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Obama Administration Continues Export Drive

NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES Obama Administration Continues Export Drive By Denise Bedell Gregoire: Coordinating efforts on export promotion The Obama administration has set a goal of doubling US exports in the next five years and announced the development ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Philippines Chooses Corruption Fighter For President

NEWSMAKERS: PHILIPPINES Philippines Chooses Corruption Fighter For President By Thomas Clouse Aquino: Promises to investigate previous election results Benigno Aquino III will become the next president of the Philippines, after his pledges to fight corruption and reduce ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Private Equity Focuses On Emerging Opportunities

MILESTONES: EMERGING MARKETS Private Equity Focuses on Emerging Opportunities By Anita Hawser Thunell: Extolling the virtues of emerging markets While developed markets flounder in a post-crisis quagmire of sovereign debt, developing markets are enjoying much better times—and private ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Rating Upgrade Vindicates Morales’s Policies

NEWSMAKERS: BOLIVIA Rating Upgrade Vindicates Morales’s Policies By Antonio Guerrero Morales: High hopes for Bolivia’s econom y While many international investors have grown to distrust Bolivian president Evo Morales, a socialist who nationalized the hydrocarbons sector and telephone company, ...

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Responsible Corporations Gain Protection

MILESTONES: UNITED STATES Responsible Corporations Gain Protection By Denise Bedell Safekeeping: New law will protect companies’ ethical goals For companies that aim to always be socially and environmentally minded, achieving growth without giving up that goal can be ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Russia Taps Fixed-Income Market

MILESTONES: RUSSIA Russia Taps Global Markets For First Time in 12 Years By Kim Iskyan Moscow calling: Russia tests investor sentiment Russia tapped global fixed-income markets in late April in a highly anticipated issue divided into a $2 billion ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Hitting a Wall of Debt

COVER STORY: CORPORATE DEBT A gargantuan wall of debt coming due over the next few years could impede all but the highest-rated corporations’ efforts to refinance their debt. By Jonathan Gregson Just as the United States and ...

Banking

Milestones: Dubai Works To Restore Reputation

Dubai By Gordon Platt and Anita Hawser Dubai: Debt resolution should improve economic fortunes Dubai moved a step closer to resolving its debt problems with the announcement of a plan to invest $9.5 billion to restructure its flagship ...

Banking

Milestones: IMF Adds Voice To Systemic Risk Debate

Global By Anita Hawser Reid: Imposing strict limits might impede growth With the concept of systemic risk still preoccupying global banking regulators, the International Monetary Fund has weighed in on the debate with some suggestions for far-reaching and ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Milestones: Mergers Back In Favor As Firms Seek Strategic Advantage

Global By Anita Hawser Mergers and acquisitions may have taken a dive during the recent financial crisis, but as the economy picks up, companies are looking to M&A; as a way to rapidly add to revenue growth in ...

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Newsmakers: Goldman Allegations May Set Stage For Future Cases

United States By Gordon Platt Goldman Sachs: Fraud allegations hit its reputation The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Goldman Sachs with fraud on April 16, causing a sharp decline in equity prices, particularly for financial shares, and especially ...

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Newsmakers: Investors Heartened By Calderón’s Recovery Efforts

Mexico By Antonio Guerrero Calderó n: Boosting investors’ confidence in Mexico While Mexican president Felipe Calderón works to kick-start his nation's economy, badly hit by the US recession, international investors are encouraged by signs of recovery and have ...