Features
IMF Admits Greek Mistakes While Europe Sticks Its Head In The Sand
While the Greek economy remains too weak to meet the goals laid down in the current bailout package, a highly...
Author: Gilly Wright
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Emerging Markets Dented, Not Doomed, By Fed Easing
If you attended to the teeth gnashing and handwringing following the Federal Reserve’s announcement that it is considering a gradual...
Banking
Newsmakers: Program Of Reform Brings Pain And Gain
NEWSMAKERS: LATVIA By Gilly Wright Praised by both the EU and the IMF for passing painful austerity measures, Latvian prime minister Valdis Dombrovskis will soon be rewarded by seeing his country become the 18th member of the eurozone. ...
News
Newsmakers: Can Letta Save Italy From Austerity?
NEWSMAKERS: ITALY By Gilly Wright “Italy is dying from austerity alone. Growth policies cannot wait,” announced Italy’s new premier, Enrico Letta, in his first keynote speech. Can Letta pass reforms with weak coalition partners? Saying that priorities would ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Milestones: Is Slovenia Next In Line For A Bailout?
MILESTONES: SLOVENIA By Gilly Wright While the new Slovenian government dismisses Cyprus comparisons, it could soon be facing the same fate, as €1 billion ($1.3 billion) of government debt comes up for renewal in June. Photo Credits: SLOVENIA: ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Milestones: ORIX Paves The Way For More Asia-Europe Deals
MILESTONES: GLOBAL By Gilly Wright Japanese financial group ORIX’s acquisition of a 90.1% share of Dutch asset management company Robeco from Rabobank for $2.6 billion is both the largest Japanese outbound deal so far this year and a reflection of ...
News
Newsmaker: Heins Aims To Resurrect Moribund BlackBerry
NEWSMAKER CANADA By Gilly Wright Not one to do anything by halves, BlackBerry’s CEO, Thorsten Heins, has overseen the launch of a new operating system called BlackBerry 10 and its first non-keyboard smartphone, the Z10. Heins hopes to shape ...
Banking
Internet Users By Country & Gender
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Internet Users By Country & Gender
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Country Report
Country Report: Israel
RESPONSIBILITY AND REFORM By Gilly Wright Responsible fiscal and monetary policies and a host of reforms aimed at liberalizing the economy have allowed Israel to become one of the world’s most attractive places for foreign investment. But change ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Rush To Modernize Is Matched By The Race To Invest
CHINA Competition between Beijing and Shanghai to become China’s financial center intensified as Beijing officials launched a road show to lure European financial institutions to the capital. Although Shanghai is home to one of China’s two stock exchanges, ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Features : The perils of prosperity
ECONOMIC UPDATE / CHINA As the dust settles after the Olympic games, China is facing a less certain economic future. Relentless progress: Construction work in Beijing's booming central business district. China opened the 29th Olympic games on August ...