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Cover Story: New Game, New Rules
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT By Valentina Pasquali Global foreign direct investment is undergoing a seismic shift as emerging markets countries are...
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Ex-Warehouse Worker Named Wal-Mart Boss
NEWSMAKERS By Valentina Pasquali US retail giant Wal-Mart is going for tradition and loyalty in selecting its new CEO and president. In an effort to strengthen its bottom line at a time when the industry is in a ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Terminal Velocity: Brazil Sells Airports
EMERGING MARKETS ROUNDUP By Antonio Guerrero Two international consortia won the latest round of Brazilian airport privatizations, in deals totaling $9 billion. One consortium, which includes Brazilian construction company Odebrecht and Singaporean airport operator Changi, paid $8.24 ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
The Most Unpopular Man In Bali?
NEWSMAKERS KA Badarinath World powers represented by US, EU and Japanese trade ministers openly disliked him. They held 60-year-old Indian trade minister Anand Sharma squarely responsible for holding up the World Trade Organization’s Doha Development Agenda discussions at ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
The Return Of Ratings Shopping?
MILESTONES By Luca Ventura The announcement came early in November. Expressing the intention to break the monopoly of the Big Three in the financial ratings industry, credit ratings organizations from five countries proclaimed the launch of ARC Ratings, ...
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Westerner To Run Japans Takeda?
NEWSMAKERS By Gilly Wright Japan’s largest pharmaceuticals firm, Takeda, has appointed Frenchman Christophe Weber as COO in a highly unusual move designed to groom him for the role of CEO. Weber will join the firm in April 2014, ...
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World’s Best Foreign Exchange Providers
ANNUAL SURVEY — STABILITY AMID CHANGE By Gordon Platt A global investigation into trading irregularities has not hampered growth or innovation in one of the world’s largest and most volatile markets—foreign exchange. The $5.3 trillion-a-day foreign exchange ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
WTO ‘Historic’ Trade Agreement: Is This Anything?
Azevdo: Organization man Remember the days when accession to the World Trade Organization was seen as an admittance ticket into...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Eike Batista: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Batista: An SOS at OSX (Photo:Juliana Coutinho) When they fall, they fall hard. The past few months have brought only...
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Biggest Emerging Markets Banks 2013
Global Financepresents its annual listing of the biggest Banks in the Emerging Markets.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Globalization At A Crossroads
Twelve months is a long time in financial markets, and the phenomenon of globalization appears to have reached a fork in the road, with growth in emerging markets looking challenged. Is the globalization frenzy coming to an end?
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Latin America: Libra Rising
EMERGING MARKETS REGIONAL REVIEW Latin America may be experiencing its worst slowdown in economic growth since the global financial crisis, but there are some bright spots for investors willing to play a long game. While some analysts had predicted 2014 ...