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finance

[fi-nans, fahy-nans] / fɪˈnæns, ˈfaɪ næns /




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Earlier this week, the United States welcomed the Russian finance minister at a G20 gathering in North Carolina.

From Barron's Sep. 5, 2026

“It does not inspire confidence to know that this kind of wild understatement happened,” said Andrew Granato, a law professor at the University of Texas at Austin who specializes in corporate finance and insurance.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

A Times review of campaign finance records since 2022 found no donations from Michaels’ executives to current board members.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Robert Whitelaw, a respected finance professor at New York University, is one of the authors.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Dad had decided it would be easier, as he put it, to accumulate the capital necessary to finance the Prospector if he hit the casinos for a while.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

If Paxton wins, an incomplete picture of his finances could prevent watchdogs from evaluating his conflicts of interest as a senator, Holman and others said.

From Salon Sep. 5, 2026

It’s never too late to turn your finances around.

From MarketWatch Sep. 4, 2026

At one point Tuesday, Lyons was rebuked when discussing the couple’s finances.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Such long delays have an impact on their own work, finances and mental health, a survey for the Alzheimer's Society charity reveals.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

He felt lucky that she didn’t expect him to make wads of money, but he was concerned about their finances all the same.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

The project, now estimated to cost roughly $400 million, is supposedly being financed through private donations rather than a congressional appropriation.

From Slate Sep. 1, 2026

Austrian police and Europol also recently dismantled another people-smuggling ring financed through hawala, which officials said had transported about 100,000 people into Europe over 18 months.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

The deal was financed with capital from his Imani Media Group.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

“The key messaging here is not on how the buybacks are financed, but on the threat that the buybacks could be increased again,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

She is happy in the $45,000 Denali that they financed.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

Nvidia has been at the center of a flurry of recent dealmaking activity, using its financial heft to backstop data-center financing and other deals with customers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Senegal has been able to continue financing itself largely through regional financial markets but this comes at higher costs than loans from international financial institutions, development banks or governments.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

Those financing needs are part of a “crowding out” effect that bond-market investors and observers have been talking about.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

In this role, the lawsuit said, she was responsible for originating and developing projects, attaching filmmakers, assembling financing and producing films from preproduction through delivery.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

“Will you be wanting financing? Would you like to talk with our finance manager?”

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech




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