Regulatory Reset At SEC, FTC
Paul Atkins is Donald Trump’s choice to be the next chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission when Gary Gensler steps down. The conservative Republican previously served as SEC commissioner from 2002 More...
GW Platt Foreign Exchange Bank Awards 2025: FX Tech Global Winners
Comprehensive FX management integrates tools, analytics, and AI to mitigate currency risks. A comprehensive foreign exchange (FX) exposure management strategy combines tools and techniques to identify, measure, More...
Sanjay Malhotra Takes Charge As RBI Governor
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has had 25 governors to date. Notably, 14 of these governors were civil servants. In recent years, governments have increasingly preferred to appoint civil servants over professional More...
Syria’s Finance Minister: Country Ready For Return To Normalcy
Some have greatness thrust upon them. Syria and its well-wishers worldwide hope that acting finance minister Riad Abd El Raouf will enter those ranks in the coming months. Raouf, 49, cuts a lonely figure as the More...
South Korea: From Prosecutor To President To Pariah
Last month, amid a series of mounting economic and political crises, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol issued a martial law decree—the first in more than 40 years. Yoon claimed that it was necessary to “eradicate More...
Tariffs And Consequences
VOL. 39 NO. 1 Our cover story this month focuses primarily on tariffs and their far-reaching consequences. It also explores the potential for a chain reaction across several global regions that could affect More...
EU And Mercosur Agree On Trade Partnership
The European Union and four Mercosur Countries—Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay—have agreed to a bilateral trade deal in principle. Following 25 years of negotiation, the agreement creates a free-trade More...
Global Rules, Local Impact: UAE Aligns With OECD
Starting Jan. 1, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will levy a tax of 15% on large multinationals (MNCs) operating in the country as part of corporate tax reforms required by the Organization for Economic Cooperation More...
Grandson of former commandant of Auschwitz on rise of antisemitism, his life as a pastor
Kai Höss walks to the podium every Sunday at a small church in Germany to share a message of salvation and God’s grace and forgiveness. He’s the lead pastor at the Bible Church of Stuttgart, a non-denominational More...
Russia downplays speculation over deadly Azerbaijan Airlines crash as report lays blame for downed plane
An Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 38 people, was shot down by a Russian air defense system, Reuters reported Thursday. The report cited four sources in Azerbaijan familiar More...
