An Iran bombshell, a bankers' bonus deal, and a climate-change cop-out. The Daily Beast presents the highs and lows of the G-20 summit.
The G-20 Bonus Madness
Andrew Neil is a publisher and broadcaster working out of London, New York, Dubai, and the south of France. He is chairman and editor in chief of Press Holdings Media Group, publishers of The Spectator, Spectator Business, and Apollo.
France will huff and puff at the G-20 sessions today. Germany will dig in its heels. But in the end, the U.S. and U.K. rule the global banking system-and they've pre-cooked a deal.
The G-20's Drama Queen
Eric Pape has reported on Europe and the Mediterranean region for Newsweek Magazine since 2003. He is co-author of the graphic novel Shake Girl, which was inspired by one of his articles. He has written for the Los Angeles Times magazine, Spin, Vibe, Le Courrier International, Salon, Los Angeles and others. He is based in Paris.
The French president threatened to walk out of the summit in Pittsburgh if leaders don't take action on global finance, but such grandstanding undermines his cause, says Eric Pape.
Michelle's Time to Shine
Sandra McElwaine is a Washington-based journalist. She has been a reporter for The Washington Star, The Baltimore Sun, a correspondent for CNN and People and Washington editor of Vogue and Cosmopolitan. Currently she writes for The Washington Post, Time and Forbes.
A Warhol time capsule, locally sourced menus, a jazz trio-Michelle Obama's been planning for months for the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, her first international meet-and-greet on home soil. Sandra McElwaine has all the details.
The G-20 in Pittsburgh
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Following the U.N. circus, the world's VIPs head to Pittsburgh. The Daily Beast sizes up the top 20 players and their plans for mopping up the meltdown.
5 Things to Watch for at the G-20
As the world's leaders discuss the world's problems in Pittsburgh tomorrow, Steven R. Weisman breaks down what's at stake-climate change, economic recovery, banking reform.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Lee Siegel has written about culture and politics and is the author of three books: Falling Upwards: Essays in Defense of the Imagination; Not Remotely Controlled: Notes on Television; and, most recently, Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob. In 2002, he received a National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism.
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Martin Jacques is the cofounder of the UK think tank Demos, writes a regular column for The Guardian, and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre. His new book, When China Rules the World, is available now.
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