Dark money group spends $200000 on ads opposing Puerto Rico debt relief bill – Sunlight Foundation (blog)

Image via Center for Individual Freedom YouTube channel According to Sunlight Foundations Political Ad Sleuth tool, a 501(c)(4) dark money group called the Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF) has purchased at least $200,000 in ads in the Washington, D.C., market, an attempt to influence lawmakers crafting economic legislation to assist Puerto Rico’s dire financial situation.…

IMF Determined to Help Greece but Reforms Needed, Lagarde Says – Wall Street Journal

April 5, 2016 2:41 p.m. ET BERLINInternational Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said Tuesday the Washington-based lender is determined to help Greece but the country needs to implement substantial reforms to make this possible. Speaking at a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other heads of the worlds leading economic organizations,…