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...Chinese investors had raised US hackles by attempting in 2018-19 to lease almost half of El Salvador’s coastline for a port and string of free zones....
...Last year, debt-distressed Egypt released two yen-denominated Samurai bonds with the Africa Finance Corporation as a guarantor....
...Previous COP presidents have also worn two hats: Shoukry, for example, helmed last year’s conference in Sharm el-Sheikh while also managing Egyptian foreign policy....
...Columnist Gillian Tett says criminals are increasingly targeting US corporations but the White House wants them to stop paying....
...So creating both the reality and the assumption of an efficient system that is not strangling the corporations is something we and others feel quite strongly about....
...The judges’ discussion of the shortlist of six titles ended with a close-fought battle between Chip War and The Power Law, a history of the venture capital industry by Sebastian Mallaby, a previous winner...
...That could be yet another factor weighing on the turnout in Sharm el-Sheikh....
...; Mohamed El-Erian, president, Queens’ College, Cambridge, and adviser to Allianz and Gramercy; Herminia Ibarra, professor of organisational behaviour, London Business School; James Kondo, chair, International...
...SBF has entered the chat Cohen & Gresser defence duo Mark Cohen and Christian Everdell, former federal prosecutors who’ve represented characters from drug kingpin “El Chapo” to Ghislaine Maxwell, are no...
...The mayor of Temuco, Araucanía’s regional capital, called for a proper plan to address rural poverty. “There is an undeniable economic element that incites violence,” mayor Roberto Neira said....
...Plans for the US scheme emerged as the COP27 climate summit opened in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt....
...Is bitcoin El Salvador’s saviour?...
...And we were motivated by the capital gains, not the fees. Now, though, the global private equity companies are in it for the fees....
...Large corporations, large wealth firms and large foundations. What’s the market opportunity?...
...He then became chief executive of RSA Insurance from 2014 to May 2021 when it was bought by Tryg and Intact Financial Corporation....
...Martin Whittaker, JUST Capital’s CEO, says Walmart ranks “pretty well” for its industry, but the world’s largest private employer should do better....
...Here’s Ethan’s key chart: Michael Howell of CrossBorder Capital, in a recent note, looks for the causes of the US outperformance....
...The Federal Reserve requires that Goldman hold a larger amount of capital relative to risk-weighted assets than other US banks....
...“The army can enhance the economy . . . they are very disciplined, less corrupt,” says Khaled el-Husseiny Soliman, a retired brigadier general who is spokesman for the Administrative Capital for Urban Development...
...It is already 20 per cent owned by the US casino operator El Dorado, which completed a $17.3bn takeover of Caesars in July....
...The deal was originally struck between William Hill and El Dorado, which merged with Caesars following a $17.3bn takeover in July....
...Tourism revenues plunged 65 per cent in 2020 and a recent survey by the International Finance Corporation showed that 5.4 per cent of Tunisian firms had permanently closed because of the health crisis....
...Philip Bowcock, William Hill’s former chief executive who negotiated the deal with El Dorado, which bought Caesars this year, said the casino operator wanted “to outsource [its] digital expertise”....
...“By subsidising the debt markets, we were able to avoid a liquidity problem becoming a solvency problem,” says Mr El-Erian....
...to limit production at the Sharara and El Feel oilfields....
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