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Corporate Tax Rates by Country
Taxes paid by corporations can be measured in a number of ways, including the marginal corporate tax rate and the total taxes paid as a percentage of profits.
Ireland
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Awards
BEST BANKS 2014: EUROPE
The region battled continuing recession or, at best, slow growth, a tightening regulatory environment and country-specific banking taxes or fines for past misdemeanors.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
ANNUAL SURVEY: WORLD’S BEST BANKS 2014
In our 21st annual survey, Global Finance identifies the best banks in 150 countries and eight regions. The winners are not always the biggest banks, but rather, the best—those with the qualities that corporations should look for when choosing a bank.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
IS DIVERSIFICATION THE ANSWER?
Leila Heckman, head of international equities at Lebenthal Asset Management, joined us for our monthly Salon to discuss the increased acceptance of global diversification among portfolio managers and the reasons behind her approach to investing.
Banking
US VS THE WORLD: ROUND ONE
The fight has just begun, as newly enacted Fed rules start to cramp long-accepted operating styles of global banks. The banks are weighing what to do about it—as are global policymakers.
Banking
Middle East: Islamic Finance Flourishes
MIDDLE EAST 2014 SUPPLEMENT By Gordon Platt Islamic finance is going mainstream, with Western countries planning to issue their first sovereign sukuk. It still constitutes only a small percentage of total global financial assets, and most activity is ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
US: M&A Has Strongest Start Since 2000
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt US companies announced $336 billion of mergers and acquisitions in the first two months of 2014, up 31% from the same period a year earlier, and the strongest January and February combined ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Tax: The Cost Of Evasion
Corporate tax evasion is like the weather: Everyone complains about it, but what is being done and what does it mean for corporations?
Awards
World’s Best Developed Markets Banks 2014
Global Finance Names The World’s Best Developed Markets Banks 2014.
Features
Mergers & Acquisitions: Cable Tv Industry Consolidates
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt Comcast agreed in February to acquire Time Warner Cable in an all-stock deal worth...
Award Winners
World’s Best Treasury & Cash Management Providers 2014
GOLD STANDARD By Rebecca Brace and Anita Hawser Global Finance presents the winners of its annual Best Treasury & Cash Management Providers awards. Global multinational corporates may have come out of the 2008 global financial crisis better off than the ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Central Banks Hold Key To FX Moves
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt Central bank policies in the major economies will likely be the main guide for currency exchange rates this year, analysts say. Janet Yellen’s confirmation as the new head of the Federal Reserve ...