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Companies Forced to Confront Geopolitical Risks

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When JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon talks, people in the business world listen. Some of his remarks in the banking giant’s latest earnings release sent a chilling message. “We have been closely monitoring the geopolitical situation for some...

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Businesses Start to Sustain Damage from Currency War on Russia

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This month brought the return of HBO’s House of the Dragon, a prequel spinoff of the network’s hit series Game of Thrones, which shares some striking similarities with the currency war currently raging in the real world. The start of the sh...

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Cracked Crystal Ball Predicting Ukraine's Uncertain Future

At Behest of SEC, Companies Disclose Effects of Russia-Ukraine War on Businesses

Cracked Crystal Ball Predicting Ukraine's Uncertain Future

When one of the world’s largest countries unilaterally invades a neighboring nation, predicting the impact on global businesses with any degree of certainty may seem impossible. Nevertheless, the Securities and Exchange Commission is asking...

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Fog of War in Russia Impairs Visibility into Companies’ Finances

Foggy Pine Forest in Ukraine

Hundreds of multinational corporations have ceased doing business in Russia in the weeks since President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of neighboring Ukraine in February. While the withdrawal en masse of major business interests stand...

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Corporations Bristle at Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

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For decades, many foreign-policy experts have subscribed to the idea that economic globalization promotes world peace. War with other countries starts to look less appealing to governments as more companies expand their reach beyond the bor...

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