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Under President Trump, Will Gold Be The New Black?

With billionaire president-elect Donald Trump in the White House, we may be about to witness a revival of bling. Trump has promised to lower taxes on the wealthy, giving them more to spend on everything from Apples (iPad) to zircon ...

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Carlos Fernandez Valdovinos, President, Banco Central del Paraguay

Carlos Fernández Valdovinos, President, Banco Central del Paraguay at 2016 Annual Meeting of the IMF and World Bank in Washington D.C. talks with Global Finance Editor Andrea Fiano.

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Karnit Flug, Central Bank Governor, Bank of Israel

Karnit Flug, Central Bank Governor, Bank of Israel at 2016 Annual Meeting of the IMF and World Bank in Washington D.C. talks with Global Finance Editor Andrea Fiano.

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Ziad Fariz, Central Bank Governor, Central Bank of Jordan

Ziad Fariz, Central Bank Governor, Central Bank of Jordan at 2016 Annual Meeting of the IMF and World Bank in Washington D.C. talks with Global Finance Editor Andrea Fiano.

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Amando Tetangco Jr. Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Amando Tetangco Jr. Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas at 2016 Annual Meeting of the IMF and World Bank in Washington D.C. talks with Global Finance Editor Andrea Fiano.

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Dr. Lutz-Christian Funke, Executive Director for KfW

Dr. Lutz-Christian Funke, Executive Director for KfW at 2016 Annual Meeting of the IMF and World Bank in Washington D.C. talks with Global Finance Editor Andrea Fiano.

Banking

Keeping The Wealth In The Wealthy

With great wealth comes a burden of keeping it. Last year, the net worth of 1,400 billionaires worldwide that are being tracked in a study declined for the first time in a decade—to $5.1 trillion. And while 210 people rose ...

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Riad Salamé, Central Bank Governor for Lebanon

Riad Salamé, Central Bank Governor for Lebanon talks with Global Finance Editor Andrea Fianoat 2016 Annual Meeting of the IMF and World Bank in Washington D.C.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Agribiz Mergers Raise Food Security Issues

A series of proposed megamergers in the global agrochemicals and seed industries—capped by Bayer's record $66 billion cash bid for Monsanto—raise fears ofa pricing monopoly in the farm-supply industry and threat tothe global food supply.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Countries Turn To VAT To Plug Tax Gap

Gulf nations are the latest in the growing number of countries implementing value-added taxes (VAT) on goods and services.<br />

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Danger In The Cloud

The2016 Global Cloud Data Security Study, compiled for digital security company Gemalto by the Ponemon Institute, shows that safety measures are not keeping up with Cloud data challenges, making organizations vulnerable in storage and management of confidential information.

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Erdogan & Putin: New Best Frenemies

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin seem to have mended fences. Will the alliance last?