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Stacey Ferreira: The Billion Dollar Pitch
Few people make their first million before they turn twenty, and fewer still can say they have penned an international best-seller to boot. Stacey Ferreira, however, has done both. And, as if that wasn’t enough, she is also the CEO
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Financial Centres Promote Economic Development: AIFC Goes for Growth by Backing SMEs Globally
International Financial Centres (IFCs) are a necessary component of national and global economic growth. And increasingly, it is co-operation between IFCs, rather than competition, that drives the development agenda of the world’s established and emerging financial centres. As the Astana
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Infinity Solar: Vision of Transition that Began with a Revolution
Necessity is the mother of invention, they say, and Infinity Solar started life in 2014 – prompted by the recurrent and numerous electric cuts because of energy shortages following the Egyptian revolution in 2011. The company founders recognised the need
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Book Review by Kenneth Rogoff: Crash Time
Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World by Adam Tooze Ten years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Crashed, by the noted Columbia University historian Adam Tooze, offers a sweeping history of the global financial crisis up
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Robert Azevêdo: Levelling the Playing Field
In times such as these, with rapidly escalating trade tensions and countries engaging in tit-for-tat spats that can – and do – spin out of control, the job of Roberto Azevêdo, director-general of the World Trade Organisation, becomes nearly impossible.
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António Guterres: Healing a Fractured World
The world is in pieces. No longer the preserve of two competing global powers – or even a single triumphant one – today’s world is nobody’s backyard. Multiple powers have emerged that no longer expect, or strive for, hegemony far
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Instrumental in Rental with CEO Charles Haresnape: Gatehouse is a Shariah-Compliant Bank on the Move
Gatehouse Bank is a Shariah-compliant UK bank, lead by CEO Charles Haresnape, whose operations span residential and commercial property financing and investment as well as retail savings and real estate investment advice. The bank has come to play a major
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Maserati on Value Creation: Trident Badge and a Heady Rumble Mean Business, On the Road and In the Showroom
How many syllables would you like with your supercar? One? Porsche will do nicely. Two? Bentley, please. Three? Ferrari, of course. Four? Listen for the growl… When a 560 bhp 4.7-litre V8 engine coughs and rumbles to life, forget about
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Abu Dhabi Aviation: Global Reach Powered by Operational Excellence
Abu Dhabi Aviation (ADA) provides aviation offshore oil support and other services worldwide and in particular for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi’s oil and gas production companies. The company also provides VVIP passenger services, search & rescue for the United
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LBBW: Operating Soundly, Making Big Moves and Breaking New Ground
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW), a mid-sized universal bank, promises its customers – whether corporate, institutional, or retail, to be by their side wherever they go. With deep roots in Baden-Württemberg, LBBW is also present at economic and financial hubs worldwide. The
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