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Editor’s Letter: Forecasts May Be Down,But Hope Is Rising

The annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Tokyo in October confirmed that the economic slowdown of Europe, and to a lesser extent of Japan and the US, has negatively affected emerging markets growth...

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Islamic Finance Goes Global

COMING OF AGE By Anit a Hawser Islamic finance is starting to spread within the countries of North Africa with high Muslim concentrations. Any discussion of Islamic finance usually includes Islamic financial hubs such as Malaysia or ...

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Milestone: Bulgaria Puts Bid To Join Eurozone On Hold

MILESTONES: BULGARIA By Valentina Pasquali With the eurozone debt crisis dragging on and membership in the currency union becoming increasingly less appealing, the Bulgarian government recently froze its bid to join the eurozone. Bulgarian economy is outperforming its ...

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Milestone: Rial Collapse Could Spell The End Of Irans Government

MILESTONES: IRAN By Michael Shari The collapse of Iran’s currency, the rial, has cut so deeply into the credibility of Iran’s government that it’s inching closer to regime change than it has been since a popular uprising deposed ...

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Newsmaker: Bermuda Premier Seeks Piece Of Islamic Finance Pie

NEWSMAKERS: BERMUDA By Gordon Platt Paula Cox, Bermuda’s premier and minister of finance, shared the stage with former US president Bill Clinton in New York in September at the C3 Summit, a conference designed to promote relations between business ...

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Newsmaker: Citi’s New Chief Executive Talks Resource Allocation

NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES By Gordon Platt CEO Michael Corbat aims to restore Citi’s prestige—and boost its dividend—by operating with extreme efficiency and producing sustainable profits. Corbat’s selection to head Citi was a surprise to many How he ...

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Newsmaker: First Democratically Elected PM An Unknown Quantity

NEWSMAKERS: GEORGIA By Valentina Pasquali Over the past few years, investors’ love story with Georgia flourished under the presidency of Mikheil Saakashvili, who spearheaded a sweeping liberal economic agenda since coming to power a decade ago. Bidzina ...

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Editor’s Letter: Forecasts May Be Down,But Hope Is Rising

Islamic Finance Goes Global

Milestone: Bulgaria Puts Bid To Join Eurozone On Hold

Milestone: Rial Collapse Could Spell The End Of Irans Government

Newsmaker: Bermuda Premier Seeks Piece Of Islamic Finance Pie

Newsmaker: Citi’s New Chief Executive Talks Resource Allocation

Newsmaker: First Democratically Elected PM An Unknown Quantity

Newsmaker: Turkey Transitions To Investment Grade

Polls and Stats: Emerging Markets Lead Higher Education Grads

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