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Global Value Chains and Rethinking Production and Trade
September 2nd, 2015
Back in the 1920s and 1930s, manufacturing often meant enormous factories that tried to bring as many activities as possible under one roof–what economists call “vertical integration.” However, the trend in recent decades has been toward “global value chains,” ...
KPMG Forms Exclusive Alliance with Fintech Platform Matchi
August 31st, 2015
KPMG has issued a press release to inform that it has become the exclusive advisory alliance partner with Matchi.biz, the innovative fintech matchmaking platform that connects banks and insurance companies with financial services technology start-ups and innovations sourced from ...
Luxembourg’s banks choose Worldline’s ACS solution to secure ecommerce with 3D-Secure
August 26th, 2015
Worldline, , European market leader in payment and transactional services, has been selected by the Luxembourg banking community to provide its Access Control Server solution for 3D-Secure, in cooperation with LuxTrust, a Luxembourg-based certification authority. The 3D-Secure dynamic ...
Dow plunges after rollercoaster trading on ‘Black Monday’ for global markets
August 25th, 2015
Dow’s 586-point drop puts it on track for its worst month since February 2009 as White House seeks to reassure investors that US economy can withstand volatility Hundreds of billions of dollars were wiped off global stocks on Monday ...
Bundesbank: growth in the German economy could continue
August 24th, 2015
Following robust growth in the first two quarters of 2015, the Bundesbank‘s economists expect the German economy to continue its positive development.“The conditions are currently in place for fairly solid economic growth in the second half of 2015, fuelled ...
Greek Senior Bank Bonds Fall on Dijsselbloem Bail-In Comment
August 17th, 2015
Senior bonds of Greek banks tumbled after Euro-area finance ministers protected depositors from any losses in the nation’s 86 billion-euro ($96 billion) bailout. Eurogroup President and Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Friday depositors will be shielded from ...
Greece’s economy grew in the second quarter
August 13th, 2015
Greek Economy Unexpectedly Surged Before Capital Controls Greece’s economy grew in the second quarter in a surprise surge just before the standoff between the government and its creditors forced officials to impose capital controls. The Hellenic Statistical Authority in ...
Alibaba Growth Slows as Chinese Economy Weakens; Buyback Planned
August 12th, 2015
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. quarterly sales rose at the slowest pace in at least three years and transaction volumes missed analyst estimates amid a weakening Chinese economy. Shares fell in pre-market trade. Revenue rose 28 percent to 20.2 billion ...
Citigroup Hires Ex-Deutsche Bank Prime Services Duo in London
August 12th, 2015
Citigroup Inc.C -1.91% has hired two former London-based Deutsche Bank AGDBK.XE -1.53% managers for its European client-services businesses, as the U.S. bank aims to attract more hedge funds as clients in stock-trading and other areas, according to an internal memo sent to employees on Tuesday. Citigroup ...
This Precious Metal Needs a Silver Bullet
August 6th, 2015
In the past 12 months alone, the benchmark silver-futures contract has declined 27% Once prized as a precious metal that could be put to practical use, silver is now getting the worst of both worlds. Like gold, silver has ...
