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Target: Port of Toamasina
Madagascar’s Port of Toamasina, the economic heart of the country. It alone sees three quarters of the island nation’s maritime trade. In recent years the port has transformed and modernised, meeting the most stringent international...
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German bank charges customers for holding their money
A small co-operative bank in the picturesque town of Gmund in Bavaria is turning financial norms upside down. It’s decided to charge clients a fee for depositing money with them. It applies to deposits of more than 100,000 euros held in...
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Brexit brings British economic ‘uncertainty’
The result is clear Britain is out of the European Union, but what does the future hold for the UK economy. Jeremy Cook is the chief economist and head of strategy at World First: “We don’t know what’s gonna happen. There’s gonna be a...
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What has NAFTA done for Canada?
Trade lawyer Mark Warner describes the benefits of free trade agreements
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Aecon deal blocked
Dany Assaf, partner at the law firm Torys, on the federal government's blocking of the takeover of Aecon.
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Can Europe's new €500 billion target of investments help the sun shine on the economy?
Three-and-a-half years ago, the €315bn European Fund For Strategic Investments – or EFSI was unveiled. The target - to kickstart a flagging investment environment. So is the plan working? Well, the bulk of financing from EFSI until now...
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Getting Europe’s banks healthy and lending
Many of us tune out when we hear words like ‘banking’ or phrases like ‘banking union’ or acronyms like CRR, CET or NPL…thinking it doesn’t impact our lives! We know that since the crisis banks have had a tough time lending to businesses,...
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Is Europe in the mood to Invest in itself?
This edition of Real Economy, from the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg, looks at the kind of investments Europe needs. Be it public transport, energy efficient cars or city infrastructure. Investment levels have improved since...
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EU funds help risk-averse investors to boost employment in Europe
Uncertainty is the new normal for us all. Maithreyi Seetharaman spoke with the European Commission’s vice president in charge of investments, and the commissioner of regional affairs, to talk about one way they suggest Europe can help...
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Business reaction to federal budget
Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters CEO Dennis Darby, and ProVantage Automation CEO Rob Hattin, offer their take on 2017 budget
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At the CPPIB helm
Mark Machin, president and CEO, Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board, on building a resilient fund
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The Big Picture
The panel weighs in on the federal government's move to put nearly a billion dollars into so-called superclusters
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Reducing regional disparity in the EU: Cohesion Policy aims
Cohesion Policy. There’s a chance you haven’t heard of it. It’s the mechanism used by the European Union to speed up the economies of regions which are falling behind in terms of GDP and growth. It’s not sent to countries specifically,...
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UK business investment falls
Business investment in Britain fell in annual terms between January and March. It was the first such decline in three years and comes amid uncertainty around the vote on whether the UK stays in the European Union. The Office for National...
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Apple backs Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing in blow to Uber
Apple says it has made a big investment in the dominant Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing, dealing a major blow to its rival Uber. The investment – the equivalent of 883 million euros – is to help Apple better understand the...
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Saudi Arabia responds to low oil prices with economic reform plan
Saudi Arabia, having forced down oil prices to try to push US shale oil producers out of business, is now having to address the problems of much less money flowing into its state coffers. Its answer is an economic reform plan including...
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Morocco’s aviation industry takes off
Morocco’s aeronautics and aviation industry is taking off, with more than 100 European and American companies attracted to the country – according to government figures. A recent trade show in Seattle was chance to further boost the...
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Debt drags Chinese economy on
Latest figures from China’s National Bureau of Statistics are causing some economists to wonder if the worst is over in the contraction in the economy. Q1 figures for 2016 indicate annual growth at 6.7%, its slowest since 2009, but a...
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Mayors embrace budget transit money
Mayors embrace the blast of transit cash from Ottawa, but is the money coming fast enough?
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Rosneft is ‘coping’, makes investment pledge
Despite weak oil prices Russian energy giant Rosneft has pledged to invest more – around one trillion roubles (13 billion euros) annually until 2018. For 2016 that is a 30 percent increase on last year. Rosneft’s Chief Executive Igor...
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Refugees: Germany’s Economic Challenge
Pierre Moscovici, European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs: If I look at Germany I would say – the german economy is clearly the leader in Europe and in the Euro area and so Germany shouldn’t be blamed for its successes....
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Chinese takeover of B.C. tech firm raises concerns | Sunday Scrum
Why did the federal government allow a Chinese communications company to acquire a B.C. tech firm without a formal national security review?
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Toyota investment
McMaster University's Greig Mordue is a former general manager of Toyota Canada
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'Golden Boy' boxer Donny Lalonde, named in Panama Papers, in Costa Rican investment controversy
Donny Lalonde, a former boxing champion once known as Winnipeg's "Golden Boy," has drawn the ire of more than two dozen investors who say he didn't deliver on real estate projects in Costa Rica.