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WORLD’S BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS 2011 IN THE MIDDLE EAST
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Brazil Faces Life After Lula
UPDATE: BRAZIL By Antonio Guerrero Brazil’s new president has already impressed the business community. But can she impress her own party? Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, a former Marxist guerrilla fighter, has gotten high grades from the nation’s ...
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Colombia: China Evaluates Panama Canal Rival
NEWSMAKERS: COLOMBIA By Antonio Guerrero Santos: In talks with China over 250-mile rail link The first ship crossing the Panama Canal had barely completed its voyage, after the canal opened in 1914, when engineers and politicians began conspiring ...
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Company To Watch: Industrias Bachoco / Mexico
INDUSTRIAS BACHOCO: POULTRY PRODUCER OFFERS PROTECTION IN TROUBLED MARKET By Anita Hawser In times of uncertainty investors often turn to so-called defensive stocks, and Mexico poultry producer Industrias Bachoco is certainly that. Despite other problems that may ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
DRs: Chinese Firms Believe In US IPO Market
EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: DR NEWS By Anita Hawser The wave of Chinese companies opting to list on American exchanges continues with a China-based manufacturer of rare-earth coated and prestressed building materials for roads and bridges issuing five million ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
EM: Bovespa Eyes Other BRIC Markets
EMERGING MARKETS INVESTOR: NEWS By Anita Hawser As the world’s key stock exchanges engage in a flurry of mergers aimed at cutting costs and boosting efficiency, Brazil’s BM&F; Bovespa—the fourth largest exchange operator in the world—is looking to ...
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Israel: Finance Chief Suggests Two-Year Budgets
NEWSMAKERS: ISRAEL By Dan Keeler Steinitz: One-year budgets are a “terrible mistake” Just two years after being mired in the depths of the global financial crisis, Israel is experiencing a sharp and sustained recovery that is the envy ...
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Mexico’s Uphill Struggle
COUNTRY REPORT: MEXICO By Paula L. Green Safeguards put in place after the Tequila Crisis helped Mexico’s banks ride out the recent global turmoil. Now they’re facing some new challenges. On the spot: Mexico’s president Calderón faces ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Regional Focus: East Africa
EAST AFRICA: SUDAN SPLIT RESHAPES EAST AFRICA’S ECONOMY By Jonathan Gregson As Sudan prepares to divide into two countries, plans are already under way to help the South develop its substantial oil reserves. Unless there is a ...
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Asia’s Liquidity Glut
ASIA'S LIQUIDITY SURPLUS: TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING? By Shu-Ching Jean Chen Top finance officials in Asia are eager to mitigate the debilitating effects of hot money flooding to the region. Corporations are less concerned . ...
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Banking On Stability
COVER STORY: MIDDLE EAST By Laurence Neville Nervous investors are looking for signs of stability in the Middle East and North Africa. The region’s burgeoning investment banking industry may provide the reassurance they’re looking for. The political ...
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China: Renminbi’s Role In Global Trade Grows
NEWSMAKERS: CHINA By Shu-Ching Jean Chen Commonly known for adopting a slow and measured approach to major reform, China has surprised markets with the speed of its moves to internationalize its currency. China's yuan: Going global? Its ...