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By 2006, Porsche had announced that it wanted to boost its shareholdings of VW and did so by acquiring substantially more stock in the company, which, in turn, began pushing the share price higher. As ...

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By Nicholas Larsen, International Banker With banks seeking to leverage the flexibility and agility of financial-technology firms (fintechs) and fintechs hoping to utilise the scale and experience of ...