Heading into 2025, market watchers are starting to plan strategies based on a return to pro-business and deregulatory policies. The prospect of lower inflation and lower interest rates promises relief from debt pressures, which will be beneficial for lenders and other financial service firms. This will bring investors’ sights to bear on BDCs, business development companies. These are investment firms, operating outside the traditional banking system but making capital and credit available to sma
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The signs at Nippon Steel read: “The world through steel,” underlining why Japan’s top steelmaker is pursuing its $15 billion bid to acquire U.S. Steel. Nippon Steel Corp. has its eyes on India, Southeast Asia and the U.S., Suzuki said. The Tokyo-based company remains optimistic, although the deal is opposed by President-elect Donald Trump, President Joe Biden and American steelworkers.