Tanzania may be less than enamored with its first credit rating, but there's little to suggest the gas-rich East African nation would be blocked from the Eurobond market that it's long been tempted to tap. After discussing plans to get a rating for at least a decade, Tanzania obtained one of B1, four steps into
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“We risk that the European train takes off with the grand coalition in Berlin, with the obvious political leadership of Emmanuel Macron” in France, Sandro Gozi, Italy's current junior minister for European affairs, said in a Bloomberg Television interview with Francine Lacqua. And he says Italy could be left
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A businessman who ran a car auction operation is preparing for a High Court trial after becoming embroiled in a legal battle with Lloyds Bank and accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers over financing. The dispute centres on the now-insolvent Premier Motor Auctions, which was run by businessman
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Professional accounting bodies responsible for the oversight of accounting and auditing standards joined the Public Accountants and Auditors Board (PAAB) of Zimbabwe for the inaugural meeting of the African Forum of Independent Accounting and Auditing Regulators (AFIAAR) on Friday last week.
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The votes are counted, mostly, and Italy's politicians have begun the long hard slog of coalition negotiations. So this will be the final installment of our pop-up newsletter. Sign up to our global politics newsletter Balance of Power to follow the story from here. Luigi Di Maio won a historic result for the
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