How is Donald Trump NOT perfect for D.C.? He’s got the persistence of a lobbyist, the family money of a past president or two, the shamelessness of a scandal-plagued senator, the marital track record of at least one former House speaker (ahem) and the self-promotional drive that draws so many of America’s student council presidents to the nation’s capital. Read full article > >

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Donald Trump will fit right in on Pennsylvania Avenue

The State Department has asked each component of the massive U.S. diplomatic mission in Baghdad to analyze how a 25 percent cut would affect operations, part of a rapidly moving attempt to save money and establish what a top official on Wednesday called “a more normalized embassy presence.” Read full article > >

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State Department seeks smaller embassy presence in Baghdad

The UK’s largest care provider, Four Seasons, is in talks to find money to refinance its debts, but it denies union claims it is in financial difficulty.

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Care provider in new debt talks

As MF Global careened toward bankruptcy in October, the brokerage firm used customer funds to bankroll its business, apparently assuming that the money would be put back by the end of each day, a trustee overseeing the firm’s liquidation reported Monday. Read full article > >

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Trustee says MF Global sustained itself on customer funds

More than a third of the advertising tied to the presidential race has been funded by nonprofit groups that will never have to reveal their donors, suggesting that a significant portion of the 2012 elections will be wrapped in a vast cloak of secrecy. Read full article > >

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Secret money is funding more election ads

More than half of Welsh councils are owed money from private developers which should be going towards community facilities.

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Councils owed £2.3m by developers

Who says government can’t get anything right? It was just two years ago that the Supreme Court, in a landmark decision, scraped away decades of barnacled case law obscuring our beloved Constitution and unequivocally established the right of corporations, unions and wealthy individuals to spend as much money as they want to influence the outcome of elections. Read full article > >

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Forget super PACs. A modest proposal for legalizing bribery

Renews request for grant money to encourage hiring.

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Obama Outlines Veterans Jobs Program

TEHRAN — Faced with a plummeting currency in the wake of toughened international sanctions, Iran is cracking down on black-market money changers and warning that major speculators could face execution. Read full article > >

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Iran warns currency speculators as rial continues to fall

While the authorities have traced hundreds of millions of dollars from MF Global, investigators do not know whether they can retrieve the money.

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DealBook: After a Delay, MF Global’s Missing Money Is Traced

Conservative super PACs and other outside groups are helping Republicans close a yawning fundraising gap with President Obama, giving the eventual GOP presidential nominee a better chance at winning the money race by November, according to new disclosures Tuesday. Read full article > >

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Super PACs helping Republican candidates close in on Obama

Romney has the organization, money and history to crush opponents in the Silver State.

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Mitt Looks Good In Nevada

As Italy reins in its spending, institutions in New York City dependent on the European nation’s money are being affected.

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In New York City, Feeling Pain of Italy’s Belt-Tightening

Operating on money and equipment scrounged from the public and from Silicon Valley millionaires, a band of astronomers recently restarted the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

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Life Out There | Starry Dreams and Financial Woes: SETI Research Is Revived – Life Out There

The deal was forged in 2008 when a fledgling nonprofit group with political connections promised to turn distressed apartment complexes into badly needed homes for troubled young men. Peaceoholics had never bought or repaired a building. It had never operated affordable housing. It had no construction money from private lenders and less than $27,000 cash on hand. Read full article > >

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D.C. housing deal shows much spent but less accomplished