U.S. medical equipment maker Medtronic has asked European Union antitrust regulators to approve its proposed $43 billion purchase of Irish peer Covidien Plc, the European Commission said on Monday. The acquisition, which will put Medtronic on about the same footing as industry leader Johnson & Johnson, will reduce its overall […]

October 11, 2014/IMF The global recovery continues, but is uneven and weaker-than-expected, and downside risks have increased. We are committed to lifting potential growth and to creating a more robust, sustainable, balanced, and job-rich global economy. We will pursue bold and ambitious measures to: invigorate demand and remove supply constraints […]

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) Interdepartmental Working Group on Islamic Finance (IDWGIF) on Saturday said it met with the Fund’s External Advisory Group (EAG) on October 09, 2014, in Washington, D.C. to discuss key policy issues in Islamic Finance and development of sukuk market. According […]