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Add a Swoosh, Some Sweat, and Serious Business Nous — You have Victory on Your Side
Nike founder, athlete, philanthropist, battler: Phil Knight pulled himself up by his own running-shoe straps By HAL WILLIAMS There’s nothing like a bit of history to bolster a brand. A mental association with an elite figure or personage doesn’t hurt;
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Federal Realty Investment Trust: ESG Pays Dividends at Leading Real Estate Investment Trust
‘It not only helps us be a better business — it is our business,’ says Federal Realty Investment Trust CEO Don Wood. For more than six decades, US-based Federal Realty Investment Trust has been forging an enviable reputation for the
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Tightening Financial Conditions Bring Impacts to Asset Values
In the first half of this year, US stock markets suffered a fall not seen in more than 50 years. The S&P 500 index on Thursday June 30 was more than 20 percent down compared to January, a drop not
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New York, New York Still has the ‘Welcome’ Mat Out, but it Helps if you’re Wealthy…
“If you can make it there, you’ll make it anywhere…” — but just what does it take to make it in the Big Apple? CFI.co trips through the realities of living in New York City with facts, figures — and
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Quantitative Tightening and Capital Flows to Emerging Markets
In its May 15th meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) lifted its benchmark policy rate by 0.75% to 1.50%–1.75%, the most significant increase since 1994. The central bank also signaled an additional increase
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Greenbacks for a Green Future: It’s the Cost of Decarbonisation
Accelerating the transition toward low- or zero-carbon emissions is necessary to keep global warming at theoretically safe levels. That will probably bring price shocks associated with rising metal prices, energy costs, and carbon taxes — what has been called “greenflation”.
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Biggest Commodity Price Shock in 50 Years is Here
In addition to death and destruction in Ukraine, the Russian invasion brought several significant shocks to the global economy. The geopolitical consequences of the war reinforce the downward trend in trade globalisation and financial integration, with fresh rounds of disruption
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Paolo Sironi, IBM: 2022 Global Outlook for Banking and Financial Markets
In the third year of a global pandemic, the financial services industry appears to be acclimating to a new reality. Many temporary measures put in place are now poised to become permanent, and a new industry structure is emerging. While
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Kickstart Seed Fund: From Recession to Co-operation
Kickstart Seed Fund was founded in 2008. Yes, 2008 — and despite the recession, the company closed its first fund of $8m. The seed-stage venture capital firm is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and, as the name implies, its
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Evan Harvey, Nasdaq: Language Locks and Building Blocks
Language has been an inhibitor to the progress of sustainable business. Rather than putting a trendy new name on an essentially new business practice, a series of conflicting, complementary, and confusing labels has come into practice. Because this era is
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