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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
MOROCCO BUILDING A DYNAMIC FINANCIAL CENTER | COUNTRY REPORT
Country Report | Morocco
With a diversified economic base and improving fundamentals, Morocco has a sound fiscal strategy and well-thought-out reform program to cut red tape and boost trade. But further reform, says the IMF, is needed.
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
REGIONAL HEAVYWEIGHTS | BEST PERFORMING COMPANIES
Global Finance’s first annual ranking of the top-performing companies in the Middle East shows how much of the region is still in the early stages of reducing its dependence on oil.
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
RIVAS NEEDS TO WOO ESTONIA’S RUSSIAN MINORITY | NEWSMAKERS
Newsmakers | Estonia
Estonians handed victory to 35-year-old Taavi Rõivas and his center-right Reform Party in parliamentary elections on March 1.
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Banking
SHADOW BANKING: THE FUTURE OF BANKING?
Cover Story
As banks find their margins squeezed on traditional lending and payments activities, nonbank credit and financing—supported by technological innovation—is growing exponentially.
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
STRONG GREENBACK, GLOBAL IMPACT
Dear Reader:
The strength of the US dollar is keeping many executives busy these days both in the corporate and the financial world.
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Banking
TAIWAN BANKERS IN A BIND | COUNTRY REPORT
Country Report | Taiwan
The nation’s banks have benefited from a strengthening economy, but now they must look overseas for growth. And there lies more risk.
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
THE CLOCK IS TICKING FOR PETROBRAS
Management | Corporate Reporting
For Petróleo Brasileiro, or Petrobras, as the giant Brazilian oil company is called, the time to present audited 2014 results, including the write-downs associated with the highly publicized historical corruption scandal, is running out.
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
THE PROMISE OF INDIA | COUNTRY REPORT
Country Report | India
Indian growth and development hold great promise. And policymakers look set to unlock that potential.
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
TIBET’S ECONOMY BOOMS AS REST OF CHINA SLOWS | MILESTONES
Milestones | Tibet
Amid a general slowdown in the Chinese economy, Tibet has emerged as the fastest-growing province in the country.
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
WILL US EARNINGS GET LOST IN TRANSLATION?
Trends | US Dollar/Corporate Earnings
As corporate guidance goes, it was not the most upbeat news ever.
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
Beijing & Washington Heat Up Over New Development Bank
It's not often that the UK finds itself in Washington's bad books—this is, after all, a country that supports the US in even its most ill-advised foreign adventures and is often described as America's closest ally.