Economics, Policy & Regulation
Germany: Siemens CEO Wields Ax
NEWSMAKERS By Gilly Wright After just over a couple of months as Siemens new CEO, Joe Kaeser has announced he...
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
India: Ex-Tea Vendor To Bag PM Post?
NEWSMAKERS By KA Badarinath Once a tea vendor, Narendra Modi—now a main candidate for prime minister of India—has come a long way in the past 30 years. The 63-year-old Modi has entered the fray for the May 2014 election race ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Italy: Will Letta Get The Boot?
NEWSMAKERS By Valentina Pasquali Against all odds, a broad-based coalition of the center-left and the center-right remains at the helm...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Japan: Big Hike In Sales Tax Coming
MILESTONES By Tom Clouse Japan will increase its sales tax next year for the first time in more than 15...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Middle East: Say Dubai To Caution
MILESTONES By Justin Keay Its only four years since the global economic slowdown plunged Dubai into a major debt crisis...
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Polls & Stats: Shrinking Global Wage Gap
Shrinking Wage Gap: The Impact On Growth, Development And Production “While any such projections are subject to significant uncertainties, the direction of change is clear. The large wage advantages enjoyed today by many emerging economies will shrink as their ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Salon: Turkish Investment Delegation
A JOURNEY, NOT A DESTINATION By Michael Shari Global Finance hosted a delegation of Turkish business and economic representatives for its Global Salon this month, engendering a lively discussion on growth and investment, the economy and Turkeys efforts to qualify ...
Banking
Stars Of China: Behold The Next Generation
ANNUAL SURVEY: STARS OF CHINA By Arthur Clennam The companies and banks selected as this years Stars of China are...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Trade: Another Brick In The Bloc
MILESTONES By Gordon Platt The presidents of Colombia, Peru and Chile sat down to lunch with the economy minister of...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Argentina: The Ultimate Ultimatum
NEWSMAKERS By Forrest Jones Althought it was more than a decade ago that Argentina defaulted on $100 billion worth of debt, the fallout continues to make headlines today. Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner recently defied a US ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
BRICS: Currency Fund A Big Step
MILESTONES By Gordon Platt The emerging-markets currency crisis, spurred by the Federal Reserve’s plan to begin winding down its economic stimulus, is prompting the BRICS countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—to move forward with the creation of ...
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Gibraltar: A Rock In A Hard Place
MILESTONES By Gilly Wright The ongoing spat between Spain and Britain over Gibraltar (a British-dependent territory that borders with Spain at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula) has drawn attention to the continued lack of commitment to ...