Strategy
Breaking Convention
Did the father sit in candlelight and silence? Or did Jean rant and sob? Did he blame himself or his son …after all he had done for him? We shall never know how Monsieur Poquelin greeted abject ...PartnerRe Announces More Internal Restructuring; 140 Positions Cut
On Wednesday, PartnerRe Ltd. announced the restructuring of its business support operations into a single integrated worldwide support platform. The reinsurer said the new organizational structure ...
IMF Issues Stern Advice for World’s Major Economies
The International Monetary Fund had stern advice for the euro zone and other major economies on Tuesday in its periodic update on the health of the world economy. The following are the highlights ...
M&A Leaks Fall As Regulators Get Tough, Deals Drop
Increased vigilance among regulators and a subdued market for takeovers have deterred investment bankers from leaking information about deals, according to an international study published on ...Slowdown in Global Warming No Argument for Policy Change: Wynn
A recent slowdown in the rise of the Earth's surface temperatures has led some commentators to question whether scientists have exaggerated the global warming problem. Scientific advances have ...
Japan’s Big Leak: Where Will the Money Go?
The Bank of Japan's massive new bid for inflation will create growth but to its chagrin much of it may well be concentrated in financial markets and outside of Japan. So long as Japanese consumers ...
Underwriting Due Diligence Roadmap For Insurance M&A
The number of M&A deals that achieve their strategic, financial or operational goals remains modest across all industries. According to PwC's 2011 M&A Integration Survey Report, 65 to 85 ...
Trying to Fix Broken Economics: Kaletsky
Here is a list of economic questions that have something in common: In a recession, should governments reduce budget deficits or increase them? Do zero percent interest rates stimulate economic ...