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Future Without Fiat?

MIT Media Lab’s Michael Casey, co-author of<u>The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything</u>, talks withGlobal Financeabout how the new technology could change business—and how business leaders might need to change their thinking to take advantage of it.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

WTOs Azevdo: US withdrawal is not ‘in the cards’

The head of the world’s largest economic cooperation organization speaks one-on-one withGlobal Financeabout the pace of international trade—and the risks that confront it.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Green Bonds Take The Silk Road To New Respectability

China finds itself in a position to lead as the developing world begins to invest in renewable projects.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Tax Impacts: For Better Or Worse?

The latest tax and regulatory reforms in the US are intended to woo more corporate investment from abroad, but they offer both pros and cons that vary widely from sector to sector.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

China Pulls Back From Investments Abroad

External regulation and internal economics curb Beijing's appetite for investing around the globe.

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JPMorgan Adds Financial Muscle To Healthcare Venture

Three companies with 'extraordinary resources' will pool them to provide employees and their families with a new health coverage model

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Oil-Rich Region Takes Up Green Finance

UAE and Jordan lead the Middle East's drive for post-hydrocarbon, environmentally sound projects.

Banking

Toward Standards In Islamic Finance

Banks' internal Shariah boards engender 'conflicting rulings,' so investors look to homogenize industry practices.

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World Awaits Beijing’s New Central Banker

Beijing's top central banker is retiring. With no successor named yet, the rumor mill starts churning.

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New German Finance Minister Might End Euro-Austerity

Olaf Scholz’s spending policies and his Social Democratic Party'scriticism of Angela Merkel's ‘forced austerity’could lead to higher spending, a reduction of Germany’s historical surplus and the risk of inflation.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Restructuring Pro Takes Over At Toshiba

Nobuaki Kurumatani, a former banker experienced in restructuring distressed companies,will be the first outsider to run the electronics giant in more than 50 years.

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Markets Cheer Change in Pretoria

The rand and South African stocks rallied on the news of Zuma's removal as the republic's president, but challenges remain for his successor.