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Japan and India Pledge to Strengthen Ties as China Rises
September 2nd, 2014
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged an upgrade of economic and security ties with India, saying Japan would double investment and expand defence cooperation amid concerns about China’s growing influence in the region. Abe and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi ...
Burger King has maneuvered to cut U.S. tax bill for years
September 2nd, 2014
Burger King may have taken a lot of flack in the past week for a deal that should curb its U.S. tax bill but in many ways it is consistent with the burger chain’s aggressive tax-reduction strategies in recent ...
Abenomics, European Style
September 1st, 2014
Two years ago, Shinzo Abe’s election as Japan’s prime minister led to the advent of “Abenomics,” a three-part plan to rescue the economy from a treadmill of stagnation and deflation. Abenomics’ three components – or “arrows” – comprise massive ...
NATO Set to Ratify Pledge on Joint Defense in Case of Major Cyberattack
September 1st, 2014
When President Obama meets with other NATO leaders later this week, they are expected to ratify what seems, at first glance, a far-reaching change in the organization’s mission of collective defense: For the first time, a cyberattack on any ...
Nation of Privilege Versus Rule of Law
August 29th, 2014
These days, the word “privilege” has been reduced to a trite buzzword. That’s a shame, because it used to mean more than just being born into advantageous circumstances. The word, which means “private law” in old French, originally referred ...
IMF: Grenada’s Fiscal Consolidation On Track
August 29th, 2014
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that Grenada has made a strong start in implementing its IMF-backed fiscal consolidation program. The IMF approved in June 2014 a three-year USD21.6m arrangement for Grenada to support the territory’s efforts to ...
Virgin Australia reports biggest ever annual loss
August 29th, 2014
Virgin Australia reported its biggest ever loss for the twelve months ending June. Its post-tax loss of A$355.6m (£200.5m) was over three times larger than the A$98.1m loss it reported for the previous year. The airline also announced today ...
Australia 200 – Taking a Breather Around 5620
August 29th, 2014
Australia 200 for Friday, August 29, 2014 The Australian 200 Index has finally been able to surge higher to a new six year high around 5650 late last week before easing off to finish out the week. However since ...
India’s Narendra Modi launches bank accounts for all
August 28th, 2014
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a plan to provide a bank account for every household, in a landmark initiative to help the poor. Nearly 40% of Indians have little access to financial services and are often at ...
Wachtell to pursue Deloitte in HP Autonomy row
August 28th, 2014
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz is to pursue Deloitte on behalf of Hewlett-Packard (HP) in an escalation of the company’s row with software firm Autonomy over its doomed 2011 acquisition. Wachtell partner Marc Wolinsky told a San Francisco court ...
