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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Stronger Dollar Will Take Bite Out Of Overseas Earnings For Us-based Multinationals

FOREIGN EXCHANGE Get ready for some unpleasant surprises on the earnings front as a result of the dollar’s sudden recovery from a record low of $1.60 against the euro in mid-July. By early last month the euro ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Cover Story: African stepping up

AFRICAN INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic development is still constrained by a historic dearth of infrastructure investment. Private sector investors might be able to provide the hitherto missing link. Controversial development: Dams such as the Kariba on ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : India’s Companies Continue Aggressive Acquisition Spree

INDIA Nano, no? Protests in West Bengal may derail Tata's plans to build the world's cheapest car. According to a survey by consultant KPMG, India’s companies are among the world’s most aggressive in buying companies based in ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Inflation And Growth Decline

CHINA Slowdown: Automakers are seeing sales growth tail off in China. China’s consumer price index (CPI) grew by only 4.9% in August, its mildest pace in more than a year, and export growth slowed to 21%, according to ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features : Growing pains

SPOTLIGHT / EMERGING MARKETS Emerging markets have been some of the best performers of recent years. Is their continued growth now under threat? Since the credit crunch began more than a year ago, it has inflicted most pain on ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features : Power Play

ANALYSIS / RUSSIA’S GEORGIA GAMBIT Russia’s recent assault on Georgia raises some scary prospects for European nations dependent on energy supplies from West Asia. Double act: Vladimir Putin passed the presidency to Dmitry Medvedev but still retains much ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features : Risky Business

FOCUS / ECONOMIC NATIONALISM As if the global credit squeeze were not enough, multinationals, particularly in the commodities industries, are also facing a surge in resource nationalism. Horne: Companies are investing in riskier areas. Fueled in part by soaring ...

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 ...

News

Milestones : Western Ally In Caspian Wins Kudos

AZERBAIJAN Azerbaijan's pro-business president, Ilham Aliyev. The regulatory reform movement that has been thriving in Central and Eastern Europe in recent years is spreading eastward into Central Asia, with Azerbaijan taking the title of the world’s ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

China

Corporate Finance : Stronger Dollar Will Take Bite Out Of Overseas Earnings For Us-based Multinationals

Cover Story: African stepping up

Emerging Markets : India’s Companies Continue Aggressive Acquisition Spree

Emerging Markets : Inflation And Growth Decline

Features : Growing pains

Features : Power Play

Features : Risky Business

Features : The perils of prosperity

Milestones : Western Ally In Caspian Wins Kudos

Corporate Finance : Global Ipo Activity Falters, With Fewer, But Larger, Issues Focused On Emerging Markets

Cover Story: Green Finance

Editor’s Letter : Return of the old world order