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Tax Reform Improving Business Clime In Sub-Saharan African Countries
Many of the 19 Francophone countries of Sub-Saharan Africathat is, those whose citizens speak French and who were otherwise influenced...
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Banking
UK: BoE Appointee Has EU Influence
NEWSMAKERS By Gilly Wright The surprise appointment of Sir Jon Cunliffe as deputy governor of the Bank of England shows how seriously the UK takes challenges to its financial sector. From November, Cunliffe will be responsible for ...
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US: Recovery Slow Despite GDP Revisions
MILESTONES By Gordon Platt Rewriting economic history going back to 1929, the Commerce department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) increased the size of the US economy by $560 billion. That is the equivalent of the output of the ...
Banking
Prudential Chafes Under SIFI Designation
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act celebrated its third birthday in July, and US regulators and their...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Back Page: Polls and Stats – The Impact Of Rising Prosperity On Economic Growth
The Impact Of Rising Prosperity On Economic Growth Growth in the world’s economy is moving large numbers of people out of poverty, and if the trend continues, the shift will be dramatic in many countries by the end of ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Cover: Three Scenarios for Brazil
SUNSET, OR A NEW SUNRISE? By Michael Shari Brazil faces a monumental challenge in meeting the expectations of its citizens,...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Milestones: Finns Take Action To Sustain Reputation For Innovation
MILESTONES: FINLAND By Paula L. Green Even though the financial fortunes of mobile-phone manufacturer Nokia continue to weaken, Finland is not letting go of its reputation for technological innovation. The Nordic country seems intent on sustaining the type ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Milestones: Free Trade Agreement Deemed A Success After First Year
MILESTONES: US-COLOMBIA By Forrest Jones The free-trade agreement between Colombia and the United States spent years stalled in the US Congress, but it just celebrated its one-year anniversary in May, and both sides are hailing the deal as ...
Banking
Milestones: New Frontiers In Financing For Bangladesh
MILESTONES: BANGLADESH By Udayan Gupta Even as Bangladesh tries to extricate itself from the Rana Plaza building collapse, the Dhaka disaster that killed more than 1,100 garment workers, one private equity fund is trying to infuse new capital into ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Milestones: SIFI Designation For Non-Banks A Long Time In Coming
MILESTONES: US By Valentina Pasquali In June, US regulators took yet another step in the slow but steady implementation of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, also known as Dodd-Frank. AIG to face ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Newsmakers: Ambassador Leads Charm Offensive On Trade
NEWSMAKERS: ECUADOR By Gordon Platt Five days after Ecuador’s left-leaning president Rafael Correa was inaugurated for a third and final four-year term, the country’s ambassador to the US, Nathalie Cely, addressed a group of business leaders and investors at ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Newsmakers: Bringing Back The Old Guard At P&G
NEWSMAKERS: US By Luca Ventura When AG Lafley handpicked Robert McDonald as his successor to the top post at Procter & Gamble in 2009, he could not have predicted that just four years later he would be called ...