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3 weeks ago | 
gfmag.com | Luca Ventura
Even before Argentina’s previous agreement with the International Monetary Fund expired in December, President Javier Milei began pursuing a new bailout package. Last month, Milei flew to Mar-a-Lago to meet Donald Trump, hoping the US president would help him secure fresh funds. A week later, the IMF’s executive board greenlit a loan of $20 billion.
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1 month ago | 
gfmag.com | Luca Ventura
Mirroring the shift from a past marked by foreign domination and authoritarian rule to its modern status as a vibrant and free Caribbean nation, banks have played a pivotal role in the Dominican Republic’s exceptional growth and financial development.
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1 month ago | 
gfmag.com | Luca Ventura
Last month, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office approved Italy’s second-largest lender’s plan to purchase a major stake in state-backed Commerzbank. UniCredit revealed last year that it had secured a position of around 28%, with plans to increase it to 29.9%, just short of the 30% threshold requiring it to submit a public bid for the entire bank.
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2 months ago | 
gfmag.com | Luca Ventura
From the establishment of its earliest banks in the mid-19th century to becoming one of the world’s most advanced financial hubs, Singapore’s banking evolution mirrored the country’s journey from a modest colonial entrepôt for the trade between Asia, Europe, and then the United States to one of the world’s wealthiest and most developed nations. Formerly a British colony, Singapore turned to its banks to power its economic growth and transformation after becoming a sovereign country in 1965.
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2 months ago | 
lesen.de | Garry Disher |Michael Doring Connelly |Luca Ventura |Jørn Lier Horst
*** THE TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH ***'A master storyteller ' - GUARDIAN'A writer at the top of his game... Sanctuary is a superlative chase thriller' - THE TIMES'Disher is the gold standard for rural noir' - CHRIS HAMMERNO ONE CAN RUN FOREVER... Grace is a thief - a good one. But she's always on the move, always looking over her shoulder, always alone. It's not the life she wants.
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Feb 28, 2025 | 
gfmag.com | Luca Ventura
Panama was the first Latin American country to join in 2017 China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Last month, it also became the first one to leave it. Since its inception in 2013, more than 150 countries have participated in the infrastructure program aimed at increasing Chinese trade, with over 20 in Latin America. After Panama’s withdrawal, a regional domino effect cannot be ruled out.
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Feb 28, 2025 | 
gfmag.com | Luca Ventura
“Today, history is made,” EU chief Ursula von der Leyen declared during a ceremony held in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, last month: “This is freedom, freedom from threats, freedom from blackmail.”On Feb. 9, the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania officially disconnected from the Russian-controlled Brell power grid. The following day, they successfully connected to the European Union’s electricity network.
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Feb 28, 2025 | 
gfmag.com | Luca Ventura
Last October, Jens Stoltenberg stepped down as NATO secretary general 10 years after his appointment. He was widely expected to move quickly to a new top international job. But, last month, he returned to Norwegian politics and took on the role of finance minister in the cabinet reshuffle that followed the government’s two-party coalition’s collapse. Now that Stoltenberg is back, the Labour Party is ruling alone for the first time in 25 years and gaining momentum.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
gfmag.com | Luca Ventura
“As of today, Jan. 13, 2025, Intesa Sanpaolo owns 11 Bitcoins.” This concise statement, found in an internal memo reviewed by Reuters, made rounds around the world. With assets of approximately $1 trillion, Intesa Sanpaolo is Italy’s biggest bank. The purchase, made through a proprietary trading desk for digital assets established by the lender in 2023, comes amid a wave of institutional interest in Bitcoin.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
gfmag.com | Luca Ventura
It’s a familiar political profile: a multimillionaire who promises to curb illegal immigration, crack down on crime, and dismantle progressive policies. Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz also wants to cut taxes and deregulate the economy. And if the predictions hold true, he will soon be Germany’s new chancellor. Then again, and not for the first time, the leadership role could slip from his grasp.
