News
Newsmakers : New Book Sheds Light On Chinese Banking Industry
CHINA Kuhn: China welcomes scrutiny China has long attracted Western investors with its promise of newfound riches and a recently...
China
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Foreign Investors Likely To Remain Big Buyers Of Us Corporate Debt, Keeping Cost Of Financing Down
CORPORATE DEBT Record foreign demand for US corporate bonds is helping to hold down financing costs for US businesses, as...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Private Capital Flows Could Shrink
NEWS Total net private capital flows to emerging markets are forecast to decline to about $470 billion this year from...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Restraints Fail To Cool Sizzling Economy
CHINA Chinese president Hu Jintao Chinas economy continued to sizzle in 2006 despite government efforts to slow the countrys growth...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Features : Breaking Out
Brazilian companies, long used to concentrating on their countrys local market, are now increasingly going global. Just as the 1990s...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Corporate Finance : Steadier US Rates Equal Steadier Dollar
Foreign Exchange Chances for a US interest rate cut fell sharply following a string of stronger-than-expected economic data in early...
Banking
Cover Story : Murabahah Goes Mainstream
A modern form of Islamic trade financing has taken root and is flourishing in the Middle East With its ancient...
News
Editor’s Letter : The Balance of Trade
As the East Coast of the United States basked in unseasonably warm weather in early January, some shoots of hope sprouted from the frozen earth of the Doha round of trade talks...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Cement Maker Seeks Australia’s Rinker
Company To Watch: Cemex/Mexico Cemex has transformed itself from Mexicos largest cement company into the worlds third-largest cement maker through...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets : Central Bank Hints At Rate Policy Shift
China Chinas central bank governor Zhou: Trade surplus will be lowered Chinas central bank is considering further options for lowering...
News
Features : After the Gold Rush
Local and international banks operating in China will face increasing challenges over the coming year. The opportunities remain undiminished, though...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Features : Getting Bullish on The Russian Bear
Wielding increasing global power, Russia could be on the verge of becoming a real partner with Europe Rich in natural...