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.

BRUSSELS, Sept 3 – Franco-Belgian financial services group Dexia plans to settle the final part of a 600 million euro cost savings plan in the coming days and present it to workers in the middle of the month.

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.

LONDON – Ofgem is launching an investigation into whether four of the big UK gas and power suppliers are mis-selling products to customers, the energy regulator said on Thursday.

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

Kuala Lumpur, 2 September 2010 – Kuwait Finance House Kuwait Finance House Berhad, the first foreign Islamic bank in the country, has launched the KFH KFH Personal Financing-i Hajj and Umrah today.

KUALA LUMPUR: Kuwait Finance House Bhd has launched a personal financing product to facilitate Muslim customers make pilgrimages to the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah.

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