Posts Tagged ‘finance-minister’

Ireland Will Pursue Aid From Europe, Minister Says

Sunday, November 21st, 2010

The finance minister Brian Lenihan confirmed Sunday that Ireland had formally applied for a bailout package to bolster its troubled banks.

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Ireland recommends bail-out plea

Sunday, November 21st, 2010

The Republic of Ireland’s finance minister has recommended that his country has made a formal application for aid to shore up its finances

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Wilson in promise on health cuts

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

The finance minister has said for the first time that healthcare should be ringfenced in the upcoming budget.

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Wilson in promise on health cuts

Minister ‘thrilled’ over new baby

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

Scotland’s Finance Minister John Swinney and his wife, Elizabeth Quigley, announce the birth of their first child.

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Cuts protest ‘pointless’ – Wilson

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

The finance minister Sammy Wilson has described a planned trade unionist protest against spending cuts on Saturday as a waste of time

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Wilson wants £18bn pledge clarity

Friday, October 15th, 2010

Questions remain over government assurances that NI will receive £18bn pledged in 2006 by Gordon Brown, says Finance Minister Sammy Wilson.

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Wilson wants £18bn pledge clarity

Japan moves to combat rising yen

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda confirms that Japan has interfered in the money markets to weaken the yen, after it hit a 15-year high against the dollar.

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Minister’s warning of tough times

Monday, September 13th, 2010

Wales is facing ‘very serious times’ as it prepares for spending cuts which will hit public services, says Finance Minister Jane Hutt.

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Minister’s warning of tough times

Wilson calls for cuts ‘realism’

Sunday, September 12th, 2010

The finance minister Sammy Wilson says some of his executive colleagues need a “reality check” about the prospect of forthcoming budget cuts.

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Greek PM reshuffles his cabinet

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Greek PM George Papandreou reshuffles his cabinet but leaves the key post of finance minister unchanged as his government battles a debt crisis.

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Greek PM reshuffles his cabinet

Nigerian economy ‘to grow by 10%’

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Nigeria’s economy will hit double-digit growth by the end of 2011 or early 2012, the country’s finance minister says.

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Nigerian economy ‘to grow by 10%’