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Bobby J. Pittman: Investing Without Borders in Africa

Bobby J Pittman Kupanda Capital
August 06, 2014
In Nemba, on the border between Rwanda and Burundi, is a one-stop border post backed by both governments and funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB).
 

From a historical perspective, this border is relatively new. It was put in by Europeans and divides two major urban areas, Kigali and Bujumbura, which are only about 100 miles apart.
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Edward Gresser: AGOA 2.0 and the Next U.S.-Africa Partnership

Edward Gresser Progressiveeconomy
August 05, 2014
This week’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit — the largest-ever meeting of American and African leaders — brings no fewer than 50 national leaders to Washington. Perhaps a couple of them will take time for injera, tibs and coffee at one of DC’s 67 Ethiopian restaurants. If they do, they will get a glimpse of the next U.S.-Africa partnership: one, which uses the Internet and mobile technology to create a large new web of small-business ties between the United States and Africa.
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Jeffrey R. Immelt: Africa Is Ascending

Jeffrey R Immelt GE
August 04, 2014
The African growth story is real. Over the past decade and a half, Africa has emerged as the most promising growth region, exceeding world growth by an average of 2 percentage points a year. Growth prospects for the continent remain strong. According to the International Monetary Fund, growth in Africa will accelerate to 5.5 percent in 2014 from 4.9 percent in 2013. Continued — and lasting — growth depends on sustained investment and strategic development.
 
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Don Gips: A Long-Overdue Partnership With Africa

Don Gips Albright Stonebridge Group
August 01, 2014
A decade ago, American companies were wary to enter African markets, pointing to stagnated or falling growth, insecurity and complex political and commercial environments.
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More Than Money: IPO Takes GE Finance Arm in a New Direction

July 31, 2014

When the Audax Group acquired Aavid Thermaloy, a top maker of heat sinks and cooling systems for everything from PCs to EVs, in late 2012, the private equity firm used a loan from GE Capital to close the transaction. Sounds like a plain vanilla financing deal, but it did not stop there.

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Let the Good Times Roll: Key Business Segment is Roaring Ahead and Adding Jobs, Survey Finds

July 23, 2014
Few products say ‘American’ more than the otherworldly curves of the silver Airstream trailer. Since the first one left the factory in the 1930s, it’s become part of the country’s design pantheon, along with the Coca Cola bottle, Converse sneakers, and Levi’s denim jeans.
But like most businesses, Airstream, a division of Thor Industries, went through a rough patch during the financial crisis of 2008. “We took a very hard hit,” says Airstream’s CEO Bob Wheeler. “The market shrunk by 60 percent and our situation was pretty typical.”
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GE’s Industrial Core Packs More Punch as Demand for Machines and Services Grows

July 18, 2014

GE reported a double-digit increase in industrial profits for the first half of 2014 today. The growth has been fueled by the company’s long-term strategy to build up its industrial units, shrink its financial services business and grow investment in new technologies and research.

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Decoding Mental Illness Treatment with DNA

May 28, 2014
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China—A Manufacturing Chimera?

Scott Andes Brookings Institution
Mark Muro Brookings
May 28, 2014
Most mainstream commentators share a short lineup of suspects when they discuss the decline of American manufacturing. Popular culprits range from automation to skills shortages to offshoring. Yet China has increasingly become public enemy No. 1.
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Reforming U.S. Regulation to Achieve Better Science

May 21, 2014
A bipartisan initiative known as “21st Century Cures,” spearheaded by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is aiming to keep the U.S. at the forefront of biomedical innovation.
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