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The World’s Best Cities to Live In 2017

If all the world is your oyster, where do you want to clam down? Maybe not the world’s most prominent urban centers, based on a Global Finance review of global best city to live in ranking by 3 experts’ work in the field.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

2017 Could Be A Record Year For Arab Fintech

Some of this year’s biggest deals include $20 million for Bahraini payment solution PayTabs, $3.5 million for Emirati finance-comparison platform yallacompare and $1.5 million for Emirati mobile-banking solution NOW Money.

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Amazon Incites HQ2 Bidding War

The firm saysthe newheadquarter would beas big as the existingoffices inSeattle and will come with$5 billion in investment promisingjobs for 50,000 employees.

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BP South Africa Appoints Black Woman CEO, Creates History

Priscillah Mabelane isthe first black woman in history to head a multinational oil major.

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Can New CEO End Crisis For Teva Pharmaceutical

Kåre Schultz willtake over as CEO at a time when the pharmaceutical companystruggles withcompetition, downwardpressure on drug prices,expiring patents, risingoperational costs, bribery investigations,fines and failed acquisitions.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cryptocurrencies Will March On Unfazed

The likes of Burger King in Russia haveissued Whoppercoin, a cryptocurrency that enables customers to buy a signature Whopper burger.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Equifax: A Breach Too Far

The breach has put the personal data of 143 million people at risk of identity theft.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Fund Raising: SPACs Return To Favor

SPACs ,created in the US in the 1990s to help financial sponsors raise funds more quickly in capital markets, had suffered, until recently, from a weak IPO market and several failed acquisitions.

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Kraft Heinz Picks Up A Millenial CFO

David Knopf, 29 years old,represents a new breed of millennial executives who have risen up the ranks at global companies.

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Lima To Reap Economic Benefits Of Pan American Games In 2019

Peru is expected to invest $1.5 billion in infrastructure for the games, including sporting facilities required by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and at least 16 projects to improve chaotic traffic in the capital.

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Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund To Undertake Major Review

The country's wealth fund is the largest in the world with a staggering $1 trillion valuation.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

The Bitcoin Wars: Regulation Vs. Opportunity

Initial Coin Offering (ICO) that raise funds using digital currencieshave come under regulatory fire in recent times.