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USA
He who would Valeant be
UPDATE: On March 21st Valeant announced that Michael Pearson, its CEO, was leaving UNTIL recently, America hadn’t had a spectacular corporate disaster since Lehman Brothers in 2008. But Valeant, a Canadian but New York-listed drug firm, now meets all of the tests: a bad business model, accounting problems, acquisitions, debt, an ...
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USA
A ripple of fear
IN A financial landscape that ranges from the dreary to the disliked, peer-to-peer lending stands out. P2P firms, also called marketplace lenders, channel loans directly from institutional investors and individuals to borrowers, for a fee. In the process, they have lowered interest rates for many and expanded access to credit. ...
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USA
At New York Auto Show, a Parade of New Models
Vehicle sales are running at a record pace, which means the car industry is willing to invest in new products and technology.
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USA
Connective action
IT IS MORE than half a century old, but Mancur Olson’s book, “The Logic of Collective Action”, is still hugely influential. In a nutshell, the late economist argued that large groups of people will organise only if they have some particular incentive: many will simply “free-ride” on the efforts of ...
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Turchia
Erdoganomics
“THE PEOPLE HAVE voted for stability,” proclaimed President Erdogan after his party’s electoral landslide in November. The markets applauded, too. Istanbul’s stock index jumped and the Turkish lira rose against the dollar, both reversing long slides. Year-end indicators showed an upward trend in GDP growth, from a rate of around ...
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Turchia
Softly, softly
WHEN THE AK party was founded in 2001, few would have predicted its success. Just four years earlier the army had intervened, for the fourth time since 1960, to depose an elected government, on this occasion an Islamist-led coalition. The Islamists were then banned, but the squabbling secularists that succeeded ...
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Mozambico
Mozambico, trovati resti di un aereo: probabilmente è il Boeing 777 della Malaysia Airlines
Il ministro dei Trasporti australiano: "Dopo esami, quasi certo che i pezzi appartengano al MH370". Il velivolo era scomparso l'8 marzo 2014 con 239 persone a...
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Cina Albania Regno Unito Hong Kong
Apre Art Basel a Hong Kong.
Apre Art Basel a Hong Kong. Durerà tre giorni la principale fiera dell’arte contemporanea in Asia, giunta alla terza edizione. Quello cinese è il terzo mercato dell’arte a livello mondiale, dopo quelli di Stati Uniti e Regno Unito.
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Nigeria
Investigarán a Jimmy Ojeda por presunta entrega de regalos durante campaña
El área de fiscalización del Jurado Electoral Especial (JEE) de Arequipa iniciará una investigación de oficio al candidato de Peruanos Por el Kambio, Jimmy Ojeda, por la presunta entrega de regalos durante campaña electoral. PUEDES VER: JEE decide que Keiko Fujimori continúe en contienda electoral Ayer circularon en las redes sociales fotografías donde ...
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Perù
Heriberto Benítez: "El JEE deja ver el camino a un fraude en favor de Keiko Fujimori"
El congresista Heriberto Benítez calificó de "vergonzosa" la resolución del Jurado Electoral Especial (JEE) de Lima Centro 1 que rechaza su solicitud y libra de la exclusión a la candidata presidencial Keiko Fujimori. PUEDES VER: JEE decide que Keiko Fujimori continúe en contienda electoral "El JEE Lima Centro 1 se arrodilló ante ...