Finnegan , head of financing arm General Motors Acceptance Corp.

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On March 15th Lord Browne, a former head of BP, a big oil company, published the interim results of a review into financing higher education.

ECONOMIST: University finances

The Netherlands' Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the head of the group of euro-zone finance ministers, said it was crucial that Cyprus receive financing help from Russia.

WSJ: Cyprus Gets New Bailout Deal

David Shaheen, head of the entertainment group at JPMorgan, reckons there were 25 to 30 banks active in film financing before the credit crisis.

ECONOMIST: Hollywood in the recession

In 1987 Gary Wendt, head of GE Capital (then called GE Credit), tapped Neal to move to Stamford to sell financing for technical equipment.

FORBES: Companies, People, Ideas

Marc Lowlicht, head of the wealth management division at Further Lane Asset Management, recommends consumers use a credit card for financing purchases, but not as actual credit.

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"The bond-market investigation is not likely to have a negative impact on companies' ability to raise funds in the short term, but some high-risk borrowers, such as local-government financing vehicles, could see their borrowing costs go up, " said Zhu Chaoping, head of research at ChinaScope Financial, a Hong Kong research and data firm.

WSJ: China Probe Focuses on Trading of Bonds

But I think what we must do in the present climate, and this is why I think the Prime Minister was right to tackle this head on, is to try and move now to reassure people about the probity of public life, and the financing of political parties because I think that is very very important to do that.

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