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South Africa’s government faces major tax dilemmas

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SOUTH AFRICA

Wealth, inheritance and ‘solidarity’ taxes are being considered -- with the latter recently flagged as one solution to pay for COVID-19 vaccine procurement and pandemic-related…

Canada uses rising revenues for targeted spending

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CANADA

The government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has previously emphasised spending but, amid high inflation and consequent high interest rates, Freeland stressed the need for…

Oman's state-society relations may slowly change

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OMAN

Many welcomed the decision, believing it reflected the authorities’ acknowledgement of social realities. The decision also builds on other changes to state-society relations, such…

Trudeau budget accepts debt while going for growth

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CANADA

Containing stimulus measures worth over CDN100bn (USD80bn), it aims to nurture and sustain a post-COVID recovery that is now expected to see growth of 6.5% this year. However, it…

Low rates facilitate private equity's global spread

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INTERNATIONAL

Private equity trends.

Oil majors’ transition plans face conflicting demands

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INTERNATIONAL

The US majors were less aggressive in their decarbonisation plans and performed better in 2022; their European counterparts are now looking to do the same.

Greek OBOR role could spark wider Chinese investment

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GREECE/CHINA

Growing economic cooperation between China and Greece.