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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. ...

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Emerging Markets : Bankers Still Bullish On Brazil

Gol: Planning share buyback Investment banks say the recent US Fed rate cut, coupled with strong domestic fundamentals, bodes well for Brazilian capital market investors. “Fed easing since mid-August has opened up a new leg of the bull ...

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Emerging Markets : Business As Usual As Chinas Wealthy Rack Up Huge Gain

CHINA At China’s mid-October National People’s Congress, Hu Jintao kept his position as president and made a clear attempt to further consolidate his power. Premier Wen Jiaobao clung onto his position as well, despite some criticism lately concerning ...

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Emerging Markets : Foreign Telecommunications Companies Embark

INDIA India calling: Global telecom firms muscle in on a fast-growing market. Following the recent acquisition of Indian telecom company Hutchinson Essar by Vodafone Group in May 2007 for $11 billion, Russian telecom company Sistema’s acquisition of a ...

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Emerging Markets : Pension Funds Like Local-Currency Debt

NEWS California’s San Bernardino County’s employees’ retirement plan awarded a $125 million mandate in October to London-based Ashmore Investment Management for investment in emerging market local-currency debt. “All our central bank clients and the majority of our pension ...

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Emerging Markets : Putin Unveils His Power Play

RUSSIA Putin’s deft maneuvering will almost certainly see him retaining power In the second political bombshell in three weeks—following the surprise mid-September appointment of the obscure Victor Zubkov to replace prime minister Mikhail Fradkov—Russian president Vladimir Putin in ...

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Emerging Markets : Study Says Dr Programs Boost Share Prices Of EM

DR NEWS Companies based in emerging market countries enjoy higher domestic share prices and improved home-market liquidity one year after opening a DR program, according to a study released in October by UK-based Oxford Metrica, an independent research firm. ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones : The Prodigal Oil Producer

Emerging Markets : Bankers Still Bullish On Brazil

Emerging Markets : Business As Usual As Chinas Wealthy Rack Up Huge Gain

Emerging Markets : Foreign Telecommunications Companies Embark

Emerging Markets : Pension Funds Like Local-Currency Debt

Emerging Markets : Putin Unveils His Power Play

Emerging Markets : Study Says Dr Programs Boost Share Prices Of EM

Emerging Markets : Warren Buffett Bangs The Gong

Features : Growth Pains

Milestones : Venezuela’s Monetary Experiment

Cover Story : Trying Times

Editor’s Letter : A World-class Conundrum