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Expect the "Practically Virtually Impossible"

MishTalk

The collapse of Spanish housing left the banking system with as much as 51 billion euros of deferred tax assets(DTAs), mostly from 2011, that can be used against future profits for as long as 18 years. Multimillion dollar losses banks have generated billions in tax credits in just two years.

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What Has the Eurozone Learned from the Financial Crisis?

Harvard Business

The answer to those questions is threefold: Central Bank choices. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank followed broadly similar policies in reaction to the crisis, lowering interest rates and injecting liquidity. What went wrong? How could a crisis that started in the U.S. have caused so much damage in Europe? Both the U.S.

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Competing in the Huge Digital Economies of China and India

Harvard Business

While it’s tempting to group China and India together as a block of emerging digital markets, they offer several important distinctions, especially for international entities and countries looking to invest. It is also the world’s largest market for e-commerce.