Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Will the ‘Google Tax’ Go Viral?
Tax officials perplexed by Google (Photo: CoolCaesar) If 2013 was the year public opinion turned solidly against the tax avoidance...
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Politics in Turkey Turn Downright Byzantine
Demo site: Protestors in Istanbul’s Taksim Square last summer ( Photo: Fleshstorm ) Turkey, the onetime sick man of Europe,...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Bernanke: In Praise of Bernanke
Bernanke: The Visible Hand For Ben Bernanke, a rocky eight-year tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board is ending...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
All Aboard The Transatlantic Express
MILESTONES By J.R. Brandstrader Transatlantic investment was hurt by the recent global financial and eurozone sovereign debt crises, but America’s heartland still has eyes for Europe. Johns Hopkins’s Center for Transatlantic Relations in Washington, DC, found that, ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
An Aerial View Of North Koreas Economy
MILESTONES By Valentina Pasquali In recent years a nighttime satellite image of Eastern Asia has gone viral on the Internet. The image displays the glowing, electricity-filled skies of China, Japan and South Korea, and a black hole in ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
An EU In Africa?
MILESTONES By Tiziana Barghini Twenty-two years after the Maastricht Treaty—which paved the way for Europe’s economic and monetary union—was signed, five Eastern African countries have inked a similar pact for an area that is much smaller than the ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Asia: Backing The Right Horse
REGIONAL FOCUS By Thomas Clouse With China’s economy slowing, investors are pondering where the next big growth story will come from in emerging Asia. Many are betting on the ASEAN countries, which face regional, economic and political hurdles. ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Bonds: The Sell-Off Is On
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt A rebound in global manufacturing, as well as rising confidence in the sector, is forcing bond yields higher, with emerging markets bonds feeling the brunt of the sell-off. However, analysts do not ...
Country Report
Bring On The New Russia
COUNTRY REPORT By Justin Keay As investors query what will happen in Russia’s economy over the near term, the long-term outlook is improving as the business environment is liberalized. Russia will be at the center of world ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Bullish US Investors In China Shop
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt As exchanges in London, Hong Kong and New York compete for the opportunity to host an expected $15 billion initial public offering by China’s e-commerce leader Alibaba, US investors are once again ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
China Speeds IPO Plow
EMERGING MARKETS ROUNDUP By Tom Clouse China’s stock market regulator will simplify the public listing process for Chinese companies selling shares on domestic exchanges. Companies with IPO ambitions now need only meet certain listing requirements; they need not ...
News
Cover Story: New Game, New Rules
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT By Valentina Pasquali Global foreign direct investment is undergoing a seismic shift as emerging markets countries are...