Finance Minister Pressure

Germany appoints new finance minister as pressure for quick snap elections mounts

Jörg Kukies was appointed as the new German finance minister on Thursday, replacing Christian Lindner.

Business - CNBC - 7 hours ago

German government collapses as Scholz sacks finance minister

Departure of Christian Lindner marks the end of the country’s unpopular three-party administration

World - Financial Times - 23 hours ago

German finance minister warns of retaliation if U.S. kicks off trade war

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner on Friday warned that if the U.S. kicked off a trade war with the European Union, there could be retaliation.

Business - CNBC - October 25

Germany's Scholz fires his finance minister as his coalition collapses

Germany’s center-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced he is firing Finance Minister Christian Lindner, which could undermine the ruling three-party coalition that relies on Lindner’s ...

World - ABC News - 21 hours ago

German government collapses after Olaf Scholz sacks finance minister

Unexpected move throws Europe’s largest economy into political disarray and is likely to lead to snap elections in March. The German government has collapsed after the chancellor, Olaf Scholz, ...

World - The Guardian - 14 hours ago

Germany's ruling coalition collapses as Chancellor Scholz fires finance minister

The three-year-old union between Scholz's Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens and Lindner's Free Democratic Party (FDP) had been on shaky ground for some time.

Business - CNBC - Yesterday

German opposition leader Merz calls for snap elections

Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces growing pressure from politicians and business to commit to January vote

World - Financial Times - 7 hours ago

EU Holds Talks on Gas Imports as Russia Exerts Pressure

World - Yahoo News - October 15

Spanish Graft Probe Heaps Pressure on Embattled Prime Minister

World - Yahoo News - October 15

U.S. crude oil prices fall more than 2% after OPEC cuts demand forecast again

Soft demand in China has weighed on the market for months.

Business - CNBC - October 14

Sovereign debt is the biggest risk to global growth in 2025, Saudi finance minister says

Global public debt hit a record $97 trillion in 2023, prompting the UN to call for urgent reforms for governments and financial systems around the world.

Business - CNBC - October 31

Dutch junior finance minister quits after questions over his personal investments

The Dutch junior minister for finance has quit following criticism of his refusal to publish details of his personal investments

World - ABC News - 6 days ago

Germany’s Chancellor Scholz announces he is firing his finance minister, which could undermine his three-party coalition

World - ABC News - Yesterday

Starmer under pressure to accept slavery reparations, as minister claims UK will eventually agree - UK politics live

PM Starmer has been told by Commonwealth leaders he must come to the table to discuss reparations for the “ill effects” of slavery. Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, has said that “no one ...

World - The Guardian - October 24

The pressures on Britain’s state, in charts

Ageing population is a great policy achievement but the higher costs demand tax increases and improved growth

World - Financial Times - October 30

The inflation risk for emerging markets

Fiscal indiscipline looms as the biggest threat after central bank battles to slow rising prices

World - Financial Times - October 15

Efune enters exclusive talks over Telegraph deal

New York Sun owner says newspaper has a ‘storied history as a pillar of the British press’

Business - Financial Times - October 14

JPMorgan rewrites laws of finance — with some help

Tech, regulation and customer inertia have changed the rules

Business - Financial Times - October 15

If Trump wins, get ready to finance that Ferrari

The GOP presidential nominee’s pitch to make car-loan interest tax deductible would be a boon to wealthy taxpayers.

Business - MarketWatch - October 15

Israel Strikes Hezbollah-Affiliated Financial Institution in Lebanon

Branches of Al-Qard al-Hasan, which functions as Hezbollah’s de facto banking arm but also operates as an alternative bank for Lebanese, were targeted around Beirut and across the country’s south ...

World - The New York Times - October 21

UK chancellor to unlock financing for critical minerals supply

Measures will benefit manufacturers, particularly in defence, aerospace and EV battery makers, says Treasury

Business - Financial Times - October 24

Atlas of Finance — a visual aid to the global money maze

An eclectic and ambitious series of maps, graphs and diagrams helps disclose the locations of hidden riches

Business - Financial Times - October 25

Is there a £22bn ‘black hole’ in the UK’s public finances?

Economists say the state of public finances should not have come as a complete surprise to the new government.

Ministers complain to Starmer over spending cuts

Some Cabinet members are alarmed at the scale of cuts being sought to plug a rumoured £40bn gap.

Hospital service 'under pressure' ahead of winter

A hospital chief says services already feel "strained" and expects to feel more pressure.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 18

How Cells Resist the Pressure of the Deep Sea

Cell membranes from comb jellies reveal a new kind of adaptation to the deep sea: curvy lipids that conform to an ideal shape under pressure.

Tech - Wired - October 20

Pressure mounts on VW to finally confront the reality of restructuring

The carmaker must overcome internal resistance to changes necessary to boost competitiveness

Business - Financial Times - October 23

UNESCO: Journalists being pressured through false allegations

World - Yahoo News - October 23

Maresca: No pressure from Chelsea for top 4 finish

Enzo Maresca has said he is under no pressure from Chelsea to secure Champions League qualification in his first season at the club.

Sports - ESPN - October 29

The start of a new round of gilt market carnage?

Parsing 101 words from the OBR

Business - Financial Times - October 31

'I was pressured back to work after fiancee's miscarriages'

Firefighter Oliver Dent says he was accused of "putting the service under strain".

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