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Best Places To Retire In 2018
Latin American countries dominate the top ten rankings of the best places to retire in 2018.
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
All-Stock Deals Plummet In Cheap-Debt Environment
It is a dramatic drop compared not just to the 1990s, when stock-for-stock deals accounted for over half of all mergers, but also to 2016, when the average equaled 23.9% by dollar value.
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Czechs, Poles, Seat Private-Sector Prime Ministers
Czech PM Babiš is an outspoken billionaire while the PolishPM, Morawiecki, is more of a technician, whonegotiatedPoland’s accession to EUbefore going on to chair Bank Zachodni WBK, part of the Santander Group.
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Mugabe Leaves But Economic Crisis Remains
Zimbabwe’s new leadership faces a difficult macroeconomic environment.
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Portuguese Finance Minister Moving To Eurogroup
In a comparison with the Portuguese soccer star, Portuguese finance minister Mário Centeno has been dubbed “the Cristiano Ronaldo of Ecofin."
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Samsung Heavy Sunk By Shipbuilding Woes
South Korean shipbuilders have been under severe financial strain since 2008 and are suffering from tougher competition from Chinese rivals.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Will Africa Deliver Growth For GE?
Even as General Electric looks to overhaul its business byselling assets and cutting back oncapital expenditure, it is stepping up its investmentin Africa—Nigeria in particular.
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AMC First In Line As Kingdom Allows Movie Theaters
As Saudi Arabia seeks to create a modern economy, entertainment is one of the industries being promoted as a replacement for oil.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
EU, Japan Trade Deal Defies Protectionist Wave
The deal sends a strong signal that two of the world’s major exporters still believe in the merits of open markets.
News
Colombia | Coffee Grows Better After Guerrillas Leave
Turning old violent areas into competitive coffee producers still faces some obstacles.
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Ford Inks Alibaba Deal To Push Mobile Strategy
Ford has been lagging behind competitors in emerging technologies for automobiles, including the race for driverless cars, but its appointment of Jim Hackett as CEO last May marked a change in strategy.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Women CFOs Still A Minority
While the percentage of female CFOs dipped slightly in 2017, more women were internally promoted to the CFO position.