Finance News Archive

22-Sep-2005

• 'Italy Finance Minister Siniscalco Resigns Over Fazio (Update7) (Bloomberg.com)
Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Italian Finance Minister Domenico Siniscalco resigned days before the government must present its budget, saying he was ``scandalized'' by the administration's inability to remove Bank of Italy Governor Antonio Fazio.
• 'Italy Finance Minister Siniscalco Resigns Over Fazio (Update6) (Bloomberg.com)
Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Italian Finance Minister Domenico Siniscalco resigned after he failed to persuade Bank of Italy Governor Antonio Fazio to quit, leaving the government without a Finance chief days before the presentation of the budget.
• 'Italy Finance Minister Siniscalco Resigns Over Fazio (Update3) (Bloomberg.com)
Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Italian Finance Minister Domenico Siniscalco resigned over his failure to persuade Bank of Italy Governor Antonio Fazio to quit, leaving the government without a finance chief days before the presentation of the budget.
• 'Italian finance minister resigns amid central bank, budget disputes (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Italian Finance Minister Domenico Siniscalco resigned saying he was "outraged" at government reluctance to pressure central bank governor Antonio Fazio to leave office.
• 'US Treasury chief holds talks with Iraqi finance minister (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US Treasury Secretary John Snow held day-long talks with Iraqi Finance Minister Ali Allawi to discuss the restive country's economic future, officials said.
• 'Campaign finance reform plan sent to governor (WTNH-TV New Haven)
(Hartford-WTNH, Sept. 22, 2005 6:35 PM) _ It's not quite what she wants, but the outline of a campaign finance reform plan is on the governor's desk. Reform advocates say if it isn't passed into law this year it may never happen.
• 'Italy's finance minister abruptly quits (International Herald Tribune)
Domenico Siniscalco abruptly resigned as Italy's finance minister, sending the government into disarray little more than a week before the cabinet must approve the budget and present it to Parliament.
• 'Berlusconi Names Tremonti Finance Minister; Challenged by Ally (Bloomberg.com)
Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Giulio Tremonti, who twice served as Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's finance minister, was re- appointed after the surprise resignation today of Domenico Siniscalco's in a dispute that contributed to a Berlusconi ally challenging his leadership.
• 'G7 finance ministers fret over oil price surge (Channel NewsAsia)
WASHINGTON : Finance ministers of the wealthy Group of Seven nations were to take stock of the harmful impact on their economies of record-high oil prices at their latest talks here Friday.