lead the international monetary fund ending weeks of impossible in the 20 countries . is from bulgaria and is the current chief executive of the world bank i.m.f. member countries can make nominations until september 6th traditionally the i.m.f. is led by european contrasts the u.s. gets to appoint the president of the world bank. amazon boss jeff bezos has sold $1800000000.00 worth of his shares and that company sale took place over 3 transactions at the end of july he reports a basis to use the money to fund his space venture origin over to asia now where south korea is the 1st country to be dropped from japan's white list of favored trading nations a move that could slow exports of a wide range of goods and with seoul threatening to respond relations in the region