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Japanese Finance Minister warns about yen
Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Saturday Tokyo would take decisive steps to stem the yen's rise when needed, while suggesting that coordinated currency market intervention was a difficult option.
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Islamic finance must diversify: Analysts
KUWAIT CITY: Islamic finance, which prohibits charging interest, is set to double in size in five years, but the one-trillion-dollar industry must diversify and regulate to realise its full potential, analysts and economic reports say.
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Finance Ministry says defrauded by staffer
The Dutch Finance Ministry Thursday acknowledged it was defrauded out of more than 160,000 euros ($204,800) earlier this year by an employee of the ministry unit that handles the state's financing needs.
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Finance committee travels province
The Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services announced today its plans for conducting provincewide budget consultations. The process will be based on the Budget 2011 Consultation Paper, which will be presented by the Minister of Finance to the Committee on September 15. “We encourage interested individuals and organizations to make a contribution to this important process ...
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NDP finance critic filing complaint against Hansen
NDP finance critic Bruce Ralston is planning to file a formal complaint alleging that Finance Minister Colin Hansen misled legislature about pre-election discussions concerning the HST.
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Growing Islamic finance should diversify, regulate--analysts
KUWAIT CITY—Islamic finance, which prohibits charging interest, is set to double in size in five years, but the one-trillion-dollar industry must diversify and regulate to realize its full potential, analysts and economic reports say.
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Ex-finance minister says Hansen must have known
While B.C.'s Finance Minister still insists the HST wasn't on his radar before the 2009 election, a former provincial finance minister said he was briefed on the issue almost 10 years ago.
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Simple Finance Technology Corp. Raises $2.9m Series A for BankSimple
BROOKLYN, N.Y., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Simple Finance Technology Corp., the makers of BankSimple (https://banksimple.com), a service for those who wish banking were easy, announced the close of a $2.9 million Series "A" round of financing. First Round Capital, IA Ventures and Village Ventures led the round, with support from Jerry Neumann, SV Angel, Nauiokas Park and several, as yet ...
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South Canterbury Finance bailout on Cabinet agenda
As well as grappling with financial issues presented by the Canterbury earthquake, Cabinet is also today likely to come up with a clearer picture of how much the bailout of South Canterbury Finance will cost taxpayers.
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Romanian finance minister's sacking raises fears for reform
The replacement of the Romanian finance minister by an obscure politician has raised fears in financial circles that Romania's reform drive could be imperilled as the country grapples with a deep economic crisis.
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Simple Finance Technology Corp. Raises $2.9m Series A for BankSimple
Simple Finance Technology Corp., the makers of BankSimple , a service for those who wish banking were easy, announced the close of a $2.9 million Series "A" round of financing. Â First Round Capital, IA Ventures and Village Ventures led the round, with support from Jerry Neumann, SV Angel, Nauiokas Park and several, as yet, unannounced angel investors.
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