If Unilever NV picks Rotterdam over London as its new headquarters, Britain will need to ask itself why. One reason might be that the UK’s corporate culture puts shareholders first—and this money-grabbing ethos is behind the times. Theresa May’s government is braced for the Anglo-Dutch consumer group to leave London, the Financial Times reported. Unilever started reviewing its dual-headed structure ...

For all the talk of the costs that “Brexit” will impose on Britain, the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union will not be painless for the rest of the bloc either. One immediate problem will be how to fill the gap in the EU budget resulting from Britain’s departure. The UK is a net contributor to the EU budget. Even ...

Uttar Pradesh, (UP) India’s largest state, is also its greatest challenge. It has about as many people as Brazil but, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself, suffers from development indicators more similar to sub-Saharan Africa than anywhere else in Asia. Anyone who wants India to live up to its potential has to figure out how to fix UP. And that ...

When the China Insurance Regulatory Commission announced last week that it was seizing Anbang Insurance Group Co., the only surprise was that it took so long. Last year, the company was told to sell its overseas assets, its founder was placed behind bars, and banks were ordered to stop offering its products. So what, if anything, does this latest incident ...

Stocks have been on a wild ride, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping 10.4 percent from its peak on January 26 to the February 8 trough, before recovering about half those losses. Usually, big declines foreshadow Federal Reserve-induced recessions. Late in a business cycle, the central bank worries about economic overheating and jacks up interest rates to crushing levels. ...

Bloomberg Japan’s financial supervisor is laying the groundwork for a regulatory overhaul that could lead to a shakeup in the nation’s $10 trillion banking industry. The Financial Services Agency is examining how to change the legal framework so that all providers of financial services are subject to the same rules — a move that would allow emerging companies such as ...

Bloomberg The Bank of Korea left its benchmark interest rate unchanged in Governor Lee Ju-yeol’s last policy meeting, as it weighs risks to its economic outlook against the cost of raising borrowing costs for the nation’s indebted households. The unanimous decision to keep the seven-day repurchase rate at 1.5 percent was forecast by all 17 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. “With ...

Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG is expanding in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as the lender expects sovereign bond sales and initial public offerings to drive deals this year. The Frankfurt-based bank plans to hire in Dubai and Abu Dhabi to cover sovereigns and large corporates, Jamal Al Kishi, chief executive officer for the Middle East and Africa, said ...

Bloomberg Bank of America Corp. plans to open 500 branches across the US during the next four years, including an expansion of its retail business into Ohio. Consumer-banking services will be available in Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based firm said in a statement. The bank plans to hire more than 5,400 workers as part of the ...

Bloomberg The fallout from India’s biggest banking fraud is spreading to the market for trade financing, as foreign lenders become more reluctant to accept the guarantees from their local counterparts that underpin the loans. Citigroup Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Standard Chartered Plc and HSBC Holdings Plc are among banks reducing exposure to these transactions, used by smaller companies to access ...