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Features : A Bridge To Recovery

Infrastructure spending Policymakers are pouring money into infrastructure projects in an attempt to head off economic disaster. Cohen: When stability returns, infrastructure will be attractive. All aspects of infrastructure will be on the rise in 2009, as the United ...

Award Winners

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...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Colombian Cement Maker Starts Level I Adr Program

DR NEWS Cementos Argos, the fifth-largest cement producer in Latin America, began trading its shares in the US over-the-counter market in the form of American depositary receipts. The Medellín, Colombia-based company makes white and gray cement, as well ...

News

Newsmakers : Us Trade Supremo Says Export Gains Depend On Congress

UNITED STATES High hopes: Schwab looks to trade agreements to bolster US economy. Following the collapse of the Doha Round of world trade talks this summer, the United States is pinning its hopes on new bilateral trade agreements ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones : Peru Makes The Grade

PERU Peru's president Alan Garcia: Fiscal policies led to upgrade. While analysts debated whether Brazil or Panama would win the race to become the next Latin American investment-grade-rated country, Peru beat both countries to the finish line. Citing ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones : Panama Pushes For Investment Grade

Panama Digging in: Work is now under way on the $5.25 billion expansion of the Panama Canal. Although Brazil appears poised to become Latin America’s next investment-grade-rated sovereign, a tiny country may beat the giant to the punch. ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features: Riding A Growth Wave

SECTOR REPORT / SHIPPING FINANCE Growth in world trade spurs demand for financing of ships and terminals. Sharp growth in the size of cargo ships has prompted expansion of the Panama canal. Sharp growth in the size of ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Panama And Its Airline Enjoy Boom

COMPANY TO WATCH: COPA HOLDINGS/PANAMA Panama, a natural transportation hub with its famous canal, has become an air-transport center for the Americas, thanks to its national flag carrier, Copa Airlines. The fast-growing airline with a young fleet ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Panama

Features : A Bridge To Recovery

BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS 2008

Emerging Markets : Colombian Cement Maker Starts Level I Adr Program

Newsmakers : Us Trade Supremo Says Export Gains Depend On Congress

Milestones : Peru Makes The Grade

Milestones : Panama Pushes For Investment Grade

Features: Riding A Growth Wave

Emerging Markets : Panama And Its Airline Enjoy Boom

Features : The Bank of New York

Features : Citigroup And WFP Work Together To Combat Hunger

Milestones : Prepayment Clears Way For Canal Bonds

Features : Money Launderers Find Fewer Places to Hide