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Managing Geopolitical Risk Under Uncertainty

By Ghaidaa Hetou and J. Mark Munoz Geopolitical shifts born out of the US-China-Russia rivalry have manifested in supply chain interruptions, divestments, national security directed...
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Size Doesn’t Matter: The Smallest Rich Countries

Size doesn’t matter, some people say. Even though many of us hide the sarcasm in that statement, today we will treat this hypothesis seriously. Many...
technology

IT Industry Role in Ukrainian GDP

In the modern era of 2022, information technology is a must when it comes to business. It is always said that business is driven...
Cryptocurrency volatility

What Are the Top Ways to Reduce Crypto Volatility: How to Stabilize the Market?

In the past two years, we have already seen how badly the pandemic has affected the cryptocurrency market, it has not only led to...
China-Germany

Germany and China’s Growth Models are Falling Behind

The challenges add to the list of global economic weaknesses The focus of economists is the uncertain outlook for global growth in the near term....
IMD 2021 World Talent Ranking

Pandemic Widens Chasm Between Highly Motivated Workers in Talent-strong Economies and Brain Drain in...

Lausanne, Switzerland 9 December 2021 - Switzerland leads the top 10 economies in the IMD 2021 World Talent Ranking, showing a pandemic-induced trend in...
Ukrain

Ukrainian Reforms: Social Protests as Payoffs for Implementing European Standards

In May 2009, Ukraine became a party to the Eastern Partnership multilateral program, initiated by the Foreign Ministers of Sweden and Poland, Carl Bildt...
European Central Bank

The European Economic Outlook and the European Central Bank’s Policy Dilemma

By Chan Kung and Wei Hongxu While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the global economy, the European economy showed a relatively strong recovery in the...
cannabis

The rise of the cannabis industry in the global market

The valuation of the global cannabis market amounted to $7.7 billion in the year 2019. The market is expected to grow at a rate...
forex markets

How will the GBP perform in forex markets while being affected by Brexit and...

From the perspective of a forex trader, you can't beat a period of uncertainty and volatility. Therefore, 2020 into the new year has been the...
Bitcoin

Astonishing facts about bitcoin that you must know about!

The wave of digitalization has left no sector unaffected, and the currency is also one of them. Currency has also been turned into digital...
crypto

The inclusion of Cryptocurrency in the Global Economic Structure

Cryptocurrency is basically a unique form of digital currency, mainly used to buy services or products online. Crypto transactions are secured using an online...
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The Lingering Question Of The Decade: Is Bitcoin The New Global Currency?

Ever since the beginning of the pandemic, almost everything including the economy has faltered except perhaps Bitcoin which has enjoyed a dramatic bull run....
Brexit’s Impact On Spanish Second Home Owners

Brexit’s Impact On Spanish Second Home Owners

British buyers and investors own an estimated one million properties in Spain. And Brexit is set to have a massive impact on how hundreds...

The coronavirus vaccine: What it means for business and the recovery

While 2020 has been dominated by the coronavirus and the strain it has placed on public health systems and economies worldwide, there’s hope that...

How Blockchain Technology and AI can catalyze the economic recovery in 2021

This has been a difficult year to survive and thrive economically. With a drastic rate of rising unemployment and businesses still facing existential threats,...

Investor Confidence in 888poker Soars After H1 2020 Financial Results Shared

Investor confidence in 888poker has soared following the announcement of H1 2020 financial results for parent company 888 Holdings, also known as 888.com. ...

How to Buy and Sell Houses in a Slow Economy

By Raymond James For many homeowners, selling a house in a normal economy can be a somewhat tense and stressful endeavor. However, if you are...

How the South African Economy Reacts to Global Crisis

This year, the novel coronavirus has shattered economies around the globe. No country was left untouched, with almost a million deaths by mid-September. South...

Dario Item, Ambassador of Antigua & Barbuda: Why entrepreneurs & investors are choosing the...

The year 2020 has welcomed massive shifts in the way we do business. The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken every sector of society, especially travel...

Covid-19: How are Italian businesses tackling unique financial challenges?

For even the most robust European economies, the Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc. As cases start to rise once more in many nations, governments...

The State of the Indian Economy and Where Europeans Can Invest, with Insights from...

Things have changed drastically in India’s economy over the past twenty years or so. And few people have had a view as up close...

What Are the Steps to Economic Recovery in the UK?

Now that the UK is officially in a recession, focus has to be placed on recovery. The government has taken several steps to ensure...

7 Ways That Can UK Businesses Can Make European Expansion Easier Despite Brexit

Brexit was voted in favor of in the UK in 2016, and ever since, businesses have been in a state of uncertainty - from...

The 7 Biggest Global Vacation Rental Trends for Property Owners

Due to the recent COVID-19 health crisis, the vacation rental business has experienced an unprecedented impact. The United States and many other countries have...

Everything Companies Need To Know About COVID-19 In China

By Martha Payne Businesses in China are struggling to remain afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially with the country’s economy shrinking by almost 7% in...

How Leaders Can Overcome their Biases to Succeed in the Post-Crisis World

By Nikolaus Obwegeser, Noemie Tentillier, and Tomoko Yokoi Research has shown that our ability to deal with a crisis is heavily dependent on our perception...

“The COVID-19 Crisis” as an Opportunity for Introspection: A Multi-level Reflection on Values, Needs,...

By Simon L. Dolan, Mario Raich, Anat Garti and Avishai Landau The current period of misery and even despair surround us. It is perhaps an...
US Trade

Overlooked Strategies for Surviving the US-China Trade War (and possibly others)

By Dan Prud’homme and Mark Cohen The trade war between the US and China has escalated to a point far beyond the expectations of many....

Serving valued banking relationships generation after generation

Aside from having the second largest banking sector in the Eastern Caribbean region, Antigua and Barbuda also houses the “grandfather” of international financial services...

Just deserts!

From the Editors It was Joseph de Maistre who said, "Every country has the government it deserves", and “In a democracy people get the leaders...

For Whom the Bell Tolls, Really. The Impact of the Sanctions Against Russia

By Dan Steinbock The sanctions against Russia are working; but not for Russia, Ukraine, the EU, or even the US.   In the 2nd quarter, Russia’s GDP...

Reimagine EU’s Policies towards Migration

From the Editors Over the past few weeks Europe has been plagued by the spectre of Syrian refugees fleeing to its shores. This comes at...

Creating a “Super Economic Block”

From the Editors Many observers have commented, over the past year, that without Russia, Europe seems incomplete. Not only is the Russian Federation demographically and...

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