Economics, Policy & Regulation
EU, Japan Trade Deal Defies Protectionist Wave
The deal sends a strong signal that two of the world’s major exporters still believe in the merits of open markets.
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Colombia | Coffee Grows Better After Guerrillas Leave
Turning old violent areas into competitive coffee producers still faces some obstacles.
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Ford Inks Alibaba Deal To Push Mobile Strategy
Ford has been lagging behind competitors in emerging technologies for automobiles, including the race for driverless cars, but its appointment of Jim Hackett as CEO last May marked a change in strategy.
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World’s Best Private Banks 2017 | Breathing Space
The year 2017 provided breathing space for the global private-banking industry. Soaring stock markets pushed assets under management up to...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Sustainable Practices Lead to Corporate Profits
Tensie Whelan, director of the Center for Sustainable Business at New York University’s Stern School of Business, talks about the growing bottom-line case for sustainable practices.
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Trump’s First Year | An Economic Evaluation
A year into President Trump’s term, America’s political life has changed beyond recognition. But what has his administration meant for companies?
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Scandinavia | Taxing Time For Tesla
Norway's new tax plan could double electric-vehicle unit costs, and add as much as $9,975 to the retail price of the Tesla Model X.
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A Lightbulb Moment For GE
GE stock has lost more than 40% of its value since 2000, when Flannery’s predecessor, Jeffrey Immelt, was appointed.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
A Non-Economist To Lead The US Central Bank
Jerome Powellis President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Janet Yellen as chair of the US central bank. He willstart his tenure inFebruary 2018.
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Brazil | Meirelles Enters The 2018 Presidential Race
Meirelles has fed his political ambitions since vacating his position as president of global banking at FleetBoston Financial in 2002, when he retired and returned to the state of Goiás, his homeland.
Banking
India | Reforms Give A Major Boost To Banking Business
Over the past year, India enforced reforms in eight of the 10 areas on which the rankings are based, showing improvement in nine of them.
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Putting The Volt Into Volvo
The automaker's electric-car strategy includes plug-in hybrid and conventional hybrid technologies, as well as all-electric options.