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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Chinas Solar-energy Ipos Getting Bigger

Global equity/drs China-based manufacturers of products that convert the sun’s rays to electricity are raising growing sums of money on Wall Street to expand their production facilities to meet expanding demand for alternative energy in the face of ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Cover Story : A Changing Agenda

Latin America There is no longer any doubt that Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez’s “Bolivarian Revolution” is having a significant economic and political impact on Latin America. The question now is, Will it last? It’s 11 o’clock in the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Editor’s Letter : A Turbulent Transformation

In this months cover story we look at the seismic changes that have been taking place recently in the balance of power in Latin America...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Air India On A Resource Hunt As Growth Takes Off

India Up, up and away: Air India's fundraising spree finances expansion of its fleet Air India, which is owned by the Indian government and is also the largest Indian air carrier, has begun the process to raise $1.5 ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Em Debt Trading Sets Record

News The value of trading in emerging markets fixed-income instruments totaled $1.7 trillion in the first quarter of 2007, an increase of 4% from the same period a year earlier, according to EMTA, formerly the Emerging Markets Traders ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Financial Sector Reforms Promised

China China will further open its financial sector following the second Strategic Economic Dialogue in Washington, DC, in May. As a result of the meeting, China will ease restrictions on foreign securities firms, allow foreign banks to issue ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Meat Processors Bulk Up With Foreign Acquisitions

Brazil Beefing up: Brazilian meat producer JBS is set to buy the US's Swift Following a spate of local IPOs by Brazil's main meat processing companies, sector players are now engaged in an acquisitions spree to expand their ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Russian Bank’s Gdr Issue Is 2,000th Dr Program

Dr news Russia’s state-controlled Vneshtorgbank (VTB) raised nearly $8 billion in its sale of a 22.5% stake in the company, making it Russia’s seventh-largest company by market capitalization. VTB selected The Bank of New York as the depositary ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Telecom Places $1 Billion Order

Company to watch: china mobile/china Hong Kong-based China Mobile is the largest mobile telecom services provider in China, with more than 300 million subscribers and a market share of 67.5%. In June the company placed a $1 billion ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Tensions With Trading Partners Reach New Low

Russia Russia's Vladimir Putin at the recent G-8 summit Relations between Russia and the West plunged to fresh post-Cold War lows, as the planned US missile shield in the Czech Republic, the investigation of the death of Alexander ...

Country Report

Features : Opening For Business

Country Report / Malaysia With the South Johor development region opening up and the banking market on the verge of full liberalization, Malaysia presents growing opportunities for investment. Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur After decades of being wary ...

Banking

Regional Report GCC : Economic Boom Won’t Quit

<p>Regional Report / Gcc High oil prices keep the ball rolling, as the Gulf region’s economic growth momentum carries it through a rough patch in the stock markets. Kingdom Tower Riyadh: As capital spending rises, ...</p>