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The "Trump" effect on the US economy and markets?

the Trump effect

Author: Georgi Angelov At the end of April, Donald Trump completed his first 100 days as US president. His election in November already caused polarized reactions. Trump's supporters and his team claimed that the new president would radically change the way Washington works and greatly accelerate the economy. His opponents …

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The landing of Air Berlin

Air Berlin

This article was originally published by the newspaper "Trud" Author: Georgi Zayakov On Tuesday (August 15), the second largest airline in Germany, Air Berlin, entered bankruptcy proceedings. Since 2008, with one exception, the company has been accumulating losses and debts. The past 2016 was also associated with …

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The Google fine – a blow to the end user and small businesses

EC fine

Author: Georgi Zayakov On June 27, the European Commission (EC) imposed an unprecedented fine of 2.4 billion euros on Alphabet, the parent company of internet giant Google. The reason – according to the EC, Google’s search engine favors its own platform “Google Shopping” and harms smaller independent shopping platforms, pushing them significantly further back in the results (often even …

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Who will fight for the cash?

cash payments

Author: Miroslav Mollov With the amendments to the Cash Payments Restriction Act adopted at first reading, it was proposed that the regulated threshold for cash payment restrictions in the country be reduced from BGN 10,000 in stages to BGN 5,000 from 01.08.2017, from BGN 5,000 to BGN 3,000 from 01.01.2018, and …

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