| Cosima F. Barone | Vol. XVII - Issue #246 | Mar. 09, 2018 |
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Global Financial Markets Reckoning
Ever since it bottomed out at the end of March 2009, the overall market capitalization has been reaching out to its March 31, 2000, peak. How will markets react when the debt-stressed consumers decide to bank their gains from the tax cut, instead of spending the money? ... Read more
A Fractured World: Nationalist Insurgency & Trade Wars
Is the global liberal order in danger? After decades when the world has been dominated by the United States as their influence remained unrivaled in so many segments (economy, U.S. Dollar, trade and defense) over the rest of the globe, are there strategic alliances or emerging global trends that could potentially shake the world order as we know it? ... Read more
A Glance At World's Insightful News
In Focus: ECB, EUROPEAN UNION, CHINA, INDIA, ITALY, JAPAN, USA - OPEC & non-OPEC
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Trio of cases provides rulings on how responsible accountants are for spotting fraud and errors
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Financial Times, Feb. 17, 2026
Teachers’ unions say regulators should look at private equity giant’s apparent ‘lack of candour’
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A new set of oral history interviews documents how Barack Obama and his advisers missed the shifting mood of the country that would ultimately replace him with a successor they considered a “con man,” “clown” and “laughingstock.”
By Peter Baker
The New York Times, Feb. 17, 2026
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Leading start-ups have recently embraced sponsors as they search for revenue
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PacifiCorp to sell wind farms, transmission lines and natural gas plant to Oregon utility Portland General Electric for $1.9bn
By Eric Platt in New York
Financial Times, Feb. 17, 2026
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By Aziz Z. Huq and Vanessa Williamson
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By Jason Horowitz
The New York Times, Feb. 17, 2026
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Looser regulation and new investment are helping groups such as NeuroXess accelerate trials of ‘brain-computer interfaces’
By Eleanor Olcott in Shanghai
Financial Times, Feb. 18, 2026
Personal documents including passports belonging to hundreds of attendees of ADFW found online
By Tim Bradshaw, Costas Mourselas, Ortenca Aliaj and Simeon Kerr
Financial Times, Feb. 17, 2026
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By Constant Méheut
The New York Times, Feb. 17, 2026
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By Tony Romm
The New York Times, Feb. 17, 2026
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Financial Times, Feb. 17, 2026
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