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Cover Story: Opportunity Knocks

Emerging Markets Focus: Latin America Much of Latin America is reaping the benefits of a rapid growth in China’s involvement in the region. Booming trade levels are changing some key global market dynamics. By Antonio Guerrero ...

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Cover Story: Rising Oil Prices Boost Confidence

Emerging Markets Focus: Middle East The outlook for the Middle East’s economy has brightened substantially in recent months, but the reluctance of banks to lend remains worrisome. Bond issues are picking up some of the slack. By Gordon ...

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Emerging Markets Come Of Age

EMERGING MARKETS FOCUS Emerging markets are leading global growth, and they are doing so by relying increasingly on domestic demand. By Gordon Platt The big question global investors and economists are asking about the sharp ...

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Emerging Markets: Africa

Roundup By Antonio Guerrero Panning for gold: African mines spark investor interest Rising gold prices have sparked renewed interest by foreign investors in African mines. Banro, a Canadian gold miner, expects to close a debt financing deal for ...

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Emerging Markets: Brazil

Roundup By Antonio Guerrero Too strong: Authorities fret over appreciation of Brazilian real The Brazilian government took the controversial step of reintroducing a 2% financial transactions tax on purchases of stocks and bonds by foreign investors that had ...

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Emerging Markets: China

Roundup By Thomas Clouse Open market: China’s Nasdaq-style GEM opens for business China’s economy will grow by 8.4% this year, according to World Bank estimates, and by 8.7% in 2010. The World Bank projected 2009 growth of 7.2% ...

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Emerging Markets: India

Roundup By Aaron Chaze Poor transport infrastructure weighs on India’s competitiveness The Indian government’s privatization program has received a shot in the arm after the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) gave the green light to a proposal ...

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Emerging Markets: Middle East

Roundup By Gordon Platt ExxonMobil is first US company to win Iraq oil contract A joint venture of ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell has clinched a $50 billion deal to develop one of Iraq’s biggest oil fields, the ...

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Emerging Markets: News

Year-End Rebalancing May Aid Bond Funds By Gordon Platt Emerging market bonds could attract significant inflows from fund managers in...

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Emerging Markets: Russia

Roundup By Kim Iskyan Avtovaz: Struggling to survive in market downturn Russian government officials have sounded increasingly optimistic notes about the country’s macroeconomic situation, as strong oil prices are likely to result in a lower budget deficit than ...

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Milestones: Panama Poised For Investment-Grade Status

Panama By Antonio Guerrero Providing a lift: Canal expansion will boost Panama economy Panama is poised to become Latin America’s newest investment-grade-rated country. Standard & Poor’s pushed Panama closer to the coveted rating in November when it raised ...

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Milestones: Turkey Enjoys Growing Profile In Arab World

Lebanon/Syria/Turkey By Nick Kochan Yilmaz: Turkish banks were ready for leverage crisis The evolution of Turkey’s role in the Middle East and beyond was clearly on display at a late-October risk management conference in Beirut. The guest speaker ...