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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.
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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?
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
European Bond-Buying Spree Warps Markets
Blue-chip bond buys add liquidity fuel to companies already swimming in cash.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Expanding India’s Corporate Debt Markets
A deepening and widening of the nascent corporate bond market in India is on track, following reforms by the Reserve Bank of India aimed todraw in foreign and small investors.
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Felaban Draws Bankers To Buenos Aires
The Felaban Annual Assembly in Buenos Aires in November is expected to be one of the biggest networking events of the year for international bankers.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Landmark Trade Deal Uses Blockchain Technology
Blockchain technology finally gets "real" with a letter-of-credit deal betweenOrnua, an Irish dairy company, and state-owned wholesaler Seychelles Trading Company.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Lat Am: Boxed In By Circumstance
Latin American nations seeking fiscal fixes encounter a wide variety of factors beyond their control.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Lebanon’s Central Bank Pledges $600 Million For Start-Ups
Beirut aims to become the number-one hub in the Middle East for young entrepreneurs, sothe Lebanese Central Bank recently added $200 million its 2013 promise to guarantee $400 million in investment in the knowledge economy.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Legal Ed For Corporates Gains Steam
The intensifying regulatory environment has led more law schools to offerexecutive education programs thatfocuson law, ethics and compliance.