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Economics, Policy & Regulation

Barclays Sells Down Africa Stake

UK-based Barclays has reduced its shareholding in Johannesburg-listed Barclays Africa from 62.3% to 50.1% this year and is believed to be seeking to reduce that stake further to around 20%.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

European Bond-Buying Spree Warps Markets

Blue-chip bond buys add liquidity fuel to companies already swimming in cash.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Monsanto Deal In Hand, Bayer Faces Regulators

In potentially the biggest foreign corporate takeover ever by a German company, Bayer seeks to buyMonsanto for 62 billion. Werner Bauman gets into agribusiness.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Post-Brexit, Property Prices May Yet Hold Steady

Post-Brexit, real estate dealswere supposed to decline--especially in London. Yet the market may prove more resilient than expected.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Spain’s Ortega Tops Gates In Wealth

Big profits from managing short lead times helped Amancio Ortega—Spanish business magnate, founder and chairman of the Inditex fashion group—recently pass Bill Gates’s fortune for the second time.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Tax Clampdown Looks Beyond Apple

The EU hit Apple with a tax bill, but it's not the only company in regulators' sights.McDonalds, Facebook, Google and Amazonare being called on the carpet about tax practices too.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Tory Hints At Pivot To Exports

Although Liam Fox made headlines for sayingBritish businessmen are too lazy to boost exports, less extensively reported remarks by the UK’s international trade secretaryhint at a significant change in policy.

Features

Can Spain Hold Steady?

Spain | Solid fundamentals and steady structural reform could be undercut by political chaos and global market turbulence.

News

Eurozone Attracts Record Foreign Investment

Europe | Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Europe hit a record high in 2015 with 5,083 new cross-border projects, an increase of 14% from 2014, creating approximately 218,000 new jobs

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Nearshoring Tide Rises In Europe

LOCATION TRENDS | Technology allows all sorts of work to be done anywhere.Many companies are taking advantage of this power to "nearshore" European operations from pricey major capitals to lower-cost locales.

News

Pots Of Gold, Leprechauns Or No

Ireland | Ireland has been a eurozonegrowth powerhousein recent years, and remains strong, despite Brexit.

Award Winners

Q&A: Bank Of Ireland Puts Advice On Tap 24/7

Garvan Callan, director of customer, digital and innovation at Bank of Ireland, talks with Global Finance about the bank’s digital offerings.