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World’s Most Innovative Countries 2018
China is rising, the US is falling, and some developing nations in Africa are outperforming according to the2018 editionof the Global Innovation Index.
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Arion IPO Marks Breakthrough For Icelandic Bank
Iceland's banking system is back from the brink.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Japanese Tech Giant Rakuten Enters The Mobile Fray
A Japanese ecommerce and Internet company is breaking into the mobile market.
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New Volkswagen CEO To Lead Electric Transition Efforts
Volkswagen Group has a new driver at the wheel. In April, the Wolfsburg-based company named Herbert Diess, head of the flagship VW brand, as CEO. Diess will leade information technology, group development and research across the organization, while overseeing strategy ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
DowDuPont CEO Juggles Merger and Breakup
Newly merged DowDupont will soon split into three publicly traded companies andthe largest of the three will be overseen byCEO Jim Fitterling.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
New CPTPP Chips Away At U.S. Prestige
U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership prompted the other 11 nations that were party to the agreement to forge ahead in a new pact without the U.S.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
High-Speed Takeover Bid For Rail Group
Italo Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatoriscrapped its IPO plans to accept a sweet, trans-Atlantic,private-equity deal worth €1.98 billion.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Restructuring Pro Takes Over At Toshiba
Nobuaki Kurumatani, a former banker experienced in restructuring distressed companies,will be the first outsider to run the electronics giant in more than 50 years.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Worst-Case Brexit Could Cost UK $65 Billion
According to a Cambridge Econometrics report a “hard Brexit,” in which the country would leave both the EU customs union and the single market, could cost the UK almost half a million jobs and about $64.7 billion in investment by 2030.
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Ferrero Buys Nestle’s US Candy Business
With the Nestle acquisition, Ferrero has now become the third-largest confectionary company in the United States.
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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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."