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finance

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




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Here are a few rules of life — and finance.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

U.K. defense stocks jumped following the appointment of John Healey as the country’s new finance chief, as investors bet the former defense secretary will oversee an increase in the department’s spending.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Trump officials are also planning to finance at least one organization to research crime and atrocities against minority populations in South Africa.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

The company, based in Dublin, Ireland, and described as the world's leading aviation finance platform, manages a fleet of 1,700 aircraft for more than 170 airlines worldwide.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

Alas, there was a difference between fantasy football and fantasy finance: When a fantasy football player drafts Peyton Manning to be on his team, he doesn’t create a second Peyton Manning.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Yields on British gilts rose on Monday after comments by new Prime Minister Andy Burnham about public finances worried bond investors.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

Many people, he has said, can't go out for a pint on a Friday, can't take the kids out, and can't go on holiday owing to the pressure on their finances.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Rising fuel prices can make people feel less optimistic about U.S. prospects and more worried about their own finances, and diesel touches every corner of the economy.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

Villa's finances are tight as they look to comply with Uefa financial regulations and left-back Lucas Digne is close to rejoining Paris St-Germain.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

With the war over, Garfield moved to the Appropriations Committee, which monitored the government's finances and spending.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

There are still many questions around the project in Kenya, not least where it will source the oil to refine and how it will be financed.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

Unicef claims the interim government, under Muhammad Yunus, delayed ordering vaccines last year, opting instead to consider new vendors and restructure how the purchases were financed.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

There are still many question marks around the project in Kenya, not least where it will source the oil to refine, and how it will be financed.

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

JPMorgan says its new Park Avenue headquarters created over 8,000 union-affiliated jobs and financed hundreds of millions of dollars of public transportation-related renovations at nearby transit hubs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

The Ptolemys did not merely collect established knowledge; they encouraged and financed scientific research and so generated new knowledge.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

As a sign of investor confidence, Ivory Coast last week secured in July $80 billion in international public financing -- four times more than expected -- for its 2026–2030 National Development Plan.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

But businesses say they can also hobble a firm’s ability to get financing or compete for federal contracts, and other critics say that tends to hurt shareholders and employees more than executives.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

SEW warned in its annual report this week that it needed to secure fresh financing to stay afloat after taking a £55m hit from outages over the winter.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

There were already long-term anxieties regarding rising AI capital expenditures and circular financing methods among the hyperscalers, according to Steve Hou, head of research at Silicon Data.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

At my mother’s insistence, she, too, began school; the burden of financing both our educations rested entirely on my mother, even though my father tried to help from time to time.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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