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Cover Story: Global Finance EM 200

THE BIGGEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS Global Finance unveils its second annual league table of the biggest emerging market banks ranked by total assets. By Dan Keeler As the world’s key emerging markets continue to drive the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Cover Story: A Long Way To Go

EMERGING MARKETS FOCUS: CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE For most Central and Eastern European countries, 2009 turned out to be every bit as bad as expected. The region’s prospects for the coming year are mixed, at best. By Justin ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Cover Story: Asia Prepares To Unleash Its Full Potential

EMERGING MARKETS FOCUS: ASIA Asia has confounded skeptics with its remarkable rebound, but its continued rapid growth will depend on some tough decisions. By Thomas Clouse Asia’s economic outlook was bleak this time last year. Despite ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

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 ...

Banking

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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Newsmakers: New Premier Charts A Difficult Course

Japan By Thomas Clouse Hatoyama: Tough decision will be made a little easier with news of recent economic growth Japanese prime minister Yukio Hatoyama and his Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) swept into office in September with pledges ...

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Newsmakers: Rusal Flotation Struggles Amid Turbulence

Russia By Kim Iskyan Heavy burden: Deripaska’s empire is weighed down with debt Oleg Deripaska’s plans to float Rusal, the world’s largest aluminum company, in a December IPO are facing serious turbulence. The company, according to some metals ...

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Newsmakers: Senator Seeks To Rein In Fed’s Authority

United States By Gordon Platt Dodd: Taking direct aim at Fed’s supervisory role The chairman of the Senate banking committee, Connecticut Democrat Christopher Dodd, has taken dead aim at the Federal Reserve’s authority to supervise banks in what ...

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Editor’s Letter: A Chain Reaction

In this months cover story we find out how companies are working to reduce their environmental impactand their cost baseby greening their supply chains...

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Newsmakers: Asia’s Economic Titans Promise Closer Ties

Asia By Thomas Clouse Lee Myung-bak, Wen Jiabao and Yukio Hatoyama in Beijing China, Japan and South Korea have pledged to work more closely with each other on issues ranging from economic development to environmental protection and nuclear ...

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Newsmakers: Central Bank Governor Tries To Shame Bankers On Pay

United Kingdom By Gordon Platt King: Lambasting banks for their lavish bonuses After bungling his handling of the Northern Rock crisis in 2007, Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, was blamed for creating the crisis that ...

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Newsmakers: Veiled Comments Cloud Russia’s Leadership Question

Russia By Kim Iskyan United front: Putin and Medvedev stand together Outside of Hollywood, there are few relationships that are watched more closely than that between Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin and his protégé—and boss, theoretically— president Dmitry ...