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Swiss Success Highlights Infrastructure Neglect

After 17 years of construction, the Gotthard Base Tunnel, connecting Northern and Southern Europe through the Alps, opened to great fanfare on June 1, and shone a light on years of lax investment in infrastructure by European nations generally.

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Tech And The Future Of Trade Finance

Blockchain, the Cloud and the Internet of Things are luring trade finance away from its reliance on paper.

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The High Cost Of Carrying Cash

With interest rates in the gutter, large corporations are looking to put their excess funds to good use.

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The Triple Threat To Private Banking

Demands for tech-enhanced service, a younger cohort of clients and worldwide regulation are driving innovation.

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US Companies Cut Back On Share Repurchases

A squeeze on earnings and a rise in funding costs have persuaded many US companies to commit less cash to buying back their own shares this year.

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US Still A Strong Draw For FDI

Aaron Brickman, senior vice president for strategy and development at the Organization for International Investment (OFII), a nonprofit trade association, also founded SelectUSA, a federal program to promote foreign direct investment in the US. He visited Global Finance to discuss the state of FDI worldwide.

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Debt Piling Up Faster Than Cash

Forget about the hoards of cash held by some US nonfinancial corporations. For most of them, their biggest worry may soon be their debt.

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UK Could Exit Brexit

Britain might not leave the European Union after all. A lot of things have to happen to agree on a divorce that many seem to have changed their minds about.

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Ailing Lending Club Shakes Up Shadow Banking Boardroom

Trends | Shadow Banking Renaud Laplanche, Lending Club’s founder, chief executive and public face, resigned abruptly in mid-May. His resignation casts a pall over not only the peer-to-peer lender that claims to be the world’s largest online marketplace connecting borrowers and investors, but also the shadow banking industry as a whole.

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Corruption: Offer Jokes Instead Of Bribes

Management | Corruption At the anticorruption summit held in London last month, world leaders pledged to fight tax dodging, boost transparency and redouble efforts to confiscate and repatriate stolen assets to many of the world’s poorest countries.

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ECB Corporate Bond Buying Lures US Issuers

Capital Markets | Fixed Income US companies are rushing to borrow in European bond markets. They’re taking advantage of low interest rates on euro-denominated issues after the European Central Bank’s decision to start buying investment-grade corporate bonds in June—part of its economic stimulus program. Last year already set a record for corporate borrowing in Europe’s bond markets, where rates are significantly lower than in the US.

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From Azerbaijan To Zambia, Country Ratings Slide

Capital Markets | Sovereign Risk Low energy and commodity prices and a global economy stuck in low gear have provoked a surge in sovereign ratings downgrades in the first three months of this year. And rating agencies anticipate another wave of downgrades if a wider global economic slowdown materializes.