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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Cover Story : Continental Shift

LATIN AMERICA REGIONAL REPORT Latin American governments’ attempts to gain more control over their countries’ economic fortunes are having far-reaching effects on international corporations doing business in the region. Left in charge: Brazilian president Lula da Silva ...

News

Editor’s Letter : A new world view

As Global Finance was going to press, Venezuelas president Hugo Chvez was squaring up for a showdown with the United States...

Banking

Features : Opportunity Play

SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS Sovereign wealth funds snap up bargains in one of the biggest financial industry land grabs in history. Bader Al Sa'ad, head of Kuwait's SWF, helped arrange a huge cash infusion for Citi. To say Citi and ...

News

Milestones : Profits Of Doom: Exxon Mobil Causes Uproar

UNITED STATES Gas complaint: Exxon Mobil says growing consumption is pumping up its profits. A long-simmering debate boiled over last month after Exxon Mobil reported the highest earnings ever by an American corporation, topping its own record set ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Greenback’s Decline Prompts Talk Of Central Bank Reserve Diversification And Ending Pegs To Dollar

CORPORATE FINANCING FOCUS The shifting sands in the foreign exchange market in 2007 undermined the dollar to the extent that China openly weighed what its state media refer to as the “nuclear option” of dropping its vast holdings ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones : The Prodigal Oil Producer

ECUADOR Correa: Clamping down on the oil industry After a 15-year absence, Ecuador has rejoined OPEC in a move president Rafael Correa says will allow his country to gain greater access to technical advice and market information. ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones : Venezuela’s Monetary Experiment

VENEZUELA Rodrigo Cabezas: New currency will help fight inflation. Venezuela is gearing up for the introduction of a new currency to replace the bolivar, in circulation since 1879, in a move the Hugo Chávez administration hopes will help ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : China, Russia Compete For Biggest Ipo Of Year

GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS China is likely to have the year’s biggest initial public offering for the second year in a row, although there remains a chance that Russia will beat it out. As Global Finance went to press, China Construction Bank ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones : Oil Firm Ipo Sets Stage For More Share Issues

COLOMBIA Ecopetrol's Cartagena oil refinery. The Colombian energy sector entered a new investor-friendly era with the late-August IPO of Ecopetrol, the state-owned oil company. Ecopetrol is Colombia’s largest corporation, with income of around $18 billion in 2006. The ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Venezuela

Cover Story : Continental Shift

Editor’s Letter : A new world view

Features : Opportunity Play

Milestones : Profits Of Doom: Exxon Mobil Causes Uproar

Corporate Finance : Greenback’s Decline Prompts Talk Of Central Bank Reserve Diversification And Ending Pegs To Dollar

Milestones : The Prodigal Oil Producer

Milestones : Venezuela’s Monetary Experiment

Corporate Finance : China, Russia Compete For Biggest Ipo Of Year

Milestones : Oil Firm Ipo Sets Stage For More Share Issues

Newsmakers : The unsinkable mrs. K

Cover Story : A Changing Agenda

Editor’s Letter : A Turbulent Transformation