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Milestones: IFC Sukuk To Boost Nascent GCC Debt Markets

Middle East By Gordon Platt Sulaiman: Keen to develop efficient capital markets In its first sukuk to raise long-term funds in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is giving a shot in the arm ...

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Newsmakers: Asia’s Economic Titans Promise Closer Ties

Asia By Thomas Clouse Lee Myung-bak, Wen Jiabao and Yukio Hatoyama in Beijing China, Japan and South Korea have pledged to work more closely with each other on issues ranging from economic development to environmental protection and nuclear ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Newsmakers: Calderón Goes To War Against Inefficiency

Mexico By Antonio Guerrero LFC workers protest against Calderón’s actions When Mexican president Felipe Calderón decided in October that the staterun LFC electrical utility had sapped resources for too long, to the tune of $3 billion in annual ...

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Newsmakers: Central Bank Governor Tries To Shame Bankers On Pay

United Kingdom By Gordon Platt King: Lambasting banks for their lavish bonuses After bungling his handling of the Northern Rock crisis in 2007, Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, was blamed for creating the crisis that ...

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Newsmakers: Veiled Comments Cloud Russia’s Leadership Question

Russia By Kim Iskyan United front: Putin and Medvedev stand together Outside of Hollywood, there are few relationships that are watched more closely than that between Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin and his protégé—and boss, theoretically— president Dmitry ...

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Sources for Country Economic Reports & GDP Data

Sources and Links DATA ON GDP AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION Central bank Bank for International Settlements International Reserves IMF World Bank Gross Domestic Product - GDP International Monetary Fund (IMF) - World Economic Outlook April 2012 GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) International ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Foreign Exchange 2009

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BIGGEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS 2009

Global Finance Ranks the 200 Biggest Emerging Market Banks. NEW YORK, October 15, 2009 — As the world’s key emerging...

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BIGGEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS BY REGION

Global Finance ranks the Biggest Emerging Market Banks by Region. NEW YORK, October 16, 2009 As the worlds key emerging...

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WORLD’S BIGGEST BANKS 2009

Global Finance ranks the worlds 50 biggest banks, as measured by total assets. By Dan Keeler This past year has...

Features

Turkey Investment Supplement 2009

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance Focus: M&A

By Gordon Platt Sovereign wealth funds could play a big supporting role as global mergers and acquisitions try to get back on track following a dramatic slowdown in M&A; activity during the credit crisis and global recession. While they ...