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Editor’s Letter : Return of the old world order
Barely more than a year ago, when the world was still awash with cheap money, it seemed as if globalization had hit a sweet spot...
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Milestones : Europe’s Ipo Market Slumps
EUROPE Blowout: EDP Renováveis' stock tumbled more than 20% after its IPO With equity capital markets bankers in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) market focused on massive rights issues to recapitalize their peers in recent months, ...
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Newsmakers : Calderón Aide Takes Top Economy Job
MEXICO Mexico's president Felipe Calderón is hoping Ruiz can help get the economy back on track. Faced with the fallout from the US economic slowdown, Mexico’s president, Felipe Calderón, appointed former businessman Gerardo Ruiz to the country’s top ...
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Newsmakers : Economic Pain Deepens As American Shoppers Cut Back
UNITED STATES Kicking the habit: Shoppers slash spending. Will declining gasoline prices encourage American consumers to pile into the family automobile and head out to the mall? Retailers hope so, but signs were not encouraging as the key ...
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Newsmakers : Investment Banks Urged To Simplify Financial Products
UNITED KINGDOM Clark: Silo-based controls are at heart of problem. In light of the record £5.6 million ($10.5 million) fine the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) imposed on the UK operations of Credit Suisse’s investment bank recently, observers ...
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Newsmakers : Us Trade Supremo Says Export Gains Depend On Congress
UNITED STATES High hopes: Schwab looks to trade agreements to bolster US economy. Following the collapse of the Doha Round of world trade talks this summer, the United States is pinning its hopes on new bilateral trade agreements ...
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Editor’s Letter: Carbon Cop-out
Few people would now argue that something needs to be done to arrestand perhaps reversethe growth of emissions that are contributing to global climate change...
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Milestones : Banks Struggle To Raise Cash
EUROPE UBS: Its third cash call, this time to investors, was successful. Almost a year after the US subprime crisis burst onto the wider global stage, Europe’s banks are paying ...
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Milestones : Copper Giant In Sell-off Talks
CHILE Chile's state-owned copper mine, Codelco, faces opposition over privatization plans. With the long wave of Latin American privatizations seemingly coming to an end, Chile looks like it might be about to ...
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Newsmakers : Charity Partner In Second Mission To India
INDIA/UNITED STATES Global Finance's sponsored charity, Amrit Davaa, delousing children at Manjushree orphanage. In early June Global Finance’s partner charity Amrit Davaa embarked on its second mission to Tawang, a ...
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Newsmakers : Leaders Line Up Presidential Candidates
URUGUAY Danilo Astori: Businesses' "darling" in presidential race. Unable to seek reelection, Uruguayan president Tabaré Vázquez has tipped his finance and economy minister to be the ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition’s candidate ...
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Newsmakers : Military Pension Fund Spreads Its Wings
TURKEY Coskun Ulusoy: Army pension fund looks beyond Turkey, but not Asia. While pension funds in Europe and other parts of the world are being told to raise their game in order to make up investment ...