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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

UAE Goes Shopping For Chemicals

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has reached an agreement to buy German chemicals maker Covestro in what is...

News

CTBC Financial Holding’s bid to acquire smaller peer Shin Kong, which aimed to create Taiwan’s largest financial conglomerate and a...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

In a global first, the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV) said last month that electric vehicles (EVs) now outnumber gas-powered models...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

When Sheikh Hasina secured a fourth consecutive term as head of Bangladesh’s government this past January, her 15-year grip on...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

On July 4, after 14 years of Tory rule, Britons handed the Labour Party a landslide election victory. The new...

Banking

Goldman Sachs became the first Wall Street bank to comply with Saudi Arabia’s Regional Headquarters (RHQ) program and secure a...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

If polls are any indication, French President Emmanuel Macron is on track to be the biggest loser of the upcoming...

Economic Data

The Consumer Price Index only tells part of the story. Two years ago, inflation reached a 40-year high in the...

Data

What does it mean for a nation to be rich or poor at a time of global pandemic, high inflation...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

The biggest national election in global history kicked off on April 19, but the final results will not be announced...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

What a difference three weeks can make. That was the time it took for Bassirou Diomaye Faye to go from...

Data

Economic growth is a marathon, not a sprint and while some nations have made plans for long-term progress, others have...