Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Compassion for Refugees On The Rise
Private-sector entities are getting involved in providing aid, education and even jobs to refugees in order to mitigate the crisis.
Sustainable Finance
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Emerging & Frontier Markets
Solar Cost Slides To Record Low, Again
The cost of producing solar power has fallen sharply in the past five years—so much that in some cases it can be half the price, or even less, of conventional power. Experts predict solar's cost will continue to plummet.
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.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Obama: US To Lift Sanctions On Myanmar
<strong>Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s de facto leader and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has a change of heart regarding US sanctions against her country.</strong>
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Pharma Prices Raise Eyebrows
<strong>US: </strong>Heather Bresch, the CEO of Mylan, an American pharmaceuticals company, finds herself at the center of one of the biggest pharma controversies in recent years: price-gouging.
News
Carlos Slim Wants You To Work Less, Retire Later
<strong>Mexico | </strong>Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is advocating a massive shift to a three-day workweek, particularly for older employees.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Israeli Bankers Quit Over Salary Cap
Highly compensatedIsraeli bank executives feel harried by a new law placing limits on their salaries.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corruption: Offer Jokes Instead Of Bribes
<strong>Management | Corruption</strong><br />
At the anticorruption summit held in London last month, world leaders pledged to fight tax dodging, boost transparency and redouble efforts to confiscate and repatriate stolen assets to many of the world’s poorest countries.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Multinationals Need A Culture Shock
<strong>Management | Corporate Culture</strong><br />
Several recent financial and corruption scandals have forced multinationals to develop comprehensive corporate conduct and compliance programs.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Shamed Panama Sees Its Flourishing Economy At Risk
<strong>Panama</strong><br />
The country has been a stellar performer in Latin America, but now a worldwide scandal about its massive offshore financial industry is putting Panama’s economic growth at risk.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Taking The Long View: Crises Demand Attention, But So Do Long-Term Trends.
Corporate leaders can be forgiven for not thinking too far ahead. The length of time that investors hold stock has fallen. Share-holders want fast rewards—and quick fixes when performance flags. Moreover, given the upheavals and macroeconomic uncertainties of the past decade, many CEOs and CFOs have been preoccupied with firefighting.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Is “Philanthro-Capitalism” The Same As Philanthropy?
Corporate Charity | Trends
Billionaire philanthropy may be growing, but it is also giving rise to a new trend that could change the face of charitable giving.