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After recessions economies often bounce back more vigorously than ever—unless they stumble across new obstacles along their way.

Economic growth is a marathon, not a sprint and while some nations have made plans for long-term progress, others have squandered their good fortune and resources.

World economic growth is slowing down and could result in a synchronized recession.

Newly re-elected French President Emmanuel Macron anoints the first female prime minister in decades.

Florida governor Ron DeSantis retaliates against one of his state's major employers.

Energy businesses are among those with the most to lose. 

Imran Khan, ousted by a parliamentary no-confidence vote, is replaced as Pakistan's Prime Minister by Shehbaz Sharif.

Last year 10% of all global power was generated by wind and solar.

Despite all the problems plaguing the continent, Africa's youth sees a brighter future ahead.

Europe's dominance of the World Happiness ranking was unshaken by the global pandemic.

What does being a happy country mean during a pandemic? Trust in your neighbors and your institutions makes all the difference.

Data indicates that people living in Middle Eastern countries tend to be either very happy or very unhappy.

Some of these nations handled the pandemic well and some did not. It almost made no difference in how people evaluated their satisfaction with life.

People in Latin America are surprisingly happy given the region's high levels of inequality, poor governance, and often high crime rates. What is their secret?

Totally withdrawing from Russia may be difficult or impossible for the European banks with tens of billions of dollars worth of exposure there.

Some expected more generous terms to ensure economic stability takes hold in the struggling economy. They are disappointed. 

A proposal to label some natural gas and nuclear power plants green investments has prompted backlash from environmentalists and heightened tensions among the 27 member countries.

Chinese officials say the race for global economic dominance will be decided not just by the sheer size of the country’s total output but also by the elements included in that output.

COVID-19 spread around the world and made existing inequalities worse.

According to data from the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics, micro and small enterprises account for nearly 99% of the total companies in the country and contribute to one-half of its tax revenue, 60% of its output and 80% of urban employment.

The raw number of IPOs broke records last year but many of them underperformed.

The idea that more wealth for some will translate into more wealth for everyone has deep roots. Today, data shows that the gap between the richest and the poorest has never been wider.

Gita Gopinath's surprise appointment comes just two months after she was to depart from the IMF for academia.

A veteran of Unilever moves to take the reigns at Chanel.

Will this new season of global higher inflation last for long, get worse or come soon to an end? As it turns out, predicting the future when it depends on the whims of a virus is not easy.

The world's poorest countries suffered from civil wars, ethnic and sectarian strife and then COVID-19 came along making bad situations worse.

Those looking for good news focused on narrow progress and incremental advancement of targeted policies. 

Yet, achieving quick results in battling graft and bringing prosperity to the European bloc’s poorest nation is unlikely.

What does it mean for a nation to be rich or poor at a time of global pandemic? GDP per capita adjusted for relative purchasing power gives us an idea, albeit an imperfect one.

Many of the world's richest countries are also the world's smallest.

Facebook rebrands itself and reshuffles its executive suite.

Despite Fumoi Kishida’s public calls for a massive stimulus package and an even more consequential redistribution of wealth, some of his initial moves appear to confirm the dissonance between rhetoric and reality.

Questions abound about Najla Bouden’s ability to manage Tunisia's ongoing political crisis or the risk of bankruptcy raised by the country's central bank.

The world's ballooning debt was already threat to the global economic growth and financial stability before Covid-19. Things have since only gotten worse.

China moves to curb the tech sector's explosive growth.

Islamists lose power to liberals but the king continues to dominate political decision-making.

Millionaire Labor Party leader becomes Norway's prime minister.

Most nations have followed a risky trajectory of indebtedness after the 2008 financial crisis. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, their borrowing shattered records.

Dated extraction technologies and poor maintenance are only partially to blame for Royal Dutch Shell's decision.

US Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler calls for greater regulation of cryptocurrencies to rid the sector of fraud, scams and abuse.

During the pandemic some of the largest companies in the world grew while others shrank. Global Finance compares two of the best-known rankings of company size with its own list of the world's Top 10 by market capitalization to provide a comprehensive picture of global corporate goliaths.

Ferrari hopes a scientist will be able to drive innovation at the storied car company.

JPMorgan is on a shopping spree.

The Institute for Economics and Peace reveals the most peaceful countries in the world. In the past 15 years, global peacefulness has fallen by about 2% while the number of refugees displaced by conflicts has skyrocketed.

The public face of Singapore’s largely successful Covid-19 response is now in charge of the finance ministry.

Banks that led and lagged in deploying digital offerings witnessed significant differences in defection rates.

Toshiba shareholders voted for an independent probe into allegations that investors were pressured against pursuing a management shake-up at last summer’s annual general meeting.

As leader of a nation marred by deep political divisions and devastated by the coronavirus epidemic, Guillermo Lasso faces monumental challenges.

ESG metrics are growing in popularity but are still far away from being standardized.

London’s loss of the crown as Europe’s top trading hub is only the latest in a year-long string of bad news for the UK.