FT Alphaville- Syria’s perfect economic storm should not be ignored June 16, 2021Coronavirus has made many forget a country that’s slipping further into crisis.
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- The eurozone must not return to its pre-crisis ‘normality’ June 14, 2021If Schäuble really wants to follow Keynes’ advice, Germany should borrow more and focus less on others’ spending habits.
- Syria’s perfect economic storm should not be ignored June 16, 2021
Category Archives: Choice Debt Equity
What do you do with $ 30 bn cash ?
On October 10th, it was revealed that Google is developing a self-driving car and that it had already tested it over 140,000 miles of public roads. I also learned, reading that article, that Google is sponsoring a prize for landing … Continue reading
The limits of covenants
On October 5th 2010, the Flemish business paper De Tijd published a short article entitled “Banken blijven noodlijdend technologiebedrijf Option steunen” (Banks are obliged to go on supporting the technology company Option). Option is a Belgian company manufacturing mobile modems. … Continue reading
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Conflict between shareholders and lenders: the perfect example
For years, I have been explaining to my students that there is a potential conflict of interest between the owners of a company and the people that lend money to it. Indeed, shareholders have the chance to get an upside on … Continue reading
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