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CANPACK Group: Poland-based Packaging Manufacturer Expands Globally, Enters US Market
Pennsylvania’s Lackawanna County is heading back to the future thanks in part to a $366 million investment by a Polish manufacturer of packaging products – the area’s largest financial commitment in over a half century. Once one of the leading
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EU: Stage Set for Clash
The Hague is expected to deploy the biggest gun available to EU member states and roll out its veto to derail a Franco-German plan that introduces eurobonds under a different name. Last week, the Dutch were said to have succumbed
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Caught in a Bind: Tax Avoiders Excluded from Corona Relief Funds
Consider a company that has furloughed a quarter of its workforce, and now intends to fire these 1,100 workers, all the while screaming for the UK government to throw it a £150 million lifeline yet unwilling to scrap a £267
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Marc Langenbrinck, Mercedes-Benz Schweiz CEO: Finding and Keeping the Exact Right Competitive Angle
Mercedes-Benz is enjoying a great run. Its cars have set new sales records in Switzerland, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, and Poland – and elsewhere. In fact, the iconic German carmaker just reported its 60th consecutive month of record sales. Last year,
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Jean-Claude Juncker
Dismissed and ridiculed as a failed small-town administrator with a penchant for fine wines and cognacs, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker represents to some all that is wrong with the European Union: a faceless apparatchik given to bullying people and
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Germany: Immigrant Workers Benefit Economy
Germany’s opposition to British attempts to limit the freedom of movement within the European Union is grounded in economic self-interest rather than lofty principle. Instead of whining endless about the influx of workers from other EU member states, the Germans
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Davos: Azerbaijan Making a Splash at World Economic Forum
Davos – One of the world’s fastest growing economies for ten years in a row, Azerbaijan is set to showcase its accomplishments and promising future outlook at the annual meeting of World Economic Forum set to kick off tomorrow in
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Mamta Murthi: World Bank to Help Poland Resolve the “Robin Hood” Tax Issue
The World Bank is helping Poland design a new system called the “Robin Hood” tax system. In the first quarter of 2015 a working group composed of representatives of the Ministry of Finance, the World Bank, subnational governments and academia will
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World Bank: Framing the Future of Accountancy
The main objective of Accountancy Development for Results (ADR) is to raise awareness among leaders of the accountancy profession of their significant role in advancing the World Bank’s twin goals of eradicating extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity. Accountants and
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Working Together to Boost Innovation in Central Europe and the Baltics
Innovation is a critical driver of long-term economic growth and the right public policies are crucial to boost innovation. Through lending projects and advisory services, the Bank is assisting new European Union member states and candidate countries to unlock their
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