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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.

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Finance Ministry says defrauded by staffer

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.

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Romanian Finance Minister Says He Will Be Replaced in `Political’ Decision

BEIRUT: The Finance Ministry rejected allegations that the open government borrowing from the market has contributed to the rise of Lebanon’s public debt. In a statement, the ministry described the MP Ibrahim Kanaan’s allegation as inaccurate and highly exaggerated. Kanaan claimed that the Finance Ministry was nine months late in sending the 2010 draft budget to the

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Finance Ministry rejects allegations of ‘discrepancies’

Japanese finance and economic ministers defended measures pledged by the government and the Bank of Japan yesterday, amid concern they won’t be sufficient to halt the yen’s gain and boost growth.

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Finance, Economic Ministers Defend Monetary Policy Steps as Stocks Slide

FINANCE workers have told ministers to get back to the drawing board and cut more from their budgets.

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Finance workers tell ministers to cut more

Finance Minister Bill English is to visit Hong Kong and Singapore next week.

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Finance Minister to visit Asia

Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda will today express his views on the current exchange rate, the Nikkei newspaper reported, without saying where it obtained the information.

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Finance Minister Noda to Express Views on Yen Rate Today, Nikkei Reports

The NFL’s finance committee has unanimously recommended approval of Missouri billionaire Stan Kroenke’s bid to take full control of the St. Louis Rams. League spokesman Greg Aiello told the Associated Press on Tuesday that commissioner Roger Goodell has notified teams of the committee’s finding.

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Finance committee approves Rams sale

Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz has thrown a spoke in the wheel of Israel’s planned purchase of 20 American F-35 Stealth aircraft at a cost of $2.7 billion: At Sunday’s cabinet meeting, he got Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to promise that acquisition of the planes, which are designed to greatly reduce the chance of being spotted by radar or other detection systems, will be considered by a …

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Finance minister contests purchase of F-35 stealth jets

Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz has thrown a spoke in the wheel of Israel’s planned purchase of 20 American F-35 Stealth aircraft at a cost of $2.7 billion: At Sunday’s cabinet meeting, he got Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to promise that acquisition of the planes, which are designed to greatly reduce the chance of being spotted by radar or other detection systems, will be considered by a …

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Finance minister contests purchase of F-35 stealth jets