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Cover Story : Is China The New Japan?

As fears grow that Chinas economy may be dangerously overheated, analysts are increasingly drawing parallels with Japans experience over the...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

INDIA The rupee hit a 57-month high against the dollar, rising to Rs43.3 on April 2. During March the rupee...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

CHINA Chinas central bank has pledged to restrain runaway investment and prevent asset bubbles from creating more bad loans.The People’s...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

BRAZIL Lula: Out in the cold? Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvas unexpectedly pragmatic and market-friendly attitude helped endear...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

RUSSIA Yukos’s Khodorkovsky Markets responded positively to the re-election of Russian President Vladimir Putin and to indications that he will...

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India recently overtook China as Asias fastest-growing economy. Its showing no signs of slowing down. India has long been a...

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New instruments, government enthusiasm and a growing market are driving Islamic finance toward the mainstream. When Malaysia first laid the...

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MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA Rising oil revenues and the fall of Saddam Husseins regime have boosted Kuwaits economy and created...

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The European IPO market is building up an impressive head of steam, but investors arent prepared to buy just anything....

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LATIN AMERICA Spains largest bank has invested some $17 billion in recent years to build a virtual Latin American banking...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

ASIA The HSBC Group continues to forge ahead in Asias emerging markets. Primarily through its Hong Kong based subsidiary, Hong...

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EUROPE Austrias Raiffeisen Zentralbank Group (RZB) has been far more systematic in expanding its operations throughout Central and Eastern Europe...