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GCC Report: Shifting Gears

REGIONAL REPORT: GCC / COUNTRY PROFILE: QATAR Qatar has plenty of gas for the long drive to becoming a knowledge-based economy. Doha's constantly changing skyline illustrates Qatar's rapid growth. Qatar has the world’s third-largest reserves of ...

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Milestones : Banks Struggle To Raise Cash

EUROPE UBS: Its third cash call, this time to investors, was successful. Almost a year after the US subprime crisis burst onto the wider global stage, Europe’s banks are paying ...

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Milestones : Copper Giant In Sell-off Talks

CHILE Chile's state-owned copper mine, Codelco, faces opposition over privatization plans. With the long wave of Latin American privatizations seemingly coming to an end, Chile looks like it might be about to ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Newsmakers : Charity Partner In Second Mission To India

INDIA/UNITED STATES Global Finance's sponsored charity, Amrit Davaa, delousing children at Manjushree orphanage. In early June Global Finance’s partner charity Amrit Davaa embarked on its second mission to Tawang, a ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Newsmakers : Leaders Line Up Presidential Candidates

URUGUAY Danilo Astori: Businesses' "darling" in presidential race. Unable to seek reelection, Uruguayan president Tabaré Vázquez has tipped his finance and economy minister to be the ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition’s candidate ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Newsmakers : Military Pension Fund Spreads Its Wings

TURKEY Coskun Ulusoy: Army pension fund looks beyond Turkey, but not Asia. While pension funds in Europe and other parts of the world are being told to raise their game in order to make up investment ...

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Newsmakers : “CEO of Korea” Tripped Up On Us Beef Deal

SOUTH KOREA Lee Myung-bak: Beef deal sees president's approval rating plunge. Lee Myung-bak, the former Hyundai executive who was elected president of South Korea by a landslide last December, refers to himself as “CEO of Korea.” His ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : A Tale Of Two Industries: Energy, Finance Deals Proliferate For Very Different Reasons

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS The volume of worldwide mergers and acquisitions totaled $730 billion in announced deals in the first quarter of 2008, a decline of 24.2% from the first quarter of 2007 and the lowest level for ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Dollar Bounces Back As Fed Hits Pause Button

<p>FOREIGN EXCHANGE The dollar rose to a two-month high against the euro last month after the Federal Reserve signaled a pause in its easing cycle, and European economic data came in weaker than expected. While the greenback is ...</p>

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Thai Ipos Spring To Life As China Offerings Dry Up

GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS China was the world’s biggest market for initial public offerings last year, but its IPO market has shriveled following a sharp drop in stock prices since last October, while the long-dormant market in Thailand is coming back ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Tight Lending Standards Could Delay Recovery

CORPORATE DEBT The latest bank lending surveys by the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank (ECB) demonstrated that credit standards have tightened further, indicating that the credit crunch hasn’t lost its bite, analysts say. The tightening of ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Cover Story: The Found Continent

AFRICA Long ignored by mainstream investors and corporations, Africa has suddenly found itself in the spotlight. Its resilience in the recent credit crunch is just part of the reason. An oil worker stands on the deck of ...