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Newsmakers : Corporate Fraud On The Rise Despite Sox

United states Patrick Taylor: No "perfect solution" for fraud prevention Five years ago, in the wake of the Enron and WorldCom scandals, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) was enacted to prevent financial fraud. However, a recent survey of more than 80 ...

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Editor’s Letter : The Great Enabler

The impact of technology is everywhere. Indeed, there are few areas of a modern company where technology is not enabling rapid and profound change...

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Milestones : Interest Rates Hobble Spanish Businesses

SPAIN Spanish companies, which have been on a huge buying and expansion kick fueled by a strong domestic economy, face growing funding concerns as European Central Bank rate hikes look set to continue. As the economy is slowing, ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Newsmakers : Key Ipo Weathers Political Storm

TURKEY Gul: Nomination triggered a political crisis Turmoil sparked by the nomination of a suspected Islamist candidate for president in Turkey might have been expected to derail the long-anticipated l2.5 billion Turkish Lira ($1.86 billion) privatisation of the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Newsmakers : Multilateral Malaise

LATIN AMERICA Hugo Chávez: Wants to see the World Bank out of Latin America While most media attention on the World Bank recently has focused on a political scandal that could spark the downfall of bank president Paul ...

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Cover Story : A Bumpy Ride

EM SPOTLIGHT – LATIN AMERICA Argentina’s president Nestor Kirchner faced off against some of the worlds most powerful investors Latin...

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Cover Story : A Continent On The Cusp

AFRICA Figurehead: Nelson Mandela became a symbol of hope for many in Africa The past two decades in Africa have...

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Cover Story : Rising Stars

EM SPOTLIGHT – ASIA Dream town: The futuristic city of Shanghai symbolizes Chinas economic resurgence Throughout the 1980s and 1990s,...

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Cover Story : United Front

CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE Turbulent times:Demonstrators in Romania in 1989 seize control of a tank Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)...

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Editor’s Letter : Transfer Of Power

In this issue we look back over the past 20 years in the worlds emerging markets...

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Features : Money Games

TRENDS / VIRTUAL CURRENCIES As virtual communities come of age, the corporate world is just beginning to grasp the potential...

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Milestones : Class Editori And Thomson Create Financial Data Workstation

ITALY Thomson Financial, a provider of information and technology solutions to the worldwide financial community, and eClass, a company that...