Meanwhile, in the face of urging from the election-bound Bush administration trying to address politically sensitive trade gaps, China held fast to its gradual approach toward loosening its tight yuan currency peg.

CNN: Finance ministers urge vigilance

Mr Cui, China's top G-20 negotiator, also firmly rejected a proposal from U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to negotiate targets to narrow current-account gaps and ease global trade imbalances.

WSJ: G-20 to Grill Fed on Bond Purchases

Both crews embarked Argo profiling floats on their journey to New York to evaluate the feasibility of deploying such instruments during races, and fill up gaps identified in the global array off the trade routes, contributing significantly to the collection of scientific data.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

Buy-side firms are asking for more information on where trades are executed but the data from brokers is hard to use, not standardized and filled with gaps such as how long the broker held a trade to try executing it in its own dark pool before sending it on.

FORBES: High Frequency Traders And Current Market Structures Penalize Investors

The huge changes that have swept the world economy since 1980 globalisation, deregulation, the information-technology revolution and the associated expansion of trade, capital flows and global supply chains narrowed income gaps between countries and widened them within them at the same time.

ECONOMIST: After a period on the wane, inequality is waxing again

After discussing business models that effectively bring about change in international trade, we determined that we needed a mechanism that could bridge the gaps in business between the US and Africa.

WHITEHOUSE: Champions of Change Blog

These days, amid seeming prosperity, beefs about pay gaps or fears of job loss are usually linked to globalization and trade.

FORBES: Copenhagen Capitalism