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Stars Of China 2024: Innovation Nation

Global Finance

The toolbox is open, and the fine-tuning is underway, as China’s policymakers and financial institutions respond to the thorny economic challenges of the post-pandemic era. CICC underwrites green bonds, and Bohai offers low-interest loans to emissions-cutting manufacturers. trillion) in assets.

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Sustained Growth In MENA Despite Turmoil

Global Finance

Conflict aside, the Middle East is anticipating a period of economic growth. The wars in Gaza and Lebanon sent shockwaves across the region: disrupting key trade routes, derailing normalization talks between Israel and Saudi Arabia, accelerating Egypts economic bailout, and precipitating the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.

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Transcript: Melissa Smith, co-Head of Commercial Banking at JPMorgan

Barry Ritholtz

Melissa Smith : So I definitely thought that I was gonna work in the public sector when, when I’m recruiting at JP Morgan I always, you know, get the question sort of how did, how did you get into investment banking? And in my summer in between I worked for Mayor Daley in Chicago on economic development issues.

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World’s Best Investment Banks 2025: Global And Country Winners

Global Finance

BofA also scored big on M&A despite the somewhat subdued activity, serving as the lead financial adviser for the buy side in the $1.9 billion acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines by Alaska Air, completed in September 2024. billion acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines by Alaska Air, completed in September 2024. billion).

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Trump’s megabill boosts M&A outlook after slump

CFO Dive

Daily Dive M-F Tech Weekly Every Tuesday By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Samuel Corum via Getty Images The recently-enacted “ One Big Beautiful Bill Act ” could help lift sagging merger-and-acquisition volume numbers by creating a more attractive environment for dealmaking on the U.S.

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Transcript: Ron Shaich, Au Bon Pain, Panera Bread & CAVA

Barry Ritholtz

He began with a single restaurant, a single cookie store, and eventually parlayed that into a series of acquisitions, mergers, expansions, ultimately leading to the Panera Bread concept, which now has 2000 locations and does about six and a half billion dollars. Ron Shake is a legend in the fast casual dining space. It was a business.

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Bold moves in global M&A might appear in 2023

Future CFO

Bold moves in global M&A might appear in 2023 — a year full of uncertainties, said Bain & Company recently when releasing its 5th annual Global Mergers & Acquisitions Report. This can be measured in the superior shareholder return of M&A active companies, the firm said.