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NDP finance critic Bruce Ralston is planning to file a formal complaint alleging that Finance Minister Colin Hansen misled legislature about pre-election discussions concerning the HST.

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NDP finance critic filing complaint against Hansen

The Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services announced today its plans for conducting provincewide budget consultations. The process will be based on the Budget 2011 Consultation Paper, which will be presented by the Minister of Finance to the Committee on September 15

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Finance committee travels province

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

Prominent businessman Allan Hubbard’s finance company is teetering on the brink of receivership and is understood to be in last-minute talks with the Government and overseas investors to avoid New Zealand’s largest corporate collapse…

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Finance giant on the brink of collapse

China’s Finance Minister Xie Xuren said that the government will research and improve tax policies that can “reasonably” guide individual purchases of properties, the China Business News reported, citing a speech Xie delivered yesterday to the National People’s Congress.

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Finance Minister Xie Says China to Research Property Tax, Business Reports

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

Smiths City Group’s in-house finance company will be crucial in fighting off challenges from bigger Australian competition, managing director Rick Hellings says.

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Finance arm to boost Smiths City