Estonia, across the Baltic, with close linguistic, historical and economic ties with Finland and Sweden, is a nation of just 1.3 million. After it regained its independence in 1991, it opted for free trade, flat taxes, fiscal and monetary restraint and stable exchange...
Investor attention now is focused on the “Pigs” – the member-nations on the periphery of the Eurozone whose debt bubbles threaten to explode and fragment the currency union. In lost jobs, destroyed businesses and higher taxes, the peoples of those temperate lands on...
RK Harrison Group Ltd (RKH), a leading London-based, independent insurance broker, recently secured a new £30 million refinancing deal with Clydesdale Bank and RBS. The new revolving credit facility is a club deal with Clydesdale Bank and RBS both holding 50% of the...
Washington – The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday that the global lender was ready to join European countries in providing a financial aid package for Cyprus. IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said in a statement that the...
Pretoria – South Africa’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, has arrived in Zurich, Switzerland, on an official visit to deepen bilateral economic relations between the two countries. The main purpose of the SA-Switzerland Joint Economic Committee...
