Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
China: IPOs Surge Under New Listing Rules
The new rules—which debuted in Shanghai and Shenzhen last month—are aimed at speeding up listings and boosting corporate fund-raising.
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
Germany: Last Nuclear Plant Shut Down
Germany's closure of its last nuclear power facilities amid potential energy shortages and rising prices due to the end of gas and oil imports from Russia.
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Economic Freedom by Country 2023
Global economic freedom has taken a sustained hit thanks to the aftershocks of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The World’s Biggest Bankruptcies 2023
The global pandemic pushed many shaky companies to the edge of bankruptcy, the energy crisis and steep rate hikes sealed their fate. But some of them will emerge stronger and more profitable as a result.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Biden Flip-Flops On Climate With Willow Project Approval
The Biden administrationpleased progressives by cancelling drilling projects on federal territory shortly after taking officebut recently approvedConoco Phillips’s $8 billion Willow Project in Alaska.
Sustainable Finance
Landmark 200-Nation Deal Could Save Marine Resources
The treaty does not overrule provisions set by numerous and often conflicting authorities that currently regulate fishing, shipping and deep-sea mining on the high seas.
News
Vietnam: Population Hits 100 Million
While China's population is starting to shrink, Vietnam's is growing in tandem with the economy.
News
India Lithium Find Is A Rare Treasure
Large lithium deposits have been found in the troubled region of Kashmir.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Russian Telecom Gains UAE License
The UAE might be increasingly pivoting away from the US and EU and toward Russia and China.
Data
The World’s Most Indebted Companies 2023
Loans and bonds can be used sensibly to invest but too much debtcan be catastrophic for a company, especially if the economy goes south.
News
Sweden: A Rare Earth Discovery
According to Sweden’s state-owned mining company LKAB, more than one million tons of rare earth oxides—the largest deposit of its kind in Europe—was discovered near Kiruna, about 1,000 kilometers north of Stockholm.
News
China: Domestic Jetliner Takes Wing
China aims to challenge the Airbus-Boeing duopoly, an objective that was unthinkable a few years ago.