Finance News Archive

24-Sep-2005

• 'Transcript of the African Finance Ministers Press Briefing (IMF)
Washington, D.C. MS. HARDIN: Good morning, and welcome to this briefing of the African Finance Ministers. I am Frances Hardin, one of the senior press officers of the International Monetary Fund. We are missing one Minister at the moment, but we will certainly introduce him as soon as he arrives.
• 'Finance Ministers Are Split On World Bank and I.M.F. - New York Times (New York Times)
Finance Ministers Are Split On World Bank and I.M.F.
• 'UK finance minister Brown says debt deal agreed on (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Rich countries agreed on Saturday on all aspects of a deal to write of the multilateral debts of some of the world's poorest countries, British finance minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday.
• 'Finance gurus in Washington for IMF meeting (SABC News)
Top finance officials from around the world have gathered in Washington for the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. Those assembled are under pressure to reach agreement on debt relief for the world's poorest nations, under the plan agreed by the Group of Eight rich countries earlier in the year, during their summit in Gleneagles, Scotland.
• 'Goodale meets with U.S. treasury secretary amid global finance gathering (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
WASHINGTON (CP) - Finance Minister Ralph Goodale met with his U.S. counterpart Friday in advance of G7 talks, raising issues such as the softwood lumber dispute, high oil prices and the fallout from hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
• 'Bond issue to finance city-county landfill (Jonesboro Sun)
JONESBORO -- Deliberation and contemplation led to confirmation as the Craighead County Solid Waste Authority Board of Directors Executive Committee decided to stay the course and finance the $7.3 million city-county landfill project with a bond issue.
• 'Car dealers cashing in on finance commission (Stuff)
Each time a used car dealer signs a customer up to a car loan they are pocketing commissions from finance companies worth about 8.75% of the price of the car.
• '(AFX UK Focus) 2005-09-24 22:30 GMT: G7 MEETING Russia to host G8 finance ministers meeting in Feb 2006 (Interactive Investor)
WASHINGTON (AFX) - Russia will host a meeting of G8 finance ministers and central bankers for the first time in February next year, a European official said. The venue and precise date of the meeting have not yet been decided, the official said.
• 'G8 promises to finance WB debt relief programme (Daily Times)
WASHINGTON: The Group of Eight powers has pledged to Finance an ambitious debt cancellation plan for the world s poorest countries in a bid to unblock an impasse that has left campaigners fuming.