SYDNEY—One of the world’s biggest suppliers of wooden pallets for moving goods around the supply chain is in the takeover sights of European private-equity firm CVC Capital Partners. Brambles Ltd. BXB 11.22% , which has a market value of around $11.4 billion, said on Monday that it is in early […]
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Introduction and summary When Congress enacted the Commodity Futures Modernization Act in December 2000, it exempted a novel financial product—financial derivatives contracts—from “[o]utdated statutes.”1 With the goals of “promoting financial innovation” and bringing derivatives regulations “into the new century,” Congress declared that the law “modernizes the regulatory structure of the […]
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U.S. President Joe Biden and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo (not pictured) hold a virtual meeting with business leaders and state governors to discuss supply chain problems, particularly addressing semiconductor chips, on the White House campus in Washington, U.S., March 9, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Register now for FREE unlimited access to […]
Canadian authorities on Sunday froze the finances associated with certain individuals and companies believed to be involved in the ongoing protests in Ottawa, according to Mike Duheme, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) deputy commissioner of federal policing. The RCMP froze 206 financial products, including bank and corporate accounts; disclosed the […]
The Graham family has had ties to Warren Buffett for more than four decades. Graham Holdings, the family’s conglomerate, amounts to a small-scale version of Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, with a large group of unrelated businesses and a strong balance sheet. Graham Holdings (ticker: GHC) was known as the Washington Post […]