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finance

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




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The banking giant failed to report over $5bn in suspicious activity to the government, $1bn of which posed national security and illicit finance risks, the Treasury said.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Yitzhak Gordon, a prominent member of the community and director of Arad's finance department, said he saw relations as mostly friendly.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

The models feature domain expertise in fields such as law, finance and health.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Steris expects to finance the deal primarily with debt, and projects the transaction will generate cash tax benefits with a net present value of about $300 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

When Steve Eisman stumbled into this new, rapidly growing industry of specialty finance, the mortgage bond was about to be put to a new use: making loans that did not qualify for government guarantees.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Seventy-two percent of surveyed hotels said the tournament hurt their 2026 finances, and 48% called the impact “extremely negative.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Consumers’ feelings about the economy and about their own personal finances have sunk this year, according to the University of Michigan’s monthly consumer sentiment survey.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Catastrophes strain public finances beyond reconstruction costs, often raising insurance premiums and limiting population growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Secondly, the mere fact that City were able to assemble a squad far better than their finances should have allowed.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Normally on these rides back from the station his father asks questions, about his classes, about his finances, about his plans after graduation.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

The project, financed almost entirely by Abudu's media group, mirrors the upscale lifestyle complex she launched in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, in 2019.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The wedding afterparty in the Bahamas reportedly was financed by Umar Kremlev.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Used-car buyers who financed in the second quarter this year borrowed $27,852 on average at 11.19% over 67.9 months, bringing the monthly payment to $542.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The average new-car buyer who financed in the second quarter borrowed $43,610 at 6.35% over 69.5 months, bringing their monthly payment to $765, according to the credit bureau Experian.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The Mellon family had financed a hospital called Hospital Albert Schweitzer, named for the famous German theologian and physician who had worked as a doctor in West Africa.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

He wrote that capital spending on AI has outpaced free-cash-flow generation, meaning that companies have needed to tap external financing for hardware purchases.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

While condo buyers aren’t forced to participate, some say this rarely seen financing tool sticks them with a risk, reports Nicholas G. Miller.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

If that financing becomes tougher to come by, it could dent spending on chips and other forms of AI infrastructure.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

They claimed Tchigirinsky had approached them "in the spring of 2002" with a view to new financing arrangements.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

In 2005, New York became one of a small group of states to tie college financing more closely to graduation rates, rewarding colleges more for moving students along than for simply admitting them.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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