EUROPE - European Union finance ministers failed to agree on a draft law to regulate hedge funds and private equity firms, which the U.K. said could hurt London's competitiveness as a financial centre.
Spain, which chairs EU meetings until the end of June, said more work is needed on the proposals that have also drawn the ire of U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner. (Click here for related...
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