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Newsmakers: Economic Gloom Deepens As Honduras Crisis Continues

Honduras Antonio Guerrero Zelaya: Garnering interna tional supprt After Honduran soldiers stormed leftist president Manuel Zelaya’s home in June and he fled into exile, many speculated the Central American nation’s economy was poised for growth. After all, Zelaya ...

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WORLD’S BEST BANKS 2009

Istanbul, October 6th, 2009 – Global Finance magazine hosted its thirteenth annual Best Bank Awards ceremony on October 6th, 2009,...

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Features: The World’s Best Internet Banks

PIONEERS GO MOBILE In the first of a two-part series, Global Finance identifies the best online corporate and consumer banks by country and regionally by product or service category. By Adam Rombel Much of the past year ...

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WORLD’S BEST BANKS 2008

GLOBAL Corporate JPMorgan Chase Consumer HSBC Private Credit Suisse Asset Management States Street Global Advisors Custody The Bank of New...

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BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS 2009

REGIONAL WINNER Standard Chartered COUNTRY WINNER Algeria Arab Banking Corporation Algeria Angola BES Angola Botswana Standard Chartered Bank Botswana Cote...

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BEST INTERNET BANKS IN LATIN AMERICA 2009

NEW YORK, July 21, 2009 Global Finance has announced the First Round winners in the World’s Best Internet Banks competition...

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BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE BANKS – 2009

NEW YORK, November 18, 2008 Global Finance magazine has named the Best Foreign Exchange Banks and Providers by country, region...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets :Latin American P/ES Hit Record Lows

NEWS Investors are able to buy shares in fundamentally strong companies in Latin America at record low price/earnings ratios after a sell-off in recent months triggered by falling commodity prices, according to Auerbach Grayson, a New York-based brokerage firm that ...

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BEST FOREIGN EXCHANGE BANKS – 2008

CATEGORY SUB-CATEGORY WINNER GLOBAL WINNER Deutsche Bank REGIONAL WINNER North America Citi Latin America Citi Western Europe Deutsche Bank Honorable...

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BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS 2008

REGIONAL WINNER Standard Bank COUNTRY WINNER Angola BES Angola Botswana Standard Chartered Bank Botswana Cote dIvoire Ecobank Ethiopia NIB International...

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Features : World’s Best Foreign Exchange Providers 2009

BEST FX PROVIDERS Global Finance selects the leaders in the world’s biggest financial market. The foreign exchange market has continued to thrive throughout the global financial crisis, providing some welcome profits for beleaguered financial institutions. Average daily turnover has ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones : Four-Year Fight Ends In Cafta Ratification

COSTA RICA President Arias successfully concludes free trade agreement. Four years after it was first signed, Costa Rican lawmakers in November finally ratified Cafta, the free trade agreement between Central America, the Dominican Republic and the United States. ...