To listen to some politicians, finance may sound like a bad thing from top to bottom.
Mind you, to listen to Sainsbury's finance director, John Rogers, you might ask why Home Retail didn't insist on more.
Pick up a personal finance book, listen to a podcast about money management, form a financial plan, or contribute toward a 401 k), Roth IRA, or traditional IRA.
The Lawmakers: Another View Lawmakers say they have good reasons, unrelated to campaign financing, to listen to insurance company complaints about the Pentagon.
The reality around Brazil's economic policy is that the government, since the end of 2010, has listened to "big finance" a bit too much, raising interest rates and cutting spending when the economy was too weak.
Nowadays, every time I listen to talk about Greek finances, Greek elections and Greek governments, I see Ari's good-looking, serious, almost dour face before me and hear him saying, "Greeks, they know nothing about business or finance," and "the Greeks aren't ready for democracy".
Ask him questions about your finances and really listen.
Others, she wrote, have the right to "refuse to listen or refuse to aid, abet, finance or support it in any way--which is their inalienable right".
"The Canadian government has listened to the financing community, understood the severity of the problem and removed the major tax barriers that have prevented critically needed international investment capital from crossing our borders".
And to hear anything in America comparable to the know-nothing diatribes of Germany's finance minister you have to listen to, well, Republicans.
