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finance

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




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O'Dowd, who is also the finance minister, told BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme on Monday that it was not Sinn Féin who brought the Drumcree dispute "back to the table".

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

On the downside, finance leaders noted key challenges including economic and political uncertainty, and managing supplier and token costs, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Sarma, a former senior government official who worked in the power and finance ministries, has called for a water audit by an independent agency.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

Ros Atkins thinks technology is dramatically shifting what we value in the worlds of friendship, culture, finance and work.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

It would have taken my father almost five years to come up with the money to finance the summer-long trip.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

With public finances under strain, Schomaker said COP17 in Armenia would focus on ways to better engage the private sector in helping close the $700-billion annual funding shortfall for the 2030 nature protection goals.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

A Fed survey on consumer finances finds that borrowers may be falling behind on loans or spending a larger share of their income on debt payments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Overall, the survey paints a picture of a two-speed economy, where older and affluent people are thriving and persistent inflation is making everyone else felt pessimistic about their finances and the economy broadly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Consumers have plenty of artificial-intelligence assistants at their disposal that can analyze their spending and optimize their finances.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

She was so hyped on espresso when she taped her audition that “I sounded like I was speaking chipmunk” But she didn’t seem too disappointed, especially since her finances are okay now.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

They can’t produce more oil and may not immediately slow AI spending financed by tech giants’ cash and the bond market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

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

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

When corporate leaders publicly insist that the systems they financed, engineered and deployed are suddenly beyond their power to contain, skepticism isn’t only healthy; it is essential.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Once he had financed Gay to go for turtles.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

Much of the money has been wasted, financing factories and apartment blocks for which there isn’t enough demand, sparking debilitating price wars, and hurting profits and wages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Last week, it announced it had secured a possible $300m in financing from BC Partners Credit in order to try to move forward with the 2027 season.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

"France does not have an immediate financing problem, and only 14 percent of its debt arrives at term in 2027," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

The changing economic landscape presents further financing opportunities for the bank, Abdulla Mubarak Al-Khalifa told Dow Jones Newswires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

He was very busy with his politics and his business, traveling constantly, financing new political campaigns, buying land and tractors, raising race horses, and speculating on the price of gold, sugar, and paper.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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