Germany restates its opposition to so-called eurobonds as the new French finance minister prepares to meet his German counterpart for the first time.

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Germany restates eurobond unease

The two lives of John Edwards have collided spectacularly in the federal courthouse where the government is trying him on charges of campaign finance fraud and conspiracy.

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Edwards Trial Shows Affair’s Strains on Campaign

Has anything changed in the world of campaign finance that might give pause to the five members of the Supreme Court who decided Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission exactly 28 months ago Monday ? Read full article > >

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Supreme Court faces pressure to reconsider Citizens United ruling

Last week, the once-future Treasury secretary and current JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon revealed a $2 billion loss. This previously undisclosed derivative trade should be a wake-up call for those claiming that finance has been “reined in” and no longer presents a threat to the global economy. Read full article > >

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JPMorgan’s debacle, and its parallels to AIG

Germany’s Wolfgang Schaeuble indicates interest in becoming chairman of the Eurogroup of eurozone finance ministers.

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German minister eyes key EU role

Jim Yong Kim, a US health expert, is chosen to take over as the new president of the World Bank, after a challenge from Nigeria’s finance minister.

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US choice is new World Bank chief

The voluntary sector will be hurt by the UK government’s plan to cap tax relief for charitable donations, the finance secretary claims.

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Swinney warning on tax relief cap

The first time Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ever had to convince Barack Obama of anything was back in 2005. At the time, Obama was an ambitious young senator from Illinois with a keen interest in foreign affairs. Okonjo-Iweala was Nigeria’s blunt-speaking finance minister, traversing the globe to convince the world’s wealthiest nations that they should ease her country’s debt burden. Read full article > >

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Can Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala break America’s hold on the World Bank?

A new financial institution set up by the government to finance charities and community groups is launched with £600m in funds.

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New Big Society fund is launched

Finance ministers in Copenhagen agree to increase the size of the eurozone’s rescue funds to 800bn euros ($1.1tn; £667bn).

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Eurozone boosts firewall to $1tn

Finance ministers from the European countries that use the currency hope the new fund will show their determination to end the two-year-old euro crisis.

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Europe Agrees to $1 Trillion Bailout Fund for Euro

Big business groups helped Republicans win the House in 2010, but the Export-Import Bank, which finances business exports, is in the cross hairs of the conservative representatives.

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A Business Bet on the G.O.P. May Be Backfiring

A group headed by Magic Johnson and financed largely by Guggenheim Partners was named the winning bidder of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Magic Johnson’s Group Wins the Bidding for the Dodgers

BOSTON — There are people who are passionate about Mitt Romney. Really. “I’m excited,” said Joseph Beyer, president of Harvard Business School’s Finance Club and an ardent Romney supporter. He added that the campus is a “good proxy of what his base would be.” Read full article > >

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To Mitt Romney campaign, enthusiasm may be overrated

Eurozone countries need to put more money in their rescue fund before G20 nations can help them, the G20 finance ministers say.

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G20 seeks eurozone bailout boost