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Debate over what the consequences of a departure of the U.K. from the European Union would look like has been raging since before then British Prime Minister David Cameron called a referendum on what became known as Brexit in 2015

15 февраля 2021 5 мин. 7235

Meet America’s Best Large Employers 2021

The University of Alabama at Birmingham is no ordinary institute of higher education. Not only are its 23,000 employees responsible for the education and well-being of more than 22,000 students, but many have also been tasked with caring for thousands of pandemic-stricken patients

12 февраля 2021 4 мин. 6751

The Right Time for Joe Biden

NEW YORK – It is easy to underestimate Joe Biden. The new US president has been dismissed by some people on the left as a party hack, a trimmer, a holdover from a corrupt and broken establishment. An article in the conservative journal National Review bore the headline: “Joe Biden: Mediocrity Personified.” It was written by that right-wing admirer of great men, Conrad Black, the former newspaper owner and convicted fraudster

11 февраля 2021 5 мин. 7698

Dow Slips 100 Points Despite Blowout Earnings As Morgan Stanley Warns ‘Greed Continues To Overcome Fear’

TOPLINE After closing at record highs Monday, the major stock market indexes are taking a breather despite corporate earnings that continue to shatter Wall Street expectations, as the economic conditions underlying the bull market's recent rally continue to rage on

10 февраля 2021 3 мин. 6528

Inside The Billion-Dollar Plan To Kill Credit Cards

Millennials were shunning plastic and supposedly wary of consumer debt. Affirm's Max Levchin saw a way to repackage buying now and paying later for younger folks—and it's made him a billionaire

09 февраля 2021 8 мин. 9297

Corporate Governance after GameStop

NEW YORK – Last week, a social-media-fueled populist rebellion gripped capital markets. Retail investors purchased huge amounts of stock in struggling companies like GameStop, AMC, and BlackBerry (among others). They wanted to make a buck. But, even more than that, they wanted to punish the financial elites, like hedge funds, that had been betting on the companies’ decline

08 февраля 2021 6 мин. 5101

Draghi and the Defense of Democracy

STANFORD – Mario Draghi, the European Central Bank’s former president, has been asked to form a government of national unity in Italy at a pivotal moment. Coming so soon after Joe Biden’s arrival in the White House, and with the impending retirement of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a Draghi premiership means that French President Emmanuel Macron will no longer cut such a forlorn figure in Europe when standing up for the West and democratic values

05 февраля 2021 5 мин. 6480

Jack Ma’s Ant Group Reaches Deal With Chinese Regulators On Restructuring Plan: Bloomberg Report

Ant Group has agreed on a restructuring plan with China’s regulators that will turn the fintech giant into a financial holding company subject to capital requirements similar to those for banks, Bloomberg News reported