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Milestones: Kraft-Cadbury Hookup Helps Define New World Of M&A

United States/United Kingdom By Gordon Platt A sweet deal: Kraft swallows Cadbury after a long battle US-based Kraft Foods’ $19.7 billion takeover of British chocolate maker Cadbury last month will create the world’s largest candy company. The deal ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones: Stimulus Adds To Growing Pressure On Prices

Vietnam By Thomas Clouse Off to the races: Vietnam’s stimulus efforts trigger renewed inflation fears Vietnam is redirecting its efforts from stimulating the economy to controlling inflation after the country’s consumer prices rose by 1.38% month on ...

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Newsmakers: Central Banker Under Fire

Argentina By Antonio Guerrero Redrado: Rejected presidential order to resign Argentina’s central bank presidents have long received low grades for their lack of independence. The situation has been exacerbated under Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who has ...

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Newsmakers: Mystery Buyer Bets Big On Treasury Bonds

United States By Gordon Platt Whodunnit? Mystery buyer mops up US treasuries The last thing the global financial markets need right now is a failed US treasury bond auction. Thankfully, recent auctions have gone smoothly, with the swelling ...

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Newsmakers: Obama Bashes Banks And Seeks “Responsibility Fee”

United States By Gordon Platt Obama: Banks should call off their lawyers and lobbyists As a Congressional commission opened hearings last month on the cause of the financial crisis, United States president Barack Obama proposed a tax ...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Newsmakers: Poor Compliance Sows Seeds Of Next Financial Meltdown

Global By Anita Hawser Johns: Compliance is key to avoiding another crash Senior banking and compliance officers surveyed by compliance solutions provider Complinet are already talking about the next financial crisis, which they believe will happen within ...

Features

A Demon of Our Own Design: Markets, Hedge Funds, and the Perils of Financial Innovation

Amazon Editorial reviews Product Description Inside markets, innovation, and risk Why do markets keep crashing and why are financial crises...

Features

After Empire: The Birth of a Multipolar World

Amazon Editorial reviews Product Description American corporations have to beg for capital from the cash-rich Sovereign Wealth Funds in the...

Features

All Politics Is Global: Explaining International Regulatory Regimes

Amazon Editorial reviews Product Description Has globalization diluted the power of national governments to regulate their own economies? Are international...

Features

Asia, America, and the Transformation of Geopolitics

Amazon Editorial reviews Product Description American security and prosperity now depend on Asia. William H. Overholt offers an iconoclastic analysis...

Features

Capital Rules: The Construction of Global Finance

Amazon Editorial reviews Product Description Listen to a short interview with Rawi Abdelal Host: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron &...

Features

China’s Rise: Challenges and Opportunities

Amazon Editorial reviews Product Description The global economic crisis has made clear China’s importance and expanding role on the world...