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Cover Story : The World’s Best Companies 2003

The sixth annual exclusive Global Finance survey of the World’s Best Companies profiles global leaders in 28 industries or sectors...

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Before Iraqs economy can even begin to recover from the war, its banking system The ruins in Baghdad of the...

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UNITED STATES US treasury secretary John Snow stumbled into a storm in late October after suggesting to a British newspaper...

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AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP ANZ Banking Group, the smallest of the four-largest Australian banks, expects to meet...

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High energy prices could prove to be a tonic for a market that has been under the weather for the...

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ITS BEEN A TUMULTUOUS YEAR for the worlds central bankers. There have been resignations, falls from grace, surprise appointmentsand, of...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

CLS Bank was introduced to address foreign exchange settlement risk in the interbank market,but its risk-reduction and netting benefits could...

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EUROPE The euros slump against the US dollar and the Japanese yen may have further to run, as long as...

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Global Finance ranks the worlds biggest 50 banks as measured by total assets. LAST YEAR WAS YET another tough one...

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CHINA/UNITED STATES RISING YUAN COULD GREASE DOLLARS SKIDS The United States began throwing its weight around in China lastmonth, with...

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Brazils burgeoning trade surplus is giving heart to politicians and corporations alike.But the country still has a way to go....

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THE AMERICAS Oxford Metrica, a financial consulting firm, studied 767 depositary receipt programs over the past 23 years and found...