When I asked Hector Medina, Cemex's vice-president for finance, about this problem, I could almost hear a shrug come down the line from Cemex's Mexican headquarters.
The first - well documented in the excellent Lords of Finance by Liaquat Ahamed - was when World War I threatened to crash the national banking systems of the combatants.
Calibre 11 is a part-time gig for me, I work in finance during the week and write my posts on weekends.
In short: I advocate not for censorship, but for campaign-finance reform.
With the meeting of the G-20 finance ministers in Seoul behind us, I believe that we can now draw some conclusions.
While there's no question that entrepreneurs love their toys, in contrast to finance types, I can assure you that the self-made are relatively unconcerned about amassing vast fortunes.
This part of the S-1 is for finance geeks and accountants (hey, I get excited about it).
Like many in the world of finance, I have watched the unfolding of the massive insider-trading scandals that have dominated the headlines this year.
At long last this is close to being decided I gather - but one significant outstanding issue is whether there will be a Finance Committee to scrutinise the government's budget and spending.
Last month, I directed my economic team to work with the Federal Housing Finance Agency -- or FHFA -- and their partners in the housing industry to identify barriers to refinancing, knock those barriers down, and explore every option available to help many American homeowners to refinance.
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"As new insured municipal bonds are issued, I expect the public finance markets will begin to thaw, freeing up much-needed capital for future projects, " Brown said Wednesday.
In other words, it is the latest initiative to provide the financial bridge that British industry has wanted for more or less as long as I have been conscious of the existence of British industry, viz long-term finance for growing companies from the institutions that invest for the long term.
"I'm trying to avoid a heart attack, " the 52-year-old finance worker said.
Finance Minister Francois Baroin, in an interview Saturday for French television network i-tele, said France had "full confidence" in the strength of the U.S. economy.
Once again, my more ponderous thoughts were featured in an essay being published tomorrow in The Los Angeles Review of Books, in which I analyse Double Entry : How the Merchants of Venice Created Modern Finance by Jane Gleeson-White.
Lying abed, looking at the Emerald City of unfettered finance capital coruscating across the rooftops of the Victorian corridor streets that Le Corbusier and Howard so decried, I can appreciate that enacted here is the most important axiom of contemporary architecture - form follows finance.
And although that might be a great thing from the point of view of the ethical standing of the banking system, it is never nice or easy for any bank to see a vast amount of cash walking out the door - especially since, as I mentioned earlier, that can increase its dependence on emergency replacement finance from the European Central Bank.
"I bring the knowledge of how a business should run according to Western standards -- specifically, how finance departments are structured, the typical financial reports that should be produced each month and what measurements they should be watching to help them gauge their success, " he told CNN.
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"I just see a huge train wreck coming down, " Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont.
Accordingly, I would like to see the finance ministers of the major economies, who meet in Washington in mid-April, to agree on boosting the financial resources available to the IMF.
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Sure, I realize that Congress squandered all the money I surrendered that was supposed to be set aside to finance my retirement, leaving nothing in my so-called Social Security "account, " but IOUs that you kids are going to have to make good.
After realizing how helpful it was hear an objective view of my value, I started gathering intel from people who were similarly non-competitive with me: I asked my former boss for his advice, and my friend who works in finance.
As the Aprimo CMO, I have shared five multi-faceted, strategic initiatives all the way from the board room to our sales and finance sister organizations, and while revenue targets are a critical part of these proposals, other metrics are equally important, too.
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