They reveal just how weak these countries are.
They'd rather keep investors in the dark, like the bad old days.
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San Francisco
International momentum is building for stricter oversight of derivatives trading, as a top U.S. regulator recommended new limits on credit-default swaps and European leaders pushed for a ban on speculative bets against government debt following recent financial turmoil in Greece.
In the U.S., Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler in a speech Tuesday offered his most-specific criticisms yet of credit-default swaps, the insurance-like contracts often blamed for the near-collapse of American International Group Inc. during the financial crisis.
