Brexit Money
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248Why don't foreign investors take fright more often?
BACK in the days of the gold standard, central bankers were very concerned about the views of international investors. They believed that...
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346Why don’t foreign investors take fright more often?
BACK in the days of the gold standard, central bankers were very concerned about the views of international investors. They believed that...
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276The buck drops here
THERE may have been a “Trump bump” in the stockmarket but the opposite has been true in currency markets. The dollar has...
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214Legacy airlines are facing new competitors on transatlantic routes
EVEN for a global industry like aviation, Primera Air’s business model seems remarkably cosmopolitan. The Icelandic-owned budget airline is headquartered in Latvia,...
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224The French government experiments with venture capitalism
AS A boy, Antoine Hubert used to catch butterflies. These days, the agro-engineer has eyes only for meal worms. In a demonstration...
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210The World Bank’s “ease of doing business” report faces tricky questions
HOW many days does it take to correct a misleading newspaper interview? Four, in the case of Paul Romer, the World Bank’s...
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192The hedge-fund delusion that grips pension-fund managers
HEDGE-FUND managers may be feeling quietly smug about their performance in 2017. They returned 6.5% on average, according to Hedge Fund Research,...
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196Masayoshi Son may raise yet more cash to pump into tech
AT AN investor briefing in 2015, Masayoshi Son, chief executive of SoftBank, flashed up a picture of a goose. The company is...
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185Chinese tech companies plan to steal American cloud firms’ thunder
WHICH of the world’s tech giants boasts the fastest-growing computing cloud? Many would guess either Amazon or Google, which operate the world’s...