Finance Chronicle

The Czech Republic mandated Barclays Capital, Ceska Sporitelna AS and Deutsche Bank AG to arrange a planned sale of bonds in euros, the Finance Ministry said.

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”

CALGARY/Winnipeg, Manitoba – Chinese investors, among other unidentified parties, have approached at least one big Canadian pension manager about mounting a bid for Canada’s Potash Corp I to rival BHP Billiton’s $39 billion hostile offer.

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.

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

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. …

LONDON – Citigroup’s private banking arm has set up a global unit to target family offices, organisations that manage the financial affairs of rich dynasties, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.

JOHANNESBURG – HSBC will need more than just a controlling stake in South Africa’s Nedbank if Europe’s top lender aims to be a serious player on the fast-growing African continent.

SINGAPORE – Tight supply due to lower Indian exports and rising demand from top consumer China could push iron ore prices higher in 2011 after an expected decline in the fourth quarter of this year.