European finance ministers on Tuesday bid to unlock a trillion-euro annual crackdown on tax evasion, under pressure from EU leaders looking for new measures to boost job creation and growth at their Brussels summit next week.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
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German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said a new anti-euro party "can't be taken seriously" and labelled its core demand "economically insane" in comments published on Sunday.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
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Indonesia's president has appointed a political cohort with little financial experience as acting finance minister, as the nation battles a weakening currency and strained state budget.
Friday, April 19, 2013
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From her small convent in the mountains near Barcelona, Sister Teresa Forcades, a Harvard-educated Catalan nun, has emerged as a leading advocate of Spain's "indignant" protest movement against the excesses of capitalism.
Monday, April 8, 2013
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France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius denied a "rumour" in a newspaper report claiming that he may have a Swiss bank account, as the French government struggles to deal with a scandal over undeclared foreign bank holdings.
Monday, April 8, 2013
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France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius denied a "rumour" in a newspaper report claiming that he may have a Swiss bank account, as the French government struggles to deal with a scandal over undeclared foreign bank holdings.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
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Belgian Finance Minister Steven Vanackere on Tuesday announced he was resigning from the government after being cited in a scandal concerning Belfius bank, Belga news agency said.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
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The president of the World Bank on Saturday warned the finance chiefs of the world's leading economic powers that global warming is a real risk to the planet and already affecting the world economy in unprecedented ways.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
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Britain's finance ministry insisted Saturday it would dispose of its majority stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland "at the appropriate moment" amid reports ministers were considering a share giveaway.
Friday, February 15, 2013
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Finance ministers from G20 states gathered Friday in Moscow for their first meeting in the Russian capital aimed at reassuring markets that the world's economic powers would not slug it out in "currency wars" to boost national growth.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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