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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Road Spending Moves Into A Higher Gear

INDIA Hold-up: Aging roads are hindering Indias growth. Twenty leading global and Indian infrastructure construction companies are bidding for the contract to build a $10 billion eight-lane expressway in the northern Indian state of Uttar ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Tensions Rise With The United States

CHINA Hong Kong: Focus of tension with the US. China stoked military tension with the United States by denying entry to a number of US naval vessels looking to dock in Hong Kong. In the most publicized ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Features : A Mission To India

HEALTHCARE CHARITY Global Finance charity partner Amrit Davaa spent two weeks in India providing healthcare to children at a remote orphanage and to locals. Editor Dan Keeler accompanied the medical team on its mission. Dr Becki Giusti checks ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones : China Faces Growing Skills Shortage

CHINA Filling up: China’s consumers may face shortages soon. While the Chinese horoscope attributes such auspicious qualities as intelligence, charisma and compassion to those born in the Year of the Rat, which begins on February 7, ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Petrochina Ipo Spurs Shanghai Stock Surge

GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS PetroChina, China’s largest oil and gas producer, added fuel to the fire of Shanghai’s overheated stock market last month with its initial public offering on the mainland. The company’s A-shares surged 163% in their $8.9 billion ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Chinese Developer Delays Bond Sale

COMPANY TO WATCH: COUNTRY GARDEN HOLDINGS/CHINA Shares of Country Garden Holdings, a leading China-based real estate group, rose 37% in their debut in April on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. More recently, the company postponed a ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Chinese Firm Becomes First $1 Trillion Company

CHINA PetroChina’s stock soared in initial trading on the Shanghai stock exchange China’s state-owned energy giant PetroChina Co. in early November surpassed ExxonMobil to become the world’s most valuable company. Shares of PetroChina rose from 16.7 yuan to ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : India’s Contribution To Multinational Corporations’ Global Earnings Goes Mainstream

INDIA I ndia hopes to boost hydropower capacity Third-quarter earnings releases by UK telecom giant Vodafone Group and by Switzerland-based Holcim, the world’s second-largest cement maker, reflected growing contributions from India’s increasingly assertive domestic market on the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Business As Usual As Chinas Wealthy Rack Up Huge Gain

CHINA At China’s mid-October National People’s Congress, Hu Jintao kept his position as president and made a clear attempt to further consolidate his power. Premier Wen Jiaobao clung onto his position as well, despite some criticism lately concerning ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Foreign Telecommunications Companies Embark

INDIA India calling: Global telecom firms muscle in on a fast-growing market. Following the recent acquisition of Indian telecom company Hutchinson Essar by Vodafone Group in May 2007 for $11 billion, Russian telecom company Sistema’s acquisition of a ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Warren Buffett Bangs The Gong

COMPANY TO WATCH: PETRO CHINA/CHINA Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha, who is one of America’s most successful investors, could be sending a message about China’s red-hot stock market by cashing in most of his chips in PetroChina, ...

Country Report

Features : Growth Pains

COUNTRY REPORT / CHINA China’s continuing economic expansion may be a bumpy ride, but the country’s prospects still look remarkably good. Reach for the skies: China’s newfound wealth is reflected in its grand plans for Shanghai and ...