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Newsmakers : Colombia’s Uribe Goes for Second Round
Colombia Alvaro Uribe Colombian president Alvaro Uribe, 53, scored a victory in November when the nations Constitutional Court overturned a...
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Award Winners : The World’s Best Companies 2005
Best Global Companies AIRLINES Singapore Airlines CEO: Chew Choon Seng AUTOMOTIVE BMW Chairman and CEO: Helmut Panke BEVERAGES PepsiCo Chairman...
Banking
Cover Story : The World’s Best Companies 2005
The eighth annual survey of the Worlds Best Companies profiles the global leaders and the top regional players. Most of...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Black Market Booms
Russia As widely anticipated, in late September Russian state monopoly gas giant Gazprom purchased a 73% stake in Sibneft, Russias...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Brazil Debuts Local Currency Sovereign Issue
Brazil Brazil issued its debut real-denominated bond issue on international markets in September. The R$3.4 billion ($1.5 billion) sovereign deal,...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Finance Offshoring Jobs Set to Double
News Financial services executives expect to double the number of jobs they send offshore in the next three years, according...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Insurance Industry to Open Up
India The Indian government is considering raising the equity foreign holding limit in insurance companies to 49% from the current...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Mobile Operator Crosses Borders
Company to Watch: Turkcell/Turkey Istanbul-based Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri, the leading mobile-phone service provider in Turkey, with more than 26 million...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Tenaris ADR Up 129% this Year
DR News Tenaris, a manufacturer of seamless steel pipes for drilling oil and gas wells, has been a gusher in...
Banking
Features : Best Banks in Project Finance 2005
Global Finance selects the winners from among the leading banks that create and implement financing plans for major projects around...
News
Features : Companies Reap the Benefits of Good Behavior
Socially responsible investment is a growing force, and corporates have taken note. But what does it take to get on...
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Features : Firm Foundations
Sound fundamentals are the key reasons why Brazil, Latin Americas largest economy, and its capital markets have been able to...