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Markets Aug. 7, 2020, 1:44 AM

The US needs to stop acting as though it has ‘infinite fiscal space,’ and provide more targeted coronavirus stimulus, a top economist warned

Any further US stimulus should be targeted at medium-sized businesses, rather than being broad-based, Chicago Booth Business School economist Raghuram Rajan said Thursday. “Just because one can spend at this point, doesn’t mean one has a blank cheque,” he said on Thursday. The former Indian central bank governor is of […]

Markets Jul. 21, 2020, 12:01 AM

COVID-19 will create a new generation of zombie companies, followed by a wave of business defaults, a bank CEO says

Piyush Gupta, group CEO of Singaporean lender DBS Bank, said that he expects COVID-19 to create a fresh generation of zombie companies, which will be followed by a wave of defaults. “Many companies will find that COVID-19 is not just a liquidity problem. It is eventually a solvency problem,” he […]

Markets Sep. 10, 2019, 11:43 PM

Trump’s trade war is triggering a ‘sharp slowdown’ among American small businesses

Data from the NFIB, America’s largest small business association, showed that Main Street businesses are feeling the heat from Donald Trump’s trade war with China. Business optimism missed expectations, slipping 1.6 points to a five-month low of 103.1. “Fewer owners said they expect better business conditions and real sales volumes […]

Markets Mar. 21, 2018, 8:01 PM

840,000 retirements: The powerhouse of Europe’s biggest economy faces a 5-year succession crisis

Germany’s class of small or medium businesses – known as the Mittelstand – faces a looming succession crisis, according to an FT report. Over the next five years, the heads of 840,000 businesses are set to retire, and need to find successors. “The Mittelstand is going to be hit by […]

Markets May. 10, 2017, 9:01 AM

The US needs to stop acting as though it has ‘infinite fiscal space,’ and provide more targeted coronavirus stimulus, a top economist warned

COVID-19 will create a new generation of zombie companies, followed by a wave of business defaults, a bank CEO says

Trump’s trade war is triggering a ‘sharp slowdown’ among American small businesses

840,000 retirements: The powerhouse of Europe’s biggest economy faces a 5-year succession crisis

Billions in EU funding for small UK businesses is about to get shut off

‘Drastic’ hikes to British business rates could shut down small firms across Britain

Deutsche Bank, HSBC, and five other big banks are collaborating on a blockchain project

European online lender Spotcap is launching in Britain despite ‘turbulent and challenging’ Brexit

London fintech iwoca raises £46 million in VC cash and debt to grow across Europe

This FTSE CEO is boycotting Davos because it’s ‘just full of old men from big business’

Britain’s manufacturing looks bleak — but there’s one bright spot

Challenger bank Shawbrook is rocketing thanks to all the small businesses big banks ignore

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tests positive for COVID-19

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