Global Finance

Middle East: Iran – Open for Business

Mention Iran to a stamp collector, and it’s quite possible you’ll witness a human being salivate like a dog being teased with a bone....
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Clock is ticking, and TikTok’s future hangs in the balance

By HEATHER LEAH SMITH TIKTOK must shore-up a deal to offload its US operations before a divest-or-depart deadline set by US President Donald Trump. The name...
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Dramatic about-turn on legal cannabis has US states in turmoil and...

The American Green Rush to the newly legalised cannabis industry had barely begun when prohibitionist US Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced, just days into...
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A gender seeking lenders: Go, girls!

IT MAY once have been a man’s world, but the Department for Business and Trade and the Council for Investing in Female Entrepreneurs aim...
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Go-ahead team and pioneer spirit combine in company’s on-going bid to...

THE ALTERNATIVE risk transfer market was relatively unknown when Juan Antonio Niño, CEO and founder of Active RE, began to advocate for its adoption...
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Yes Bank founder Kapoor arrested on charges of money laundering

THE head and founder of India's private Yes Bank, Rana Kapoor, has been arrested in Mumbai on charges of money laundering. His arrest comes just...
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Tepid growth forecast in World Bank’s 2020 report

THE WORLD Bank forecasts a slight increase in global economic growth for 2020. But the operative word is “slight”: the bank’s prediction is for expansion...
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Return fraud: ‘Creative’ crime in a reshaped world

E-COMMERCE has exploded over recent years — and fraudsters are taking advantage of retailers’ return policies. While PSD2 Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) has made it...
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KLRCA and ICC sign MoU to boost dispute resolution

The Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA) and the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) have signed a...
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Boris out! UK SMEs voice drop of confidence in PM

THE MAJORITY of UK SMEs want Boris Johnson to step aside — with 63 percent saying they would like to see him forced out. In...