Finance Chronicle

Re: “Look who’s bankrolling the Tea Party,” Aug. 31 Frank Rich column. It’s remarkable that the people who clamored for “campaign finance reform”

The Dutch Finance Ministry Thursday acknowledged it was defrauded out of more than 160,000 euros earlier this year by an employee of the ministry unit that handles the state’s financing needs.

Romanian Finance Minister Sebastian Vladescu said he will be replaced as part of a “political” decision, he said in a phone interview today after meeting with Prime Minister Emil Boc.

MANAMA: The Islamic finance sector is set to become a $2 trillion industry in the next three to five years from its current $1trn mark in spite of the financial slowdown.

THE government may narrow its budget deficit next year to the smallest since 2008 as economic growth accelerates, Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima said Wednesday.

LONDON – House prices fell much faster than expected last month but further declines are likely to be modest, mortgage lender Nationwide said on Thursday.

Federal Election Commission ruling from the Supreme Court, which allowed corporations and unions to spend freely on campaign advertisements, there has been a flurry of challenges to other campaign finance laws in the courts. …

With almost two years having passed since the Irish banks reached crisis point, it’s worth reflecting on how effective the government’s policies have been.

The state government has announced that Sunil Soni, finance secretary in charge of reforms, will conduct the probe into decisions pertaining to land deals taken by the City and Industrial Development Corporation’s board of directors between November 2009 and May 2010.