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Angel investors: Seed capital helps MENA female start-ups take flight

The MENA region’s entrepreneurship ecosystem is growing in size and stature thanks to business accelerator schemes, alternative financing and an expanding community of angel investors and professional mentors.

08/06/2018

Business

Poland's production powerhouse

Chris Burns travels across Poland to look at why both international and local businesses are investing heavily in the country.

27/03/2018

Spotlight

Poland... a rising economic star?

Spotlight travelled to Poland to see what's turning it from a fledgling to a fully-developed economic power and here to fight with the top dogs

13/03/2018

Real Economy

Reducing regional disparity in the EU: Cohesion Policy aims

It's the funding pot you may never have heard of which aims to level the EU playing field by boosting development in specific regions, in both richer and poorer countries.

06/03/2018

Spotlight

Poland's skilled workers attract global businesses

How did Poland, a country that threw off Communism nearly three decades ago, manage to keep growing despite a global financial crisis?

27/02/2018

Spotlight

Eastern horizons: Japan taps in to trade potential of EU's newer members

As Tokyo seeks to develop its trade relations with Europe it's not just the traditional economic powerhouses it's turning to.

18/01/2018

USA

Apple to pay $38 bn tax on overseas cash

Tech giant says it will also open a new campus as part of a multi-billion dollar US investment plan

18/01/2018

Spotlight

Warsaw a winner when it comes to attracting big business

How is the Polish capital establishing itself as a hub in which to live and invest?

20/11/2017

Saudi Arabia

Who is Prince Alwaleed bin Talal?

Prince Alwaleed has been detained as part of Saudi Arabia's anti-corruption probe, to the shock of global financial centres.

05/11/2017

Business Planet

How can protecting intellectual property rights protect your brand?

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06/10/2017

Target

Kazakhstan embraces the digital age

International Sovereign Wealth Funds have been gathering in Astana to explore new frontiers and tap into more markets.

12/09/2017

Focus

Drawing private investors to in Angola

Long dependent on oil, the West African nation of Angola is now on the path of economic diversification.

10/07/2017

Germany

Merkel urges more investment, weapons for Africa

Germany is calling on Western nations to help Africa tackle the poverty and conflict driving migrants into Europe.

12/06/2017

Business Series

Lloyds bank: UK government sells off final shares, but did it make a profit?

The British government has sold its last remaining stake in bailed out Lloyds Banking Group claiming to have made a profit, but that is disputed.

17/05/2017

Business Series

Indian costs Vodafone dear but operator promises its cash flow will jump

Britain's Vodafone has reported a 6.1 billion euro annual loss but forecasts a jump in the amount of cash it will generate this financial year.

16/05/2017

China

'One Belt,One Road' China's plan to reposition global economy

China hosts 'One Belt,One Road' conference to reposition world trade

15/05/2017

Economy

No Trump bump for US economy

Weak consumer spending caused the US economy to grow at a just 0.7 percent annual rate between January and March - its weakest pace in three years.

28/04/2017

USA

Russians invested €100 million in Trump properties

A Reuters investigation has found Russian elites have invested nearly €100 million in Trump properties before Trump became president

17/03/2017

USA

Bitcoin explained: why should we care about an SEC decision?

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09/03/2017

Business Series

Saudi state oil company takes significant stake in Malaysia refinery

Saudi Arabia's state oil company Saudi Aramco is to invest $7 billion in an oil refinery and petrochemical project in southern Malaysia.

27/02/2017