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Fannie Mae payment could delay debt limit until Labor Day

...shouldn't relax," Lew said in an interview in London, where he will be attending a Group of Seven meeting of finance ministers and central bankers. "Congress should deal with this right away."Lew noted that the nation technically will...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-10/fannie-mae-payment-could-d
Pressure on Bangladesh, retailers to fix factories

...Bangladesh government, however, may be the least willing of all to accept any responsibility."I am not worried," Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said Friday. "These are individual cases of ... accidents. It happens everywhere."

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-03/pressure-bangladesh-retail
Cyprus lawmakers to vote on plan to get rescue money

...in the country.Cyprus' finance minister, Michalis Sarris, returned...news conference.Russia's finance minister, Anton Siluanov, said the...pressure on Cyprus. Luxembourg's finance Minister Luc Frieden told Germany's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-03-22/cyprus-lawmakers-vote-plan
US stocks rise on hopes for budget deal, Europe

...can meet upcoming payments to creditors. Trading in Europe is still volatile. The region has entered recession.Finance ministers from nations that use the euro will meet Tuesday. Later in the week, leaders will convene to discuss the European...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-11-19/us-stocks-rise-hopes-budge
EU summit ends without budget deal

...the bloc, broke up Friday afternoon without being able to reach a deal.Coming just days after the 17 eurogroup finance ministers failed again to agree on the conditions for releasing badly needed bailout money for Greece, the failure of the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-11-23/eu-summit-ends-without-bud
Relief over Spain bank rescue fades quickly, Dow loses 142

...yield on the comparable Italian bond crept higher, too - by 0.28 percentage point from Friday to 5.83 percent.Finance ministers of the 17 countries that use the euro currency said they would make the $120 billion available to the Spanish government...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-06-11/relief-over-spain-bank-res
European debt crisis has investors wondering what to do

...less than three years, and replace them with longer-term securities that mature in six to 30 years.Thursday: Finance ministers of the 17 euro countries meet and are certain to discuss a pledge of $125 billion to rescue Spain's banks.Friday...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-06-17/european-debt-crisis-has-i
Jim Yong Kim is chosen to lead World Bank, keeping US hold on top post at development agency

...world.Developing countries had put forward two candidates for the post: Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo. Both argued that it was time to break the hold the United States...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-04-16/jim-yong-kim-chosen-lead-w
Frenchwoman takes over IMF

WASHINGTON --- French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde was chosen Tuesday to lead the International Monetary Fund and will immediately confront a European debt crisis...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2011-06-28/frenchwoman-takes-over-imf
Eurozone signs off on Greek aid installment

...second bailout for the struggling country, eurozone finance ministers said Saturday.The ministers signed off their portion...other private creditors has been figured out.Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said in a statement that his...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2011-07-02/eurozone-signs-greek-aid-i