With markets in chaos, G7 officials start meeting

Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:09pm EDT
 
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A meeting of finance ministers and central bankers of the Group of Seven major industrialized nations got under way at about 2:15 p.m. EDT (1815) on Friday at the U.S. Treasury Department.

Top economic officials are struggling to find ways to calm chaotic financial markets.

(Reporting by Mark Felsenthal; Editing by Theodore d'Afflisio)

 

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