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BANGLADESH: SHADES OF GREY

Country Report | Bangladesh Bangladeshi economic growth has been strong and relatively stable. But the country has a number of business climate challenges that must be addressed before it can reach its full potential as an investment magnet.

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BRAZIL: SMOOTH SAILING FOR PETROBRAS CEO?

Newsmakers | Brazil Aldemir Bendine became one of Brazil’s poster boys for success while at the helm of Banco do Brasil, but his new role as chief executive of the country’s oil giant, Petrobras, is causing him headaches.

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CHINA: NEW LAW COULD UPSET COMPANY OWNERSHIP

Milestones | China New legislation will lower the regulatory hurdles for foreign companies entering the Chinese market, but it is restricted to particular industries.

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DEBT: LEARNING TO LIVE WITH NEGATIVE INTEREST RATES

Capital Markets | Fixed-Income Strategy Investors lined up recently to pay for the privilege of lending money to Finland.

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DEFLATION: THE POTENTIAL IMPACT FOR GLOBAL ECONOMIES & CORPORATES

Cover Story The decline in eurozone prices is the most dramatic example of deflationary pressures afflicting the globe. All eyes are now on European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi and his efforts to reverse that trend.

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EDITOR’S LETTER: GOOD AND BAD DEFLATION

Dear Reader Deflation is one of the worst fears of central bankers and economists worldwide, but the risk it engenders isn’t always clearly defined.

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FDI: OWNERSHIP RESTRICTIONS PUT THE BRAKES ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT

Management | Foreign Direct Investment FDI volumes are declining globally, as some national governments take a stronger stance against foreign ownership of their companies and land.

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE: CURRENCY PEGS THREATENED AS POLICY GOALS DIVERGE

Capital Markets | Foreign Exchange Currency pegs around the world are threatening to come unglued following the Swiss National Bank’s surprise move to drop the exchange rate floor of the euro versus the Swiss franc.

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GREECE: VAROUFAKIS SEEKS OUT A WINNING STRATEGY

Newsmakers | Greece Following political party Syriza’s triumph in the recent Greek elections, Finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, faces the most critical match of his career.

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M&A: DEAL KILLERS OF 2014

Mergers & Acquisitions | Management Amid the merger frenzy of 2014, a startling number of bids were killed. 2014 may have seen heady times for corporate acquirers, but it was also the year of the rebuffed suitor.

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RATING AGENCIES: S&P SETTLEMENT UNLIKELY TO BRING ANY CHANGE FOR CORPORATE ISSUERS

Trends | Credit Ratings More than six years after the housing market crashed—dragging the world economy and stock markets down with it—Standard & Poor’s settled in early February with the Securities and Exchange Commission for its alleged part in triggering the meltdown. The price was relatively cheap, as these things go: $1.4 billion with no admission of wrongdoing.

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Brazil: Correcting Its Fiscal Slippage

In a presentation in New York on February 18—his first official visit to the US since his appointment—Brazil’s Finance minister Joaquim Levy said that Brazilians are learning by doing.