiding, the 67-year-old antivirus software company founder emerged in Guatemala's capital last week to ask for asylum.
The IOC's executive board is meeting in the British capital this week and has agreed on the rules in principle, the UK Press Association reported on Tuesday.
Though Barclays Capital said last week that any rise in inflation would be temporary, also due in part to the Chinese New Year in February.
Leszek Balcerowicz, the Polish finance minister who has overseen Poland's economic reforms, was in Kiev, Ukraine's capital, last week, once more urging Ukrainians to reform.
Barclays Capital said this week in a note to clients that it expects that the Chinese economy is bottoming out this quarter, with GDP growth of under 8 percent before rising above that in the third and fourth quarter.
Oxford will submit its formal bid to become UNESCO World Book Capital in 2014 this week.
Both Serbian and Albanian political parties have tried to make political capital out of the week's events.
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Phil Falcone of Harbinger Capital told investors this week his distressed credit fund returned 11.6 percent year to date.
Finance Minister Jane Hutt has described it as "a comprehensive stimulus package", to be seen in tandem with the money she's already said she'll invest in small and medium sized businesses and capital investment announced last week.
"There is no optimal solution here, " Walter Todd, principal at Greenwood Capital Associates, said last week.
From Europe there are only a few flights a week to the capital city of Kigali.
Nevertheless, the Taliban held talks with the alliance in Uzbekistan's capital, Tashkent, this week.
Last week the Indian capital, Delhi, experienced its coldest day for 44 years.
The rate of total inflows to emerging markets assets is likely to stabilize within the next week, Barclays Capital estimates.
Mr Bhardwaj, 62, of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), was shot dead at his house in the capital, Delhi, last week.
He said ECOWAS leaders will meet again this week in his capital, Abidjan, to discuss the possible activation of troops from member states.
Last week, the capital of Sweden, Stockholm, was literally on fire.
Last week, Barclays Capital recommended an equal weight position on Petrobras, citing its prospects as a good long-term hold, but warned of short term depression in the stock.
From rental cars to fighter jets: The gurus also decided last week to commit capital to Lockheed Martin (nyse: LMT - news - people ).
Washington Mutual cited its strong retail base in this week's statement about capital and liquidity, but the company isn't saying anything more until it releases its quarterly earnings next week.
It's the second time in less than a week that the Iraqi capital has endured major simultaneous attacks.
The BBC's Jose Tembe in the capital, Maputo, says this week's clashes have created an atmosphere of fear and rumour.
The UN talks are into their second week in the Qatari capital.
Just a week ago, Carlyle Capital warned the market that it had begun to receive default notices after getting margin calls for additional collateral from lender banks.
As long as labor markets stay strong, consumers will have the means to pay down their debts, limiting loan losses, Barclays Capital said in a report this week.
In fact, only the other week, a SAC Capital Advisors portfolio manager, Michael Steinberg, was indicted on one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and four counts of securities fraud purportedly involving Dell Inc. and Nvidia Corp.
Just a week ago, Carlyle Capital (other-otc: CARYF - news - people ) warned the market that it had begun to receive default notices after getting margin calls for additional collateral from lender banks.
He spoke to CNN as an uneasy calm hung over the Kenyan capital Friday, after almost a week of violence that, according to government figures, has left at least 300 people dead and up to 75, 000 people internally displaced.
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