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Saudi Arabia’s central bank has joined the Islamic financial regulator AAOIFI in a move that could increase cross-border financial trading in the region
US ride-hailing company Lyft is worth $11bn after a new round of funding, which was led by Alphabet subsidiary CapitalG
Commerzbank believes that being at the forefront of digitalisation requires an end-to-end strategy that sets new trends and weathers digital disruption
The significance of environmental, social and corporate governance is on the rise in Mexico, thanks to trendsetters such as Grupo Financiero Banorte
International central bank leaders warned that, despite optimism for the world’s economy, emergency fiscal policies still can’t be relaxed
German chemical company Bayer will transfer its crop science business to rival BASF for $6.8bn, but only if European regulators approve its long-awaited Monsanto buy-out
US asset manager BlackRock has reached nearly $6trn thanks to the growing popularity of exchange-traded funds
While the US job market is seeing record-highs for job openings and employment levels, the latest government data has revealed a telling dip in the ‘quits rate’
As society gets richer on paper, measured GDP figures tell us less and less about the real state of inequality and welfare
Far from encouraging growth, corporate tax cuts simply boost inequality and force future generations to pick up the slack
China follows its own economic rules, and continues to defy the naysayers to grow ever stronger
Material cooperation would benefit both the UK and the EU, but it’s up to Theresa May’s government to change the tenor of negotiations
Through a dedicated focus on its staff and clients, combined with a careful acquisition strategy, Banco Mercantil Santa Cruz continues to lead the Bolivian banking industry
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said it expects to spend $15bn on R&D over the next three years
In her first policy speech, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam set out a number of proposals on housing, inequality and technological innovation
A new indicator by the OECD has revealed that the largest economies worldwide will continue to grow at a strong pace next year
Richard Thaler, a pioneer in the behavioural economics field, says he will spend his award money “as irrationally as possible”
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A malicious new trend has seen hackers harness people’s computer power in order to better mine cryptocurrencies
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