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Economics, Policy & Regulation

US: SHELBY TO HEAD SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE

United States | Newsmakers<br /> After the Republican victory in the 2014 US midterm elections and an eight-year hiatus, Richard Shelby, a senior senator from Alabama, has taken over his old post as chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.

Features

Poorest Countries of 2015

2015 Rankings are based on the GDP (PPP) of a country, which compares the generalized differences in the cost of living and standards between countries.

Features

Richest Countries of 2015

2015 Rankings are based on the GDP (PPP) of a country, which compares the generalized differences in the cost of living and standards between countries.
Global Finance held its 18th Annual Best Banks Awards ceremony in Washington in October—during the Annual IMF/World Bank conference. Honorees from around the world were present to accept their awards.

Award Ceremonies and Events

BEST BANKS AWARDS CEREMONY 2014

Global Finance held its 18th Annual Best Banks Awards ceremony in Washington in October—during the Annual IMF/World Bank conference. Honorees from around the world were present to accept their awards.
Global Finance held its 11th annual Internet Banks Awards dinner in New York in November. Leading financial executives from around the world were present to accept their awards and honor other recipients.

Award Ceremonies and Events

BEST INTERNET BANKS AWARDS CEREMONY 2014

<strong>Global Finance</strong> held its 11th annual Internet Banks Awards dinner in New York in November. Leading financial executives from around the world were present to accept their awards and honor other recipients.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CHINA EASES INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS

<strong>China | Milestones</strong><br /> China will allow foreign firms to increase their ownership stakes in encouraged sectors and enter into previously protected industries, according to investment guidelines drafted by the National Development and Reform Commission.

Banking

ECB STRESS TESTS FAIL THE CREDIBILITY TEST

<strong>European Banking | Trends</strong><br /> The degree to which the recent stress tests of big European banks by EU regulators lack credibility is becoming clear.<br />

Economics, Policy & Regulation

HUNGARY: PROTESTS FORCE PM TO SHELVE INTERNET TAX

<strong>Hungary | Milestones</strong><br /> Hungary has witnessed the biggest street protests since the current right-wing government came to power in 2010, against the government’s plans to tax Internet traffic, the world’s first such levy.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

IMPROVING ASIAN PRODUCTIVITY

<strong>Asia-Pacific | Emerging Markets Regional Review</strong><br /> Structural changes in emerging Asia’s manufacturing-for-export markets are erasing the low-cost advantage.
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