TOKYO - Runaway oil prices will be a focus of finance ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized countries meeting this week in Japan who are hoping to calm global jitters about a series of looming economic problems.

WASHINGTON — You'd think that Wall Street would be feeling embarrassed and humiliated enough about its own performance that its top executives and strategists would have the good sense not to be out there peddling fresh nonsense about how the...

Personal and business tax cuts introduced last October are putting money in people's pockets, adding stimulus when the Canadian economy needs it most, says Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.

SANTIAGO -(Dow Jones)- Chilean inflation will likely ease in the second half of the year from the current annual rate of 8.5%, Finance Minister Andres Velasco said Thursday, according to a report on the Valor Futuro local newswire.

DAIL COMMITTEE TO QUIZ BANK CHIEFS ON BORROWING - Executives from four Irish banks are up in front of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance this afternoon.