• Concerns have grown about the capitalization of the German lender Commerzbank have dropped sharply and the German Finance Minister said they may need to activate the Soffin bank rescue fund.

    FORBES: Stocks Lower On Commerzbank Worries

  • But that has yet to happen and the finance minister recently said there was no money to fund both the referendum and election.

    BBC: African Viewpoint: Predictions for 2013

  • "Alfano could be our candidate for prime minister and I could be the finance minister, " he said.

    BBC: Silvio Berlusconi 'won't stand for PM'

  • "Respect your partners or you will be swept away by the Arab Spring and become a thing of the past, " said Finance Minister Rafie al-Issawi, one of the boycotting Iraqiya ministers, criticizing Mr. Maliki in a news conference on Sunday in Salahuddin, the first Sunni-dominated province to declare its bid for semiautonomy in October.

    WSJ: Iraq Crisis Grows With New Threat

  • The most recent fall was brought about by the remarks of Kiichi Miyazawa, the finance minister, who said currency and shares should be left to the markets.

    ECONOMIST: Asia rattles

  • "The Bank of Japan has been under continuous pressure from the cabinet and the finance minister to combat deflation, " said David Cohen at Action Economics in Singapore.

    BBC: Japan keeps interest rates on hold

  • Speaking after a cabinet meeting on Monday morning involving Mr Rutte's liberal VVD and the Christian Democrats (CDA), Finance Minister Jan Kees de Jager said they would "show the financial market and Dutch people that we can also put forward a solid financial policy".

    BBC: Dutch government falls in budget crisis

  • Mr Campbell and his fellow DUP MP Ian Paisley have expressed concern at the administration move and said they hoped to raise the matter with Nama through Finance Minister Sammy Wilson in the days ahead.

    BBC: Leading Portrush hotel goes into administration

  • Members of the al-Essawi's staff and guards were among those kidnapped from the ministry Thursday, the finance minister said.

    CNN: 150 kidnapped from Iraqi finance ministry, minister says

  • Sinn Fein's Conor Murphy, who is also chair of the finance committee, questioned why Finance Minister Sammy Wilson had not attended the debate and said his party's motion had been "undermined and undervalued by the lack of a ministerial response".

    BBC: Fuel Duty

  • For Ethiopia, Prime Minister Zenawi talked of a need for better "ease of access", and South Africa's Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said that far more flexibility from the IMF and the World Bank was needed.

    BBC: Downturn 'risks Africa conflict'

  • India's tax increase would apply to a relatively small share of the population of a country with 1.2 billion people: Only 42, 800 of them earned more than 10 million rupees and reported it on their tax returns, the finance minister said.

    WSJ: India Plans to Impose a New Tax on the Rich

  • However, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said he and the International Monetary Fund had been in favour of "respecting the deposit guarantee for accounts up to 100, 000" euros.

    BBC: Cyprus parliament vote on bailout postponed

  • The German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said "nobody in Europe sees the contradiction between fiscal consolidation and growth".

    BBC: Cyprus: Bailed out or broken

  • "This overhaul of EU banking rules will make sure that banks in the future have enough capital, both in terms of quality and quantity, to withstand shocks, " said Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan, who led the negotiations.

    BBC: EU banker bonus cap 'self-defeating'

  • "What this government fails to understand is that companies like BHP and others have investment options around the world, " Shadow finance minister Andrew Robb said in a statement.

    BBC: Australia's resources boom is over, minister warns

  • "The auction came in a very difficult market environment, with the issue of US debt ceiling still unresolved", and speculation about the future of Italian finance minister Giulio Tremonti, analysts at Unicredit said.

    BBC: Italy pays higher interest rate on latest bond sale

  • Last week Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested that a system be set up to filter SWF acquisitions, (See: "Merkel Plays Protector") and earlier this month her finance minister, Peer Steinbrueck, said the government has to pursue an "active industrial policy" to protect German telecommunications, banking, postal, logistics and energy companies, from being taken over by SWFs.

    FORBES: Tracking The Sovereign Funds

  • However, Sartaj Aziz, a senior party official and former finance minister, said Pakistan wouldn't go back to the IMF under the old terms.

    WSJ: Pakistan Election Gets a Seal of Approval

  • The scheme will be launched in 51 districts initially and will cover the entire country by the end of 2013, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said.

    BBC: India unveils cash subsidy plan for poor

  • Cyprus has made "significant progress" in talks with the EU and IMF aimed at securing a bailout, Cypriot Finance Minister Michael Sarris has said.

    BBC: Cyprus says 'significant progress' in debt crisis talks

  • However German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble said he "regretted" the vote and that Cypriots must understand that European Central Bank aid was contingent on a reform programme.

    BBC: Asia currencies gain as Cyprus bailout fears hurt euro

  • "We are a week further and substantial damage has been inflicted on the Cypriot economy, " said Dutch Deputy Finance Minister Frans Weekers as he arrived in Brussels.

    WSJ: Cyprus Gets New Bailout Deal

  • "We view foreign investments as a source of technology, finance and means of creating gainful employment in the country, " Trade Minister Anand Sharma said Monday.

    WSJ: H&M Seeks Permission to Open Stores in India

  • Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said on Wednesday that the three economy ministers and BOJ governor had "decided on a policy aimed at boosting the stock market".

    BBC: Nikkei soars ahead of deflation plan

  • The Thai finance minister Somkid Jatusripitak defended his country's human rights record and said he did not think other foreign funds would pull out.

    BBC: US pension fund quits Asian countries

  • ATHENS, Greece (AP) Greece's recession-wracked economy should start recovering next year and its sky-high unemployment rate should edge lower from the end of 2014, the finance minister said in an interview broadcast Thursday.

    NPR: Greece: Economic Recovery In Sight

  • "It is absolutely essential that no state aid is given before it is authorised - if it is authorised - by the European Commission, " Mr Monti said after meetings with Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Finance Minister Hans Eichel.

    BBC: EU to examine Holzmann rescue

  • Welsh Finance Minister Jane Hutt said it was the first time the Welsh government and the Treasury had agreed there was a risk of Wales losing out under the Barnett formula - the mechanism which adjusts funding for the devolved nations.

    BBC: Welsh government given limited borrowing powers

  • Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said it was to avoid defaulting and to keep Greece in the euro-zone.

    BBC: Greeks ask: Why all the suffering?

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